College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Eastern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying college student counseling and personnel services, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in College Student Counseling & Personnel Services section at the bottom of this page.

EIU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in College Student Counseling

EIU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

College Student Counseling Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Program

Of the 17 college student counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from EIU, about 35% were men and 65% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in college student counseling each year. EIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a college student counseling master's degree from EIU, 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 Eastern Illinois University with a master's in college student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services

Careers That College Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in college 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 IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	12,620	$56,540

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.