At a Glance: Graduate School of Education and Counseling

The Graduate School of Education and Counseling offers degrees, and licensure and endorsement preparation in a number of areas.

• Addictions counseling
• Licensed professional counseling (community counseling)
• Marriage, couple, and family therapy
• Education administration and leadership
• School counseling
• School psychology
• Teaching

The Graduate School of Education and Counseling also offers extensive career development opportunities, including summer institutes, certificate programs, and continuing education credits through our Center for Community Engagement.

Accreditation

For complete accreditation information, visit our catalog at http://docs.lclark.edu/graduate/about/#accreditationtext

Enrollment, Fall 2011

• Educational Administration: 135
• Educational Leadership (doctoral program): 30
• Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy: 68
• Professional Mental Health Counseling—Addictions: 43
• Professional Mental Health Counseling: 110
• School Counseling: 87
• School Psychology: 50
• Teacher Education (prospective teachers): 110
• Teacher Education (current teachers): 111

Profile of Entering Class, 2011-12

• Average student age: 32
• Student age range: 21-69
• Percentage who completed post-secondary studies outside Oregon: 52%

GPA

• Average bachelor’s degree GPA: 3.14
• Average post-bachelor’s degree GPA: 3.76

Financial Aid

• Percentage of degree-seeking students who receive financial aid: 85%

Program Completion, 2010-11

• Master’s degrees: 248
• Educational Specialist’s degrees: 16
• Doctoral degrees: 3
• Have met requirements toward additional licenses, endorsements, or other nondegree programs: 133

Academic Excellence

• Total number of tenured and tenure-track faculty and faculty with term: 49
• Percentage of tenure-track faculty with Ph.D. or Ed.D.: 100

Career Outcomes   

Sample list of jobs held by our alumni

• Classroom teacher, area school district
• Classroom specialist, area school district
• Superintendent, Beaverton School District
• Program manager, Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center
• Bilingual therapist, Multnomah County Family Court
• Counselor, private practice

Academic Excellence

Total number of tenured and tenure-track faculty, and faculty with term: 52
Percentage of tenure-track faculty who hold a Ph.D. or Ed.D.: 100%

Student Life

Graduate Student Union Network