College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147.

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.

UGA College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Degrees Available

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

UGA College Student Counseling & Personnel Services 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in college student counseling, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

College Student Counseling Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in college student counseling from UGA. About 55% of these graduates were women and the other 45% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in college student counseling each year. UGA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a college student counseling master's degree from UGA, 55% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	10,060	$56,500

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.