Student Counseling at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year.

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.

UCF Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

UCF 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.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Student Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 student counseling majors earned their master's degree from UCF. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. UCF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from UCF, 57% 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 40% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	39
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

Student Counseling majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Central Florida. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	91

Related Majors

• Teaching English or French
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Instructional Media Design
• General Education
• Special 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	16,340	$50,350

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.