MA Mental Health Counseling at University of Cincinnati

Programme overview

Mental Health Counseling is a career choice that is widely popular and has remained in high demand during both challenging and prosperous economic times. The University of Cincinnati's Mental Health Counseling graduate degree is designed to train counselors for employment in community agencies and private practice settings.

Faculty: College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

Career pathways

Common career paths for our graduates include working with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages; career counseling; working with individuals experiencing severe mental illlness or homelessness; and providing counseling in a wide variety of mental health settings.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Undergraduate transcript(s) Letters of Recommendation (3 strongly preferred, minimum of 1 required) Goal statement CV/Resume Application Process: Prospective students should complete the online application by January 15th for Fall enrollment. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all required materials and support documents are successfully submitted by the deadline. Incomplete applications will not be processed or reviewed. Unofficial Transcripts: At the time of application, please upload unofficial transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants select an entry term (semester) when applying; not all programmes start every term, and each programme sets its own start terms.

Graduate application fee: $65 domestic and $70 international for most degree programmes; $75 domestic and $80 international for the College of Engineering & Applied Science; $140 for the MS Physiology.

Graduate applications: programmes set their own deadlines and decision schedules. Most programmes use the UC Graduate Admissions Application; Nursing uses NursingCAS, Occupational Therapy OTCAS, Physical Therapy PTCAS, Athletic Training ATCAS, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology CSDCAS, and Public Health SOPHAS.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uc.edu/admissions.html

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