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

5 Ranked Colleges
108 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master's in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Iowa” 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

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. 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 Iowa

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.

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

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of 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. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 16 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

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#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648.

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#3

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake 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. Drake University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

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

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#4

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buena Vista University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa list. Buena Vista University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Storm Lake, Iowa. It awarded 40 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

BVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at BVU are $9,936.

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#5

Loras College

Dubuque, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Loras College landed the #5 spot on the list. Loras College is located in Dubuque, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our iowa master’s degree counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students list, Loras has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loras are $10,820, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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