Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Houston Baptist University

If you are interested in studying mental health counseling/counselor, you may want to check out the program at Houston Baptist University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,963 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor section at the bottom of this page.

HBU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Online Classes Are Available at HBU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

HBU does offer online education options in mental health counseling/counselor for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

HBU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at HBU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health counseling/counselor majors at Houston Baptist University.

HBU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of mental health counseling/counselor master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from HBU, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Houston Baptist University with a master's in mental health counseling/counselor.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
• Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

Careers That Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health counseling/counselor 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 Houston Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX

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
• Image Credit: By LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.