Student Counseling at Boston University

What traits are you looking for in a student counseling school? To help you decide if Boston University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's student counseling program.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Student Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling
• Doctorate Degree in Student Counseling

Boston U Student Counseling Rankings

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There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in student counseling, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at Boston University.

Boston U Student Counseling Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of student counseling master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. Boston U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from Boston U, 79% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Other Education
• Educational Assessment
• General Education
• Teaching English or French

Careers That Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in student counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	8,050	$69,570

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.