College Student Counseling & Personal Services
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of College Student Counseling & Personal Services degree recipients are Greensboro, NC, Seattle, WA, and Boone, NC. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of College Student Counseling & Personal Services degree recipients are Thousand Oaks, CA, Pembroke, NC, and San Angelo, TX. The most common degree awarded to students studying College Student Counseling & Personal Services is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in College Student Counseling & Personal Services and the types of students that study this field. Seattle University awards the most degrees in College Student Counseling & Personal Services in the US, but California Lutheran University and University of North Carolina at Pembroke have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in College Student Counseling & Personal Services.
Tuition costs for College Student Counseling & Personal Services majors are, on average, $8,232 for in-state public colleges, and $39,528 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers College Student Counseling & Personal Services programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (61 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (783 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in College Student Counseling & Personal Services, is Public, 4-year or above (783 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer College Student Counseling & Personal Services programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Seattle University has the most College Student Counseling & Personal Services degree recipients, with 56 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in College Student Counseling & Personal Services.
Out of all institutions that offer College Student Counseling & Personal Services programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, California Lutheran University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in College Student Counseling & Personal Services, with 2.75%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in College Student Counseling & Personal Services by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are Surgeons, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Physicians.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (30.6%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Child day care services.
The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, and Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are 44 and 40 years old, which represent 2.56% and 2.55% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in College Student Counseling & Personal Services are Masters Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Research Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in College Student Counseling & Personal Services.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in College Student Counseling & Personal Services for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in College Student Counseling & Personal Services.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Europe that hold Education degrees (2.92 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (55,415 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the College Student Counseling & Personal Services field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. College Student Counseling & Personal Services majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that College Student Counseling & Personal Services majors need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, and Persuasion.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for College Student Counseling & Personal Services majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Service Orientation is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
