2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in Colorado (With Aid)

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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 Colorado, there were 91 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 86 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality counselor education/school counseling and guidance services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 66 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774.

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#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

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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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