Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Southern Connecticut State University

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,331.

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.

SCSU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

SCSU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

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Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

61% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of mental health counseling/counselor master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in mental health counseling/counselor each year. SCSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from SCSU, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT

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.

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National Center for Education Statistics
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