The Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major at Georgia State University

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Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Georgia State University

If you are interested in studying counselor education/school counseling & guidance services, you may want to check out the program at Georgia State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year.

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.

Georgia State Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Degrees Available

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

Georgia State Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

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

79% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of counselor education/school counseling and guidance services master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services each year. Georgia State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia State University with a master's in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 GA, the home state for Georgia State 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
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