Top Counseling Programs

Michigan State University

• Michigan State University's rehabilitation counseling program was ranked No. 1 in the nation by "U.S. News & World Report" in 2007, the last time that school psychology programs were ranked by the publication. The school offers both master's and doctoral programs in the field. Rehabilitation counseling is a specialized field of counseling aimed towards helping those with mental, social and physical disorders. The school offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) that prepares students for practice as counselors. The program requires the completion of 54 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree. The Ph.D. program requires an additional 47 credit hours and introduces students to advanced research practices in the field.

  College of Education
  Michigan State University
  Erickson Hall
  East Lansing, MI 48824
  517-355-1734
  educ.msu.edu

University of Wisconsin

• The University of Wisconsin's rehabilitation counseling program tied with Michigan State for the top spot in the "U.S. News & World Report" rankings. The university offers a Master of Science (M.S.) degree that requires students to complete 48 credit hours of study. The Ph.D. program requires about two years of full-time coursework followed by a one-year internship. The university also offers a post-master's advanced studies in counseling psychology program that prepares students for licensure.

  Department of Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  1000 Bascom Mall, Rm. 431B
  Madison, WI 53706
  608-263-5860
  rpse.wisc.edu

University of Missouri

• The University of Missouri was ranked as the top counseling psychology program in the nation by the Social Psychology Network. The Univeristy of Missouri offers both a master's degree and a Ph.D. as part of its graduate curriculum. At the master's degree level, the school offers the Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree. Students can specialize in one of three areas: sports psychology, school psychology, and career counseling and development.

  Educational, School and Counseling Psychology
  116 Hill Hall
  University of Missouri
  Columbia, MO 65211
  573-882-7732
  education.missouri.edu

University of Maryland

• The University of Maryland was ranked No. 2 among all schools nationwide by the Social Psychology Network for its counseling psychology program. Research emphases within the program include areas such as multicultural psychology, outcome research, therapy processes, interpersonal relationships and vocational psychology. The school offers both the master's and Ph.D. degrees as part of its program. Core courses include History and Systems, Individual Differences, Social Bases of Behavior, Biological Bases of Behavior and the Cognitive Affective Bases of Behavior.

  Department of Psychology
  1147 Biology/Psychology Building
  University of Maryland
  College Park, MD 20742
  301-405-5865
  psychology.umd.edu