Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

If you plan to study counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, take a look at what The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and has a total student population of 32,441.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services section at the bottom of this page.

UT Rio Grande Valley Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services

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Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students graduated with a master's degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services from UT Rio Grande Valley. About 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services each year. UT Rio Grande Valley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 98% of degree recipients. That is 61% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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Careers That Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	25,670	$60,080

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.