Student Counseling at Georgia State University

Every student counseling school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the student counseling program at Georgia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received their master's degree in student counseling.

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.

Georgia State Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling
• Doctorate Degree in Student Counseling

Georgia State Student Counseling Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in student counseling, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Student Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 student counseling majors earned their master's degree from Georgia State. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from Georgia State, 62% 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 Georgia State University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• General Education
• Education Philosophy
• Educational Assessment
• Curriculum & Instruction
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	10,060	$56,500

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.