Student Counseling at University of St. Thomas

What traits are you looking for in a student counseling school? To help you decide if University of St. Thomas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's student counseling program.

UST is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,692. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 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.

UST Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

UST Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at UST

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

UST Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 94 student counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UST, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 66% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	29
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Multilingual Education
• General Education
• Instructional Media Design
• 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 TX, the home state for University of St. Thomas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	25,670	$60,080

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.