2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,590 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mental health counseling/counselor 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 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 Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree mental health counseling/counselor students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Pace University - New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$33,356 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor students in 2019-2020.

Pace University also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University - New York are $33,356.

Read more about Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Pace University - New York

#1

Waynesburg University

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$16,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Waynesburg University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waynesburg is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Waynesburg also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Waynesburg are $16,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

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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