Student Counseling at Oakland University

If you plan to study student counseling, take a look at what Oakland University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and has a total student population of 18,552.

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

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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

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of student counseling master's degrees went to men and 85% went to 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

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.