Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Fordham University

If you plan to study mental health counseling/counselor, take a look at what Fordham University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and has a total student population of 16,364.

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

Fordham U Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Fordham U Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at Fordham U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health counseling/counselor majors at Fordham University.

Fordham U Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of mental health counseling/counselor master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in mental health counseling/counselor each year. Fordham U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

Careers That Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health counseling/counselor can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Fordham University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY

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 Chriscobar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.