Admissions Counselor
Impact: Student enrollment and institutional diversity through expert admissions counseling
Guide prospective students through the college or university admissions process by providing information about academic programmes, campus life, and financial aid. Review applications, conduct interviews, represent the institution at college fairs, and make admissions recommendations that build a diverse and academically excellent student body.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 20 to 35% for college fairs and high school visits
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 38 to 50 hours/week
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $70,000
- Entry-level
- $38,000 - $52,000
- Senior
- $110,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 5% (slower than average)
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Very Low
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate - 50 to 65% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Low
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- 70
Soft skills
- 30
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 0 to 2 years
- Years to senior
- 3 to 6 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Admissions Counselor > Senior Admissions Counselor > Assistant Director of Admissions > Director of Admissions > VP of Enrollment
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 20% moderate risk as AI automates some admissions processing
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7/10
- Meaning
- 7/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High