Trained psychologists are referred to as consultants in schools and colleges. They are there to help colleges and universities, teachers and students by examining their problems, doubts and decisions, and then advising and consulting a solution for the same.

An educational consultant helps schools, teachers, and students to make the best educational decisions. They advise students with college selection, visa applications, admission process, etc. They develop training programmes for teachers, help institutes to improve their curriculum, help private education firms to build a product to improve their students' achievements, etc.

The charges of consultants depend on the services provided by them. Many consultants prefer working on a continuous basis, and they charge 750-3000 dollars for each case, that is, 50,000-2,00,000 INR per case. Some consultants charge on an hourly basis ranging between 50-150 dollars, that is, about 3,500-10,000 INR.

The overseas educational consultant is one who helps you study abroad. They help with counselling the students, test preparations, entrance exams, selection of the university, selection of country, visa assessments, financial aid applications, etc.

The education consultants can help prepare by holding lectures for many entrance exams like for admissions to colleges abroad like GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, etc. or for UPSC, MPSC exams, etc. Also, for courses like management, design, mass media, communication, law, journalism, etc. they help with the preparations.