2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York

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 Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Student Counseling is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 14,055 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, student counseling graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,174 and had an average of $42,631 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 981 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,150 and $46,635 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in student counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great student counseling 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 student counseling program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in New York

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #1 spot on the list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s student counseling degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University at Buffalo, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028.

Full University at Buffalo Student Counseling Report

#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

#1 in overall quality

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York. Syracuse University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 4 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Student Counseling at Syracuse

#3

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,505 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in New York. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.

University of Rochester also made our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Student Counseling at University of Rochester

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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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