The study deemed it rational to counsel the youths early enough before they choose a marital partner. This is due to high rate of divorce in the society. The purpose of the study is to reduce the rate of divorce in the society through counselling. Two research questions were designed for the study. It is an empirical study where 150 students were randomly selected from 14 departments in the University of Port Harcourt. 20 factors were presented to the respondents as to determine the best factor to consider before marriage. From the research result faithfulness was ranked high for the sustainability of marriage, while traditional beliefs was rated lower. The researchers’ belief in counselling the young adults before marriage especially on fertility test, genotype test, blood group test and sickle cell anemia test.