2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling is the 253rd most popular major in the country with 5,728 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 964 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 222 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in substance abuse/addiction counseling. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality substance abuse/addiction counseling 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 substance abuse/addiction counseling program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 207 masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Grand Canyon University Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Report

#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 10 masters’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Oklahoma are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at University of Central Oklahoma

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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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