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Student Counseling at New Mexico Highlands University

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

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and approximately 2,777 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.

New Mexico Highlands University Student Counseling Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

New Mexico Highlands University Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Student Counseling Master’s Program

81% Women
66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 student counseling majors earned their master's degree from New Mexico Highlands University. Of these graduates, 19% were men and 81% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. New Mexico Highlands University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 66% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors 1,550 $56,200

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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