Student Counseling at University of Southern California

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 Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 173 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.

USC Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

USC Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 173 students who graduated with a master’s in student counseling from USC in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	32
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

Related Majors

• Other Education
• Educational Assessment
• Special Education
• Teaching English or French
• 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	32,400	$74,530

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.