2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 5,728 people earned their degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,372 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great substance abuse/addiction 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 substance abuse/addiction counseling program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at UCSD

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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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