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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

26 Colleges
$23,316 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for student counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the student counseling graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The College of New Jersey the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TCNJ are $15,031 per year.

TCNJ also made our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Marywood University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the small city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.

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#3

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a very large student population.

Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Rose landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Albany, Saint Rose is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Rose are $15,748 per year.

Saint Rose excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. WCUPA is a large public school located in the suburb of West Chester.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 a year.

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#6

Manhattan College

Riverdale, NY

Manhattan College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for student counseling students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Manhattan are $21,052 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Manhattan also did well on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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California University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal U are $18,508 a year.

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#8

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY

Niagara University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate student counseling programs. Located in the large suburb of Niagara University, Niagara is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Niagara are $13,950 per year.

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#9

Alfred University

Alfred, NY

Alfred University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate student counseling programs. Alfred is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Alfred.

Alfred graduate students pay an average of $23,689 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rider are $20,159 per year.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 576
New York 878
Maryland 149
New Jersey 448
District of Columbia 43
Delaware 73

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 25 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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