Education Specialist - Professional Counseling (School Counseling)

Education Specialist - Professional Counseling (School Counseling)

The School Counseling Concentration in the Specialist in Education in Professional Counseling degree program is offered through the College of Education at MTSU. The School Counseling concentration is a 61-hour degree program with an emphasis on developmental school counseling. Students who complete the concentration in School Counseling will have met the educational requirements necessary for licensure as school counselors. The mission of the Professional Counseling program is to help students develop essential knowledge, skills, and dispositions to function successfully as professional counselors working in mental health agencies, private practice, or elementary, middle, and high schools. Professional Counseling Faculty strive to attract a diverse group of students who have an allegiance to social justice and to advocacy for equal opportunity for all members of society, and who will make a strong commitment to their own academic achievement, professional development, and personal self-awareness and growth across the lifespan.

Career Path

Clinical mental health counseling graduates are employed by mental health agencies as counselors and eventually complete the requirements for licensure as professional counselors (LPCs). School counseling graduates are employed by school districts in which they provide services to students, school personnel, and parents in elementary, middle, and high school settings. Employment prospects are very good given the strong reputation of the program.