Student Counseling at National University

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

National University is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 18,070.

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.

National University Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Online Classes Are Available at National University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, National University does offer online courses in student counseling for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

National University 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 National University

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

National University Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 132 student counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from National University, about 16% were men and 84% were women.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 77% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	78
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	132

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Instructional Media Design
• Educational Administration
• 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 CA, the home state for National University.

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 University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.