2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 California, there were 1,031 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 $71,544 and $133,402 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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The substance abuse/addiction counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California”.

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Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 5 doctorate’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

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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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