by our College Data Analytics TeamCounselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services is a concentration offered under the student counseling major at George Mason University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at GMU paid an average of $1,559 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $671 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,594 | $33,906 |
| Fees | $3,504 | $3,504 |
GMU does not offer an online option for its counselor education/school counseling and guidance services master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GMU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 82.6% of the counselor education/school counseling and guidance services students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 83.1%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in counselor education/school counseling and guidance services at GMU in 2019-2020, 54.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 8 |
| Black or African American | 8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 19 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
*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.
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