Guidance and counseling services are available to all students. Counselors assist students in obtaining maximum development of their potentialities and arriving at decisions which further their progress. These decisions most frequently involve one or more of the following: vocational and occupational choice, selection of educational goals, and matters of a social-personal nature.

The counseling service tests incoming freshmen in English, reading, and mathematics to help ascertain their proper placement in instructional courses. The American College Testing ASSET test is the primary instrument used by the College for placement testing purposes. Counselors provide immediate feedback of test results and assist each freshman student in completing the first schedule of classes. At the time of enrollment in both Technical and Academic Programs, a student is assigned a program advisor, who guides the student in scholastic matters. Counselors in the Dean of Student's office provide general services to complement guidance from program advisors. Services include counseling involving personal-social problems, social discipline and job placement. The Retention Advocate also provides assistance to students considering withdrawing from school. The Transfer Coordinator provides services to students to assist them in transferring to Senior institutions.

An orientation program is available to all new students. The program is designed to provide the new student with a knowledge of the physical environment of the campus and the institutional policies, to provide a fundamental knowledge of the educational offerings and requirements of the institution, and to provide the student with specific advising for initial registration. Provision will be made for individual conferences between students and counselors, or faculty.