College of Education

Importance of National Accreditation

 

The Division of Counseling & Family Therapy is nationally accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) for master's degrees in school counseling, community counseling, and career counseling, and for doctoral degrees in counselor education and supervision. We are one of only two programs in the State of Missouri and the only doctoral program in the entire state that are CACREP accredited, the only masters program in the Saint Louis metropolitan region and the University of Missouri system that are CACREP accredited, only one of nine programs in the enire United States that has been awarded CACREP accreditation in Career Counseling, and only one of 15 programs in the entire Midwest with a CACREP accredited doctoral program in counselor education and supervision.

Please go to http://www.cacrep.org for an explanation of the benefits associate with graduating from a nationally accredited program. Other benefits in Missouri and other states include ease in licensing and portability in licensing.