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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$3,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,851 people earned their degree in mental health counseling/counselor, making the major the 126th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 752 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental health counseling/counselor programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mental health counseling/counselor program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree mental health counseling/counselor students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Elgin Community College

Elgin, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Elgin Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. ECC is located in Elgin, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ECC is $3,717 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Mental Health Counseling/Counselor students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Elgin Community College

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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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