CACREP-accredited Online Counseling Programs
Learn to champion your clients’ well-being.
Known as a “Public Ivy” for its decades-long history of academic excellence, William & Mary offers online graduate programs from the School of Education that emphasize social justice and cultural responsiveness. Our online, CACREP-accredited counseling programs prepare students to lead transformative change, one client, student or school at a time.
You'll receive personalized mentoring from esteemed faculty who guide you through an innovative curriculum focused on personal and professional growth. Connect theory with practice while preparing for licensing examinations and real-world work grounded in core competencies and social justice principles.
Develop Counseling Competencies in a Collaborative, Interactive Environment
Our CACREP-accredited online counseling programs prepare students to work in diverse counseling settings through integrated teaching methods and experiential learning opportunities, including supervised practicum courses and internships.
Prepare to Serve Others as a Licensed Counselor
William & Mary's CACREP-accredited online counseling programs emphasize social justice and cultural responsiveness while preparing you for licensure. Study with attentive faculty mentorship through our flexible online format. Choose the specialized educational path that fits with your professional goals and learn to create positive transformation—one client at a time.
Download our guide to learn more about:
✓ The Online M.Ed. in Counseling program
✓ Paths to licensure
✓ The career outlook for counselors
✓ Faculty in the Online M.Ed. in Counseling program
✓ Admission requirements
✓ The online student experience
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Fill a Fast-Growing Need When You Become a Counselor
William & Mary’s CACREP-accredited online counseling programs prepare you to serve the rapidly growing demand in this dynamic and meaningful career field.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects an addition of 6.7 million jobs from 2023 to 2033. The healthcare and social assistance sector is projected to have the largest growth and be the fastest-growing industry sector in that time.4
Opportunities for counselors who address substance abuse, behavioral disorders and mental health are projected to grow by 19%—much faster than the national average—by 2033. Rehabilitation counselors will see 2% growth in job opportunities for the decade, and school and career counselors and advisors' job opportunities will see 4% growth.5,6,7
The counseling field offers geographic flexibility in addition to the projected growth in the number of jobs. Become a counselor and you can find work just about anywhere.
Is a Counseling Career Right for You?
Counselors enter the field for many reasons: to help overcome systemic challenges like poverty and oppression, to connect meaningfully with others, to guide young people toward success, to serve armed forces veterans, or to pay forward the support they once received.
If you are motivated by any of these reasons, the master’s in counseling can be very worthwhile. Learn more about the clients and work settings for different counseling degrees.
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Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Military and Veterans Counseling
Why Earn Your Master’s in Counseling Online From William & Mary?
- You will graduate prepared with the knowledge, compassion and objectivity you need to become an effective licensed counselor
- The curriculum is rooted in innovation and directed by highly engaged and experienced faculty leaders
- Our engaging online experience emphasizes social justice and cultural responsiveness as part of your professional development
- You can join the tight-knit community of bold and principled alumni from a renowned “Public Ivy” institution
- You can tailor the program to your professional and personal goals
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- 100% of William & Mary’s Online M.Ed. in Counseling graduates who took the National Counselor Examination and/or the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination in Fall 2023 passed.
- Based on self-reported data from alumni of the William & Mary School of Education online counseling programs in graduating cohorts from 2021-2025
- Retrieved on May 9, 2023, from cacrep.org/about-cacrep/
- Retrieved on November 22, 2024, from bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecopro.pdf
- Retrieved on November 22, 2024, from bls.gov/ooh/community-and-social-service/substance-abuse-behavioral-disorder-and-mental-health-counselors.htm#tab-1
- Retrieved on November 22, 2024, from bls.gov/ooh/community-and-social-service/rehabilitation-counselors.htm#tab-1
- Retrieved on November 22, 2024, from bls.gov/OOH/community-and-social-service/school-and-career-counselors.htm
- Retrieved on November 22, 2024, from princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-50-best-value-colleges-public-schools
- Retrieved on November 22, 2024, from princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-20-best-alumni-networks-public-schools
- Retrieved on November 22, 2024, from usnews.com/education/online-education/college-of-william-and-mary-OEDU0155/education