Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 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.

WMU Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

WMU Counseling Psychology Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in counseling psychology, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Of the students who received a counseling psychology master's degree from WMU, 65% 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 Western Michigan University with a master's in counseling psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Clinical Psychology
• Industrial & Organizational Psychology
• Applied Behavior Analysis

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,430	$83,210
Psychology Professors	930	$92,000

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.