Student Counseling at George Washington University

If you are interested in studying student counseling, you may want to check out the program at George Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

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.

GWU Student Counseling Degrees Available

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

GWU Student Counseling Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in student counseling, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Student Counseling Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of student counseling master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from GWU, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• General Education
• Educational Assessment
• Instructional Media Design
• Other Education
• Curriculum & Instruction

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	1,740	$67,050

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.