Overview

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.

The School Counseling program is also ranked as the top graduate counseling program in Seattle by Top Counseling Schools based on program completion rate, job placement rate, licensing exam pass rates, accreditation length, research productivity of faculty, and cost of tuition and fees.

Program Objectives

The School Counseling's Program Objectives are to develop:

Ethical and professional school counselors who are prepared to be technologically competent, professional, ethical decision-makers, and knowledgeable of legal matters.

School counselors as multicultural and social justice competent leaders prepared to tailor their approach to align with clients' cultural worldview, practice advocacy, value diversity and promote social justice.

School counselors who use knowledge of human growth and development prepared to improve client understanding, well-being, addictions and to enhance resiliency from a multicultural and social justice framework.

School counselors with career development knowledge and skills prepared to help individuals make informed career decisions.

Demonstrate understanding and application of established and emerging counseling prepared with effective use of empowerment techniques for working with diverse populations.

School counselors with assessment understanding prepared to assess individuals' abilities, aptitudes, achievements, and interests.

School counselors with research and evaluation skills prepared to research and evaluate services and make research-based professional judgments.

School counselors as change agents prepared to plan, implement and evaluate a student-centered, data-driven school counseling program that advances the mission of the school and to address chemical dependency issues in schools.

Accreditation

Accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Social Justice in Professional Practice

Counseling Across the Lifespan

Fundamental Counseling Skills

Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Career Counseling

Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International

More details

Open until filled for nationals

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

90 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Seattle, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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IELTS

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete Seattle University’s Online Application

Essay

Letter of Intent

Résumé

2 College of Education Recommendation Forms

College of Education Self-Evaluation Form

Evidence of a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.

Official Transcript(s)

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

22710 USD / year

≈ 22710 USD / year
Out-of-State

22710 USD / year

≈ 22710 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

22710 USD / year

≈ 22710 USD / year

Living costs

Seattle

United States

1480 - 2580 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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