2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in Iowa (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 16 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 16 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa 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 Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa

#4 in overall quality

$9,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buena Vista University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at BVU are $9,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full BVU 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 Getting Aid. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2019-2020.

Loras not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loras College 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

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #5 spot on the list. Drake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 20 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake also made our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services (With Aid)

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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