Student Counseling at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year.

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.

GaSou Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

GaSou Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Student Counseling Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of student counseling master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. GaSou does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from GaSou, 63% 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 Georgia Southern University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Teaching English or French
• Educational Assessment
• Multilingual Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Special Education

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	10,060	$56,500

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.