Student Counseling at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying student counseling, you may want to check out the program at Oakland University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Student Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling
• Doctorate Degree in Student Counseling

Oakland Student Counseling Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in student counseling, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Oakland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at Oakland University.

Oakland Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 20 student counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Oakland, about 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a student counseling master's degree from Oakland, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

Student Counseling majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oakland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	24

Related Majors

• Teaching English or French
• Other Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Special Education
• Educational Administration

Careers That Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in student counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	6,910	$55,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.