2026 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools in North Carolina
[Counseling Psychology](/majors/psychology/clinical-counseling-applied-psychology/counseling-psychology/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong counseling psychology education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for counseling psychology students.
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2026 Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools in North Carolina
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the counseling psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Counseling Psychology Schools
Our analysis ranked Mount Olive College the best value for a degree in counseling psychology in North Carolina. Set in the rural area of Mount Olive, Mount Olive College is a mid-sized private not-for-profit institution. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $27,366. Students borrow a median of $30,798 to complete the counseling psychology program here. Soon after graduation, counseling psychology degree recipients from Mount Olive College generally make around $45,131. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 76% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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