Student Counseling at Southern Connecticut State University

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,331. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 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.

SCSU Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

SCSU Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU Student Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 student counseling majors earned their master's degree from SCSU. Of these graduates, 32% were men and 68% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. SCSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from SCSU, 64% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Other Education
• Multilingual Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• General Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific

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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	4,700	$65,510

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.