# Student Counseling and Personnel Services

> Student Counseling and Personnel Services is a field of study in the Education area.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/programs/student-counseling-and-personnel-services
- CIP code: 13.11 (Education)
- Colleges offering it: 459 at its most common degree level

## Outcomes by degree level (College Scorecard, 2025)

| Degree level | Colleges | Median earnings 1 yr | Median earnings 4 yrs | Median federal debt |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Certificate | 9 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Associate's | 1 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Bachelor's | 9 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Master's | 459 | $53,964 | $58,997 | $41,881 |
| Post-baccalaureate certificate | 13 | $55,841 | $54,635 | not reported |
| Doctoral | 84 | $77,437 | $71,981 | $33,041 |
| First professional | 7 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Graduate/professional certificate | 189 | $61,533 | $55,831 | $47,125 |

## Related careers (NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk)

- [Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/educational-guidance-and-career-counselors-and-advisors): $64,330 median pay
- [Residential Advisors](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/residential-advisors): $42,240 median pay

## More in Education

- [Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/teacher-education-and-professional-development-specific-levels-and-methods): 1,160 colleges
- [Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/teacher-education-and-professional-development-specific-subject-areas): 919 colleges
- [Educational Administration and Supervision](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/educational-administration-and-supervision): 768 colleges
- [Special Education and Teaching](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/special-education-and-teaching): 630 colleges
- [Education, General](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/education-general): 432 colleges
- [Curriculum and Instruction](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/curriculum-and-instruction): 425 colleges
- [Educational/Instructional Media Design](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/educational-instructional-media-design): 273 colleges
- [Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/teaching-english-or-french-as-a-second-or-foreign-language): 256 colleges

## Sources

- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data, 2025: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/
- NCES Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2020: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/