Student Counseling at Seattle Pacific University

If you plan to study student counseling, take a look at what Seattle Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 3,601.

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.

SPU Student Counseling Degrees Available

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

SPU Student Counseling Rankings

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There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in student counseling, making the school the #67 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Student Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 student counseling majors earned their master's degree from SPU. Of these graduates, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from SPU, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	2
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 Seattle Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	51

Related Majors

• Special Education
• Instructional Media Design
• General Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• 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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	5,090	$64,210

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.