2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in Minnesota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Minnesota, there were 369 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,683 and $42,730 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,467 and $103,128 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality student counseling programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the student counseling program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in Minnesota

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota list. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Student Counseling at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,915 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 doctorate’s student counseling degrees to qualified students.

Capella University also made our “Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Student Counseling at Capella University

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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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