Student Counseling at The University of West Florida

If you plan to study student counseling, take a look at what The University of West Florida has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 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.

UWF Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

UWF Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at UWF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at The University of West Florida.

UWF Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in student counseling from UWF in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. UWF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from UWF, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of West Florida with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Instructional Media Design
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Administration
• Special Education

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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	16,340	$50,350

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.