Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Walden University

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

Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 49,695 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.

Walden University Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Online Classes Are Available at Walden University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Walden University does offer online courses in mental health counseling/counselor for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at Walden University

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

Walden University Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of mental health counseling/counselor master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in mental health counseling/counselor each year. Walden University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from Walden University, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	128
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	220
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

Related Majors

• Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
• Marriage and Family Therapy/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 MN, the home state for Walden University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN

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.