Student Counseling at University of Puget Sound

If you are interested in studying student counseling, you may want to check out the program at University of Puget Sound. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,130.

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.

Puget Sound Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Puget Sound Student Counseling Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 15 student counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Puget Sound, about 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. Puget Sound does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• General Education

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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	5,090	$64,210

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.