2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Virginia, there were 731 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,533 and $47,218 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in student counseling. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality student counseling programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the student counseling program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree student counseling students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s student counseling students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read more about Student Counseling at Virginia Tech

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,412 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia doctor’s degree student counseling students list, Regent has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Regent University

#3

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$34,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, William & Mary landed the #3 spot on the list. William & Mary is a medium-sized school located in Williamsburg, Virginia that handed out 5 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

William & Mary not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at William & Mary are $34,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Student Counseling at William & Mary

#4

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia

#4 in overall quality

$13,134 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

Hampton also took the #4 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hampton are $13,134, 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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