Student Counseling at University of Nebraska at Kearney

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

UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and has a total student population of 6,225.

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.

UNK Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

UNK 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 UNK

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

UNK Student Counseling Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a master's degree in student counseling from UNK. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from UNK, 87% 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 University of Nebraska at Kearney with a master's in student counseling.

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

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 University of Nebraska at Kearney. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	53

Related Majors

• Educational Administration
• Special Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	1,500	$60,200

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.