2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 2,032 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in the Far Western US Region

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 10 doctorate’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region doctor’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students list, Oregon State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Oregon State

#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$31,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

SPU also made our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle Pacific University are $31,896.

Read more about Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at SPU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services

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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