Student Counseling at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 16,769 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.

NIU Student Counseling Degrees Available

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

NIU Student Counseling Rankings

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There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in student counseling, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Student Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 student counseling majors earned their master's degree from NIU. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. NIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from NIU, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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

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 IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	12,620	$56,540

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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.