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Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

The University of Akron

  • Akron, United States
  • 2 years
  • English
  • On campus
  • Master

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About the program

A licensure-track counseling master's with practicum and internship in clinical settings.

Program highlights

  • Internship available: yes
  • Placement support: yes
  • Work during study: yes
  • Post-study work rights (1): yes
  • PR pathway friendly: no

What you will learn

  • Learners studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling can develop the ability to interpret health-related evidence
  • Apply appropriate safety and professional practices
  • Communicate effectively with patients or stakeholders and evaluate care or service needs
  • And apply advanced analytical or reflective approaches to complex work. These are indicative learning goals
  • Not a confirmed list of the university's assessed course outcomes.

Career outcomes

  • Child and adolescent mental health therapist
  • Clinical supervisor
  • Clinical therapist
  • Jail diversion clinician
  • Licensed mental health therapist
  • Outpatient clinician
  • Residential clinician

Curriculum

  • 60-62 credit licensure track over two years full-time: counseling theory
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Ethics
  • Skills and techniques
  • Trauma and crisis
  • Group counseling
  • Assessment
  • Addictions
  • Human development and career counseling
  • Then research
  • A 100-hour practicum and 600+ hour internship across two semesters.

Entry requirements

Academic

  • Four-year bachelor's degree or international equivalent with at least a 2.50 GPA (4.0 scale)
  • Official transcripts with NACES evaluation
  • English proficiency (e. G. TOEFL iBT 79
  • IELTS 6.5
  • Duolingo 115) and programme-specific items such as letters of recommendation and a statement of purpose
  • Individual programmes may require more
  • Bachelor GPA 2.50 on 4.0 scale (or 3.00 for the last two years) for full admission
  • 2.75 For assistantship eligibility.

Minimum GPA

2.5

Accepted academic background

Four-year US bachelor's degree or international equivalent from an accredited institution with minimum 2.50 GPA (4.0 scale), Official transcripts with NACES course-by-course evaluation, Programme-specific requirements (GRE/GMAT where required).

Other requirements

  • Interview required

Documents you’ll need

  • Academic Transcripts
  • Passport Copy
  • English Language Test Results (if required)
  • Recommendation Letters
  • Personal Statement.

How to apply

  1. Review the program admission requirements and intake deadlines. Prepare academic transcripts
  2. Identification
  3. any required supporting documents. Complete the institution application and provide language results if applicable. Pay any required application fee
  4. Submit the application
  5. await the admission decision.

Other costs

Tuition per year$18,684 USD
Application fee$75 USD
Deposit$3,700 USD

Program details

CampusAkron
Faculty or schoolCollege of Health and Human Sciences
DepartmentCounseling
Teaching languageEnglish
Credit value30
Study paceFixed
Post-study stay1
Scholarship noteScholarship opportunities may be available to eligible students, Availability and award criteria should be confirmed with the university.

Intakes and deadlines

  • Program starts

    August 2027

    Apply by

    1 Jun 2027

    199 days left

  • Program starts

    January 2028

    Apply by

    1 Oct 2027

    321 days left

Frequently asked questions

  • The program takes 2 years.