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Become a licensed mental health counselor with a master’s degree from one of New England’s top counseling programs.
Learn about the Merrimack College community, application process, financial aid, your program's curriculum, professional opportunities, fellowships and more!
(On Campus Program Only)
Our master’s degree curriculum emphasizes culturally sensitive clinical mental health counseling. You’ll work with diverse populations on a wide range of mental health issues, including those that arise from psychological dysfunctions and social injustices.
Deeply rooted in Merrimack’s tradition of moral and ethical education, our mental health counseling master’s degree equips you to help individuals confront challenges, transform their lives and empower their communities. You’ll have the skills to provide clinical mental health counseling related to issues such as:
Since its inception in 2018, the on campus MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Merrimack College has graduated nearly 80 students and earned a reputation as one of the area’s best CMHC master’s programs. You can also choose to complete the program online! Whichever modality you pick, you’ll benefit from the same rigor, expert faculty, and close-knit community. Read on to discover which option is right for you.
What the on campus and online graduate programs have in common:
Differences between the on campus and online master’s degree:
On Campus M.S. Program | Online M.S. Program | |
Course Format | Classroom, synchronous | Online, asynchronous |
Entry Terms | Fall, Spring, or Summer | Fall, Spring, or Summer |
Credit Hours | 60 | 60 |
Fellowships Available | Presidential Fellowships (full tuition) and Provost Fellowships (half tuition) | None |
Automatic Scholarship Eligibility | Deans Scholarship (up to 20% of tuition); Double Warrior Alumni Scholarship (up to 33% of tuition) | None |
In either the online or on campus graduate program, you will receive a foundational curriculum in counseling skills and techniques, diagnoses, assessments, and interventions to meet the needs of culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities. You will be exposed to individual and group treatment modalities and complete a 12-month clinical internship training with a community-based mental health agency.
By the completion of the program, you will be able to:
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts very rapid growth in clinical mental health counseling jobs over the next decade, with jobs projected to increase by more than 20 percent. Graduates of Merrimack’s clinical mental health counseling program have a job placement rate of nearly 100 percent, based on their top-notch training and the program’s strong reputation among employers. Our alumni have found immediate employment with mental health counseling organizations such as:
Positions our alumni have gone on to fill include:
In this episode of the Grad Chat podcast, the Official podcast of Merrimack’s Graduate Admissions, you will hear from Amy Schram, a student in Merrimack’s Master of Science Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and the program’s faculty Dr. Michael Mobley and Melissa Spencer.
Contact the Merrimack College Office of Graduate Admission at graduate@merrimack.edu.
Mental health counseling scholarships and fellowships can reduce your tuition by thousands of dollars.
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