Student Counseling at University of St. Thomas

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

UST is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,692.

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.

UST Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

UST Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at UST

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

UST Student Counseling Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students earned a master's degree in student counseling from UST. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 66% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	29
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 St. Thomas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	94

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Multilingual Education
• General Education
• Instructional Media Design
• Teacher Education Subject 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 TX, the home state for University of St. Thomas.

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.