Counseling Psychology at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Counseling Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

Northwestern Counseling Psychology Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in counseling psychology, making the school the #70 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the counseling psychology majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a counseling psychology master's degree from Northwestern, 65% 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 Northwestern University with a master's in counseling psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	205
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Related Majors

• Clinical Psychology

Careers That Counseling Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in counseling psychology 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 Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.