Student Counseling at Drake University

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 Drake University stacks up to those at other schools.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,774.

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.

Drake Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Drake Student Counseling Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 37 students who earned a master's degree in Student Counseling from Drake in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from Drake, 95% 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 Drake University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

If you plan to be a student counseling major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Drake University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	37

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• 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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	2,600	$54,650

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 Limitingflame1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.