Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at University of Western States

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

Western States Chiropractic College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 1,195 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor section at the bottom of this page.

Western States Chiropractic College Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Online Classes Are Available at Western States Chiropractic College

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Western States Chiropractic College offers distance education options for mental health counseling/counselor at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Western States Chiropractic College Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in mental health counseling/counselor, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at Western States Chiropractic College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health counseling/counselor majors at University of Western States.

Western States Chiropractic College Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of mental health counseling/counselor master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in mental health counseling/counselor each year. Western States Chiropractic College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from Western States Chiropractic College, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Western States with a master's in mental health counseling/counselor.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

Careers That Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health counseling/counselor can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for University of Western States.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR

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 Bbadgett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.