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

5 Ranked Colleges
303 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master's in Minnesota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 350 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 303 counselor education/school counseling and guidance services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota.

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

#1

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota
#2 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 Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Cloud State University are $12,904, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 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 Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 203 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a medium-sized school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 22 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Moorhead are $9,900.

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#4

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota list. Winona State is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees to qualified students.

Winona State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378.

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#5

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#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 Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #5 spot on the list. Walden University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 48 masters’s counselor education/school counseling and guidance services degrees in 2019-2020.

Walden University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, 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%.

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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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