Top Ten Counseling Psychology Graduate Programs in Virginia

Marymount University

• Located just outside of the nation's capital in Arlington, Virginia, is Marymount University. Marymount is an independent, coeducational Catholic university. Within the school's School of Education and Human Services is the Forensic Psychology's Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology graduate program. Students learn the skills necessary to apply psychological knowledge to the judicial system, which includes assisting victims and participating in the judicial system. When graduate students complete 26 credits within the program, they are eligible to apply for the Community Counseling Master of Arts degree. Coupled with the Forensic Psychology degree, graduates are better able to assess the judicial system and have the opportunity to sit on the National Board of Certified Counselors.

  Marymount University
  1000 North Glebe Road
  Arlington, Virginia
  703-522-5600
  marymount.edu

Liberty University

• Lynchburg, Virginia's Liberty University offers graduate students a program to obtain their Masters of Arts in Professional Counseling. Students pursuing their graduate degrees in Professional Counseling will develop skills necessary to practice counseling and learn human development, clinical practice and state and national licensure. The fastest-growing Christian Evangelical university in the nation, Liberty's Professional Counseling program incorporates faith-based research into its teachings and practices. In addition to test scores, the department requires at least six credits in psychology as an undergraduate.

  Liberty University
  1971 University Boulevard
  Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
  434-582-2000
  liberty.edu

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1984, Virginia Commonwealth University's Counseling Psychology graduate program is renowned throughout the United States. The program focuses on three areas which include: health psychology, multicultural training and community based interventions. Admitted students hold an average grade point average of 3.49 and combined GRE scores of 1180. Within the Psychology Department's 125 students, 42 are enrolled in the Counseling Psychology program.

  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Department of Psychology
  Counseling Psychology Program
  806 West Franklin Street
  PO Box 842018
  Richmond, Virginia 23284-2018
  has.vcu.edu