Student Counseling at University of Puget Sound

What traits are you looking for in a student counseling school? To help you decide if University of Puget Sound is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's student counseling program.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,130 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.

Puget Sound Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound Student Counseling Master’s Program

The student counseling program at Puget Sound awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. Puget Sound does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

Student Counseling majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Puget Sound. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	15

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• General 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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.