2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in Georgia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Georgia, there were 351 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 11 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services in Georgia

#1

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$18,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. Located in Carrollton, Georgia, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students in 2019-2020.

University of West Georgia also made our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of West Georgia are $18,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of West Georgia Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Report

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia. Georgia State is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 5 doctorate’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also made our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Georgia State

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