College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

If you plan to study college student counseling and personnel services, take a look at what Northwestern State University of Louisiana has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 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.

NSU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in College Student Counseling

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

NSU does offer online education options in college student counseling for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

NSU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

College Student Counseling Student Demographics at NSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the college student counseling majors at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

NSU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 college student counseling majors earned their master's degree from NSU. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the college student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 91% of degree recipients. That is 53% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
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 LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	4,970	$55,500

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 Fitzed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.