Counseling Psychology at University of Kansas

If you plan to study counseling psychology, take a look at what University of Kansas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 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.

KU Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

KU Counseling Psychology Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in counseling psychology, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in counseling psychology each year. KU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the counseling psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• School Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Clinical Child 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,030	$65,320
Psychology Professors	270	$81,530

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 Arnhem under License

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