Meet the Faculty
Counseling
Counseling Program Mission Statement
The Mission of the Counseling program at the University of Colorado Denver is to educate competent counselors who value inclusion and prize diversity such that they are prepared to offer a continuum of mental health services across a variety of settings for the benefit of the community and society.
Student Resources
Master of Arts in Counseling, Couple and Family Counseling/Therapy
Degree Earned: MA Campus: CU Denver Prepares students for careers as couple and family therapists. Faculty teach students to prize human diversity and offer a continuum of mental health services across a variety of settings for the benefit of the community and society. Graduates treat relationship and emotional challenges, while promoting optimum relational health, through a systemic, holistic approach.Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health
Degree Earned: MA Campus: CU Denver Prepares those interested in providing mental health counseling to a wide range of diverse clients in settings such as mental health centers, private practices, substance abuse centers, hospitals, correctional facilities, and hospice services.Master of Arts in Counseling, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Degree Earned: MA Campus: CU Denver Offers a concentration in higher education and student affairs that prepares counselors to lead and make a difference in higher education, with an emphasis on serving culturally diverse and underrepresented students. The program is the only one in the state with a strong focus on development and success for diverse students with equity and inclusion as key emphases.Master of Arts in Counseling, School Counseling
Degree Earned: MA License Campus: CU Denver Prepares advocates for adolescents and children to become competent school counselors who value inclusion and diversity in their communities. Graduates help meet the high demand for qualified counseling professionals as the commitment to addressing mental health in schools intensifies and counselors take on expanded roles.Counseling Graduate Outcomes
|
Track |
Graduates in the Past Year |
Five-Year Completion Rate* |
Exam Pass Rate** |
Job Placement Rate*** |
|
School Counseling |
20 |
82% |
100% |
100% |
|
Clinical Mental Health Counseling |
30 |
82% |
100% |
83% |
|
Couple and Family Counseling/Therapy |
16 |
77% |
100% |
93% |
Last updated 09/2019
* The current rate includes students who started their program in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
** For School and Clinical Mental Health Counseling the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination pass rate of our graduates is used. For Couple and Family Counseling/Therapy the information comes from the 2019 alumni survey. The rate includes the students who reported passing the National Marital and Family Therapy Examination or their state's equivalent licensing exam.
*** Job placement rate is a three-year average of the data collected from alumni surveys. The rate includes the recent alumni (survey it sent to students who graduated in prior year) who said they were employed in a position related to their program.
Evaluation Reports
School of Education & Human Development
CU Denver
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