Counseling Psychology at Buena Vista University

If you plan to study counseling psychology, take a look at what Buena Vista University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year.

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

BVU Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

BVU Counseling Psychology Rankings

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at BVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the counseling psychology majors at Buena Vista University.

BVU Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in counseling psychology each year. BVU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a counseling psychology master's degree from BVU, 83% 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 Buena Vista University with a master's in counseling psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That Counseling Psychology Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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 Ryan Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.