2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Far Western US region, there were 250 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Western States

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$9,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Western States. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Western States Chiropractic College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Western States are $9,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Western States Chiropractic College

#1

Antioch University - Seattle

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$18,459 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Antioch University - Seattle. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Antioch University - Seattle is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 2 doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Antioch University - Seattle also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Antioch University - Seattle are $18,459, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Antioch University - Seattle

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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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