2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 12,388 people earned their degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, making the major the 70th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 112 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 108 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent counselor education/school counseling and guidance services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Iowa Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

#3

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa

#4 in overall quality

$9,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the #3 spot on the list. Storm Lake, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

BVU also made our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Buena Vista University are $9,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Buena Vista University Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

#4

Loras College

Dubuque, Iowa

#5 in overall quality

$10,820 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loras College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Loras did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loras are $10,820, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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