Student Counseling at George Fox University

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

GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and approximately 4,106 students attend the school each year.

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.

GFU Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

GFU Student Counseling 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.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at GFU

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

GFU Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a master's degree in Student Counseling from GFU in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. GFU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from GFU, 62% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 George Fox University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	13

Related Majors

• Special Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Educational Administration
• General Education
• Teacher Education Grade 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 OR, the home state for George Fox University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	2,880	$62,250

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 George Fox University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.