Student Counseling at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

NYU Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Student Counseling Master’s Program

The student counseling program at NYU awarded 181 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. NYU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	76
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	181

Related Majors

• Special Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Other Education
• Educational Assessment
• General Education

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	24,940	$67,920

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.