Master of Science in Counseling - School Counseling

The Master of Science (M.S.) in Counseling program prepares students with a high level of evidence-based, ethical, and culturally responsive skill sets to serve clients. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration prepares you to conceptualize, assess, diagnose, and treat individuals, groups, and families in a variety of settings. These settings include, but are not limited to, inpatient, outpatient, in-home care, and private practice settings.

The CED department has consistently been recognized as a top graduate education program by the U.S. News & World Report, ranking third in the nation in 2023. The program has rated in the Top 10 list for more than two decades.
Within North Carolina, CED is the Top Graduate Program for Counseling.
Within CED is the Nicholas Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic, an in-house training clinic where all students engage in the practical experiences working with clients.
In our counseling program, master's students are provided with intensive clinical supervision from the department as they develop their counseling skills in clinical practicum and internships.

The Graduate School requires a course-by-course evaluation report showing completion of a bachelors and a graduate degree if required by the program that is equivalent to a US degree from an international college or university recognized and approved by the Ministry of Education or Commission responsible for higher education in the country where the degree is earned. Students enter Graduate School with no academic standing and are expected to earn at least a GPA of 3.0 in their first semester to be placed in Academic Good Standing Continuing students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in all graduate course work at UNCG to remain in Academic Good Standing. Academic Transcripts - For US transcripts please follow the normal protocol from your institution when ordering official transcripts For Undergraduate Admissions the International Recruitment and Admissions Office accepts stamped copies of high school transcripts from US community colleges. IBT TOEFL 79 TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition score report also accepted same score and paper based - 550. IELTS 6.5 IELTS Indicator also accepted same band score. Duolingo English Test DET - 110. ELS - 112 score report. Kaplan International Higher Intermediate Level. ELPs must not be more than 2 years old from the date of application submission.