Student Counseling at University of Puget Sound

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 University of Puget Sound stacks up to those at other schools.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,130. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 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.

Puget Sound Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Puget Sound Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Student Counseling from Puget Sound in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. Puget Sound does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• General 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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	5,090	$64,210

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.