Counselling and psychotherapy: postgraduate courses compared

Median pay

Estimate: the counselling master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between King's College London’s counselling undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£41,700) and all universities in England (£35,500) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£25,000 to £43,600 after 1 year

£23,700 to £48,600 after 5 years

In work or study

91.4% after 5 years, all universities

95% in graduate jobs or study after 15 months, King's College London

Full-time taught master’s graduates of this university in counselling in professional or managerial work or further study, about 15 months on, 2020 to 2023 (Office for Students).

Typical jobs

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Median pay

Estimate: the counselling master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between University of Leeds’s counselling undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£39,900) and all universities in England (£35,500) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£25,000 to £43,600 after 1 year

£23,700 to £48,600 after 5 years

In work or study

91.4% after 5 years, all universities

86% in graduate jobs or study after 15 months, University of Leeds

Full-time taught master’s graduates of this university in counselling in professional or managerial work or further study, about 15 months on, 2020 to 2023 (Office for Students).

Typical jobs

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Median pay

Estimate: the counselling master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between Essex’s counselling undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£38,400) and all universities in England (£35,500) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£25,000 to £43,600 after 1 year

£23,700 to £48,600 after 5 years

In work or study

91.4% after 5 years, all universities

95% in graduate jobs or study after 15 months, Essex

Full-time taught master’s graduates of this university in counselling in professional or managerial work or further study, about 15 months on, 2020 to 2023 (Office for Students).

Typical jobs

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Median pay

Estimate: the counselling master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between University of Leeds’s counselling undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£39,900) and all universities in England (£35,500) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£25,000 to £43,600 after 1 year

£23,700 to £48,600 after 5 years

In work or study

91.4% after 5 years, all universities

86% in graduate jobs or study after 15 months, University of Leeds

Full-time taught master’s graduates of this university in counselling in professional or managerial work or further study, about 15 months on, 2020 to 2023 (Office for Students).

Typical jobs

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Median pay

Estimate: the counselling master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between Cumbria’s counselling undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£37,000) and all universities in England (£35,500) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£25,000 to £43,600 after 1 year

£23,700 to £48,600 after 5 years

In work or study

91.4% after 5 years, all universities

No published figure for this university.

Typical jobs

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