2024 Best Value Colleges for Student Counseling in District of Columbia
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Ranked Colleges
43
Degrees Awarded
$23,200
Avg Net Price*
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 in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 13,858 people earned their degree in student counseling, making the major the 72nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, student counseling graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,291 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 43 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,467 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Student Counseling Schools
The student counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia”.
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Best Value Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Student Counseling in District of Columbia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s student counseling degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Trinity College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $13,785 for district of columbia student counseling students per year to attend Trinity Washington University.
Full Trinity College Student Counseling Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 23 ’s student counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GWU is $32,563 for District of Columbia Student Counseling students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full GWU Student Counseling Report
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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
- *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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