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Career Information for Educational Counselors in Pennsylvania

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Fast Facts for Educational Counselors in Pennsylvania

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Reading, Erie, and Johnstown
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Lancaster, York, and Williamsport
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Reading

Salaries for Educational Counselors in Pennsylvania

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Williamsport, York, and Philadelphia. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Educational Counselors in Pennsylvania are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Educational Counselors in Pennsylvania

Walden University
Online

Offers online graduate degrees in a wide variety of fields. Offered online

  • Programs: Counselor Education And Supervision
  • Degrees/Course Work: Doctorate

Pennsylvania Educational Counseling Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Arcadia UniversityGlensideDoctorate3,592
Bucknell UniversityLewisburgMasters3,677
California University of PennsylvaniaCaliforniaMasters8,206
Duquesne UniversityPittsburghDoctorate & First Professional10,296
Eastern UniversitySaint DavidsDoctorate & First Professional4,291
Edinboro University of PennsylvaniaEdinboroMasters7,686
Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphiaMasters3,487
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndianaDoctorate14,018
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztownMasters10,295
Lehigh UniversityBethlehemDoctorate6,845
Marywood UniversityScrantonDoctorate3,316
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersvilleMasters8,306
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity ParkDoctorate43,252
Philadelphia Biblical University-LanghorneLanghorneMasters1,349
Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburgMasters7,765
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery RockDoctorate8,325
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaDoctorate & First Professional23,980
University of ScrantonScrantonDoctorate5,612
Villanova UniversityVillanovaDoctorate & First Professional10,470
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest ChesterMasters13,219
Westminster College New WilmingtonNew WilmingtonMasters1,455

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Educational Counselors

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Pennsylvania. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Educational Counselors

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Educational Counselors relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

PENNSYLVANIA

   
Reading740$51,0802.6
Erie500$46,1502.4
Johnstown110$49,8801.2
Philadelphia4,150$52,6901.2
Harrisburg640$47,7201.1
Allentown660$51,7201.1
Pittsburgh2,080$50,6101
Lebanon70$46,9101
Altoona90$44,9901
Scranton420$48,3000.9
Williamsport70$63,0000.9
York270$55,3400.9
Lancaster280$52,0200.7
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