Online Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Overview
Why study clinical mental health counseling?
Today’s insurance plans are required by law to cover treatment for mental health issues — and people are seeking care in record numbers. In fact, in the United States alone, employment of clinical mental health counselors is projected to grow by 19% through 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Even more compelling: One in five adults — roughly 44 million Americans — endures mental illness in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. What does that mean for aspiring clinical mental health counselors like you? It means you have nearly 44 million opportunities to inspire change and improve lives.






Careers
Change Lives. Transform Futures.
Clinical mental health careers:
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Utilize a range of therapeutic techniques to help individuals, families and children deal with emotional and/or psychological problems.
- Substance Abuse Counseling: Provide support for clients who suffer from addictions to various substances.
- Rehabilitation Counseling: Work with those living with a disability or dealing with a life-changing accident and help them to lead positive, productive lives.
- Crisis Counseling: Offer guidance to those who have experienced a serious traumatic event and help them refocus to become functional again.
- Grief Counseling: Counsel those coping with the grief and sense of loss that follows the death of a loved one or tragic life experience.
- Marriage, Couples and Family Counseling: Help heal fractured relationships and strengthen bonds between spouses and family members.
- Veterans Counseling: Give counsel to the more than 5 million U.S. veterans struggling with the myriad physical, emotional, mental and social issues that can arise after combat; help them adjust to life after military service.
Where can you work?
- Outpatient and residential care centers
- Social and human service agencies
- Community clinics
- Nonprofit organizations
- Government agencies
- VA hospitals, medical centers and clinics
- Healthcare organizations
- Private corporations (employee assistance programs)
- Private practices
Let’s take a closer look at a few of your career options*:
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Curriculum
Program foundation courses
Program Core Courses
Concentration Courses
Experiential Program Courses
Admission Requirements
To be eligible for this program, you must meet the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
- Students may be admitted unconditionally if they have achieved at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate coursework. Applicants with previous graduate coursework must have achieved a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale in all graduate coursework and have completed a minimum of 12 graduate credit hours for the graduate grade point average to be considered for admission.
You must also submit the following:
- Completed online application, which includes providing the following information:
- Non-refundable $40 application fee
- Official transcripts of academic credentials
- Statement of Interest:
- Achievements and work experience that you consider relevant to your interest in and capacity for graduate study
- Career objectives and how the graduate program you have selected will assist you in attaining these goals
- Three letters of recommendation
- Virtual interview (The virtual interview can be scheduled after applicant has submitted the application and met all other requirements.)
