Student Counseling at Northern Arizona University

What traits are you looking for in a student counseling school? To help you decide if Northern Arizona University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's student counseling program.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 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.

NAU Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

NAU Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Student Counseling Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students earned a master's degree in student counseling from NAU. About 76% of these graduates were women and the other 24% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. NAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	65
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Related Majors

• International Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teaching English or French
• Multilingual Education
• 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	7,870	$53,980

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.