2022 Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

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 Master’s in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,851 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Louisiana, there were 52 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mental health counseling/counselor. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mental health counseling/counselor program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor in Louisiana

#1

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$14,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Holy Cross. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana. University of Holy Cross is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UHC also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHC are $14,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at University of Holy Cross

#2

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$17,906 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola University New Orleans is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 19 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola New Orleans also made our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola New Orleans are $17,906, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Loyola New Orleans

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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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