Capella University offers 10-week long courses in this discipline. In order to receive your degree, you must complete prerequisites, residency and clinical requirements in sequence, for a total of 92-quarter credits. The cost per credit is between $400 to $500 and admissions requirements to the program include letters of recommendation, your undergraduate transcript, with at least a 3.0 GPA. Applications are accepted upon a rolling basis. Once you complete your coursework, you are required to participate in two, six-day residential colloquia.
The master's of art degree program in counseling psychology at Adler School of Psychology requires 61 credits to obtain your degree, with instruction that provides a hands-on, practical approach, as well as supervised training in counseling psychology techniques. Upon graduating from this program, you are prepared to sit for professional counselor licensure in Illinois (known as the LPC and LCPC). Tuition is between $800 and $900 per credit. In order to apply, you must take the GMAT, submit your GPA, letters of recommendation and show related work or volunteer experience.
Breyer State University offers a master's degree in addictions counseling psychology, a 52-semester hour program, with 10 weeks permitted to complete each course taken online. This degree prepares students to prepare for real-world experience and some research. In order to apply, you have earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, or a related field. Tuition costs $500 per credit and each course requires six hours, with the exception of the independent study course, which requires 10 hours.