Student Counseling at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you plan to study student counseling, take a look at what Saint Mary's College of California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and has a total student population of 3,439.

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.

SMC Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

SMC Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Student Counseling Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of student counseling master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. SMC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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 Saint Mary's College of California with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• General Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Educational Administration
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	32,400	$74,530

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.