Student Services Counselor

A typical week tends to mix individual student appointments, group sessions on common concerns, intervention with students who are struggling, and operational work supporting student services programs. You'll often work with students whose academic concerns are intertwined with broader life issues — financial stress, mental health, family dynamics, post-graduation uncertainty. Knowledge of institutional resources across many offices matters more than people expect.

Coordination involves academic advisors, faculty, financial aid, registrar, residence life, mental health counseling, and sometimes outside community resources. Caseload sizes vary widely; at larger institutions, individual student depth can be hard to maintain.

People who tend to thrive here are patient, emotionally regulated, and warm with students at difficult points. If you need fast-paced or analytical work, the case-by-case rhythm and emotional load can feel demanding. If you find satisfaction in being a steady presence for students through college transitions and watching small breakthroughs accumulate, the work tends to feel meaningfully relational in ways that matter to students' trajectories.