Student Counseling at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

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.

NIU Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling
• Doctorate Degree in Student Counseling

NIU 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in student counseling, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Student Counseling Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of student counseling master's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. NIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from NIU, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

The following student counseling concentations are available at Northern Illinois University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	38

Related Majors

• Educational Assessment
• General Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Instructional Media Design
• 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 IL, the home state for Northern 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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.