Student Counseling at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

What traits are you looking for in a student counseling school? To help you decide if The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's student counseling program.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

UT Rio Grande Valley Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 46 student counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Rio Grande Valley, about 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. UT Rio Grande Valley 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 98% of degree recipients. That is 61% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Instructional Media Design

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	25,670	$60,080

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.