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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$16,486 Average Net Price

$40,269 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 66 ’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS also took 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 $16,486 for Colorado Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services students with aid.

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%.

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#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$15,714 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 Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 25 ’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students with aid list, University of Northern Colorado has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Northern Colorado is $15,714 for colorado counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students with aid.

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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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