by our College Data Analytics TeamMental Health Counseling/Counselor is a concentration offered under the mental and social health services major at Oakland University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in mental health counseling/counselor, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Oakland paid an average of $1,027 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $773 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,546 | $24,648 |
Oakland does not offer an online option for its mental health counseling/counselor master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Oakland Online Learning page.
Women made up around 72.5% of the mental health counseling/counselor students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 83.3%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in mental health counseling/counselor at Oakland in 2019-2020, 19.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 6 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 38 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.