2022 Best Value Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services is the 70th most popular major in the country with 12,388 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 91 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great counselor education/school counseling and guidance services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$12,643 Average Net Price

$40,269 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCCS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is $12,643 for Colorado Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UCCS Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$12,736 Average Net Price

$35,532 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 25 ’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $12,736 for Colorado Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Northern Colorado.

Full University of Northern Colorado Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

• Best Value Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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