Student Counseling at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563.

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.

UAB Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

UAB Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a master's degree in Student Counseling from UAB in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from UAB, 61% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• General Education
• Special Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Assessment
• 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	3,770	$53,420

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.