Occupations/21-1012.00
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
Usually a graduate or professional degree.
AI automation risk
37%
More resilient
Human characteristics
72%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
44%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- Mostly routine
Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Mostly human
Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- 02Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
- 03Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- 04Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
- 05Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.
- 06Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.44
- Degree of automation1.52
- Time sitting4.27
- Originality (ability)3.12
- Conflict situations4.11
- Hands-on objects/tools2.18
- Outdoors / weather1.32
- Disease exposure2.19
- Decision freedom4.01
Top abilities
- Oral Expression4.25
- Oral Comprehension4.25
- Written Expression4.00
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Speech Clarity3.75
- Problem Sensitivity3.75
- Inductive Reasoning3.75
- Deductive Reasoning3.75
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.88
- Active Listening4.38
- Writing3.88
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics2.25
- Science1.50
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.75
- Learning Strategies3.75
- Monitoring3.75
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 71 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Executive/Career Coaching 52.1006 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $82,756 2 yr $88,638 Master's · CIP 52.10 |
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public | Executive/Career Coaching 52.1006 | $12,800 | 53% | 83% | 1 yr $72,860 2 yr $69,338 Master's · CIP 52.10 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public | School Psychology 42.2805 | $12,600 | 48% | 84% | 1 yr $69,338 2 yr — Doctoral · CIP 42.28 |
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public | Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 13.1101 | $6,500 | 25% | 84% | 1 yr $61,020 2 yr — Doctoral · CIP 13.11 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | Executive/Career Coaching 52.1006 | $17,700 | 18% | 93% | 1 yr $60,072 2 yr $67,101 Bachelor's · CIP 52.10 |
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public | Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 13.1101 | $8,200 | 77% | 71% | 1 yr $58,115 2 yr $57,072 Master's · CIP 13.11 |
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 13.1101 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $57,657 2 yr $63,898 Master's · CIP 13.11 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 13.1101 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $55,286 2 yr $67,660 Master's · CIP 13.11 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public | Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 13.1101 | $15,200 | 57% | 86% | 1 yr $53,537 2 yr $50,060 Master's · CIP 13.11 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 13.1101 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $52,733 2 yr $50,606 Master's · CIP 13.11 |
Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public | School Psychology 42.2805 | $13,200 | 63% | 83% | 1 yr $52,357 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 42.28 |
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public | School Psychology 42.2805 | $11,700 | 31% | 88% | 1 yr $52,107 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 42.28 |