Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

STEM • Health Professions And Related Programs

What is it about?

A program that prepares individuals to provide evaluations, referrals, and short-term counseling services to help people prevent or remediate personal problems, conflicts, and emotional crises. Includes instruction in human development, psychopathology, individual and group counseling, personality theory, career assessment, patient screening and referral, observation and testing techniques, interviewing skills, professional standards and ethics, and applicable laws and regulations.

Numbers at a glance

818th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
3
Colleges offer it
35
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
4
Women
31

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Drexel University17
Southwestern Assemblies of God University10
Lesley University8
Average private university graduating class: 12 students.

O's Insights on Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 15 years.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 1,553 40
Counseling Psychology 461 30