Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services at Western Carolina University

If you plan to study counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, take a look at what Western Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services section at the bottom of this page.

WCU Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services

WCU Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Rankings

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Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Student Demographics at WCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services majors at Western Carolina University.

WCU Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services from WCU. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a counselor education/school counseling and guidance services master's degree from WCU, 100% 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 Western Carolina University with a master's in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services.

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

Related Majors

• College Student Counseling & Personnel Services

Careers That Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	6,380	$50,140

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.