2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

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 Master’s in Colorado” 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 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” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

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

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

#1

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 66 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCCS, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCCS are $25,774, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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