2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

College Student Counseling & Personnel Services is the 413th most popular major in the country with 1,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 72 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in college student counseling and personnel services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality college student counseling and personnel services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the college student counseling and personnel services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in Illinois

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s college student counseling students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EIU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761.

Read full report on College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at EIU

#2

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified masters’s college student counseling students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WIU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Western Illinois University College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Report

#3

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. This large school is located in Normal, Illinois, and it awarded 21 masters’s college student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois State University College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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