The Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major at Eastern Illinois University

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Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Eastern Illinois University

If you plan to study counselor education/school counseling & guidance services, take a look at what Eastern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services section at the bottom of this page.

EIU Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services

EIU Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Rankings

Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Program

82% Women

12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of counselor education/school counseling and guidance services master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services each year. EIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a counselor education/school counseling and guidance services master's degree from EIU, 88% 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 Eastern Illinois University with a master's in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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Careers That Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	12,620	$56,540

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
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