Master of Arts in Education - School Counseling

Seattle University’s School Counseling degree prepares ethical, reflective and multiculturally competent leaders to work in K-12 schools. As a premier program in the Pacific Northwest for the past four decades, our graduate school counseling program prepares diverse, ethical, reflective, clinically skilled and multiculturally competent counselors. Even more, our school counselor degree graduates become leaders and advocates who confront injustice and provide quality service in diverse communities. Seattle University’s School Counseling program is a national leader in preparing graduates to be professional school counselors in both private and public school settings. Our program is ranked as the top graduate counseling program in Seattle by Top Counseling Schools. The ranking is based on program completion rate, job placement rate, licensing exam pass rates, accreditation length, research productivity of faculty and cost of tuition and fees. The master’s degree program in School Counseling (SCOUN) prepares you to work in public and private K-12 schools as a certified school counselor. It prepares school counselors for Educational Staff Associate (ESA) certification, too. The school counseling program concludes with you completing a program-approved practicum and internship in a K-12 school setting. Whenever possible, internships are done at schools that you choose to enable you to continue working while completing the internship.

The School Counseling application includes the following elements - Bachelor’s degree or higher: Evidence of a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants with less than a 3.00 GPA might be considered for probationary admission and can submit an additional GPA explanation statement. Applicants with a non-graded bachelor's degree are required to submit a GRE/GMAT test score.