The faculty includes persons of national prominence in the field, who in conjunction with a fast-growing alumni network, assist graduates with placement. Due to a very favorable relationship with the student services on campus, almost all students in the program obtain graduate assistantships. At the master's level students may choose from an administrative or a counseling emphasis, both of which are designed to prepare practitioners for a variety of student affairs specialties or as generalists. The Ph.D. program, which offers emphases in administration and in student development, is intended to prepare directors and student affairs senior officers. Doctoral candidates are expected to develop an empirically-based research interest leading to successful completion of the dissertation requirement.
Faculty have many years of experience as practitioners.
Good balance of theoretical and experiential. Excellent placement rate. Strong graduate student association.