Student Counseling at University of Missouri - St Louis

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

UMSL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 13,874 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 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.

UMSL Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Online Classes Are Available at UMSL

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UMSL does offer online courses in student counseling for the following degree levels:

UMSL Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at UMSL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at University of Missouri - St Louis.

UMSL Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 55 student counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UMSL, about 27% were men and 73% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. UMSL does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from UMSL, 76% 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 University of Missouri - St Louis with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	42
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Teaching English or French
• Special Education
• General Education
• 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	6,680	$50,900

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.