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Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

12 Colleges
$22,868 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,166 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree School for You

Student Counseling is the #68 most popular major in the country with 13,858 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for student counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Illinois University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National Louis University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Governors State University

University Park, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Governors State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSU are $14,674 per year.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the Great Lakes Region . Indiana State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Terre Haute.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 per year.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 per year.

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Western Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for student counseling students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. WMU is a large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WMU are $26,248 a year.

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#7

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for student counseling students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 per year.

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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree student counseling programs. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their doctor’s degree. Kent State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 185
Ohio 285
Illinois 336
Indiana 316
Wisconsin 192

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Student Counseling

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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 the rest 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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