Marquette University · Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

PhD in Counseling Psychology

Awarded degree: Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology

Counseling Psychology (related field)

PhDCounseling psychologyCACREP: not listedFunding not verified

Overview

PhD in counseling psychology following a scientist-practitioner model: 91 credit hours over 4-5 years, full time, with a 2K-hour internship. The page states APA accreditation since 2002.

Official program name: PhD in Counseling Psychology
Awarded degree: Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level: Doctoral — research doctorate (phd)
Counseling specialty: Counseling Psychology (related field)Counseling psychology programs are listed separately. A doctoral counseling psychology program prepares psychologists, a different profession with its own licensure; some master's programs in counseling psychology state a professional counselor pathway.
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Professional purpose: Professional purpose not verifiedWe did not find an official statement of the program's professional purpose.
School: Marquette University — Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Required credits: 91 credit hours
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Duration: 4-5 years
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Start terms: Fall
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

APA-accredited counseling psychology PhD training professional psychologists (related classification).

Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

We list counseling bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees whose official program is counselor preparation in a named specialty, and — separately labelled — counseling psychology. Generic psychology, education, social work and standalone MFT degrees are excluded. Eligibility rules

Format and campus attendance

How coursework is delivered and whether you must come to campus for it. Practicum and internship are a separate requirement, shown in the next section. “Fully online coursework” appears only when the school says no campus attendance is required.

Academic delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Full-time
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Practicum, internship and placements

Supervised fieldwork in a clinical, community or school setting, as the school publishes it. For online programs this happens in person, usually near where you live — whatever the coursework format.

Internship: Required2K Hour Internship
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Placement arrangements and supervision

Not published on the pages we checked. Ask who finds the practicum site, whether sites in your area are approved and how supervision works.

How practicum and internship placements work

Curriculum

Curriculum details: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the university states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Prior degree: RequiredBachelor's degree; applicants without a master's complete prerequisite master's courses within the program
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Minimum GPA: RequiredMinimum 3 — Minimum GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale (Graduate School requirement)
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Statement / essay: RequiredStatement of purpose including up to three faculty research matches
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Recommendation letters: Required3 letters — Three letters of recommendation
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the university printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadline
December 1 · for Fall 2027
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Year not printed

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
All students — Graduate School per credit hour rateFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$1,450	per credit · 2026-2027Estimated tuition$131,950 = 91 credits × $1,450 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required in-person sessions, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Estimated total tuition: $131,950 (91 credits × $1,450 per credit)

Comparison basis: All students — Graduate School per credit hour rate, 2026-2027. Excludes mandatory fees, books, living costs and any rate changes during the program. How we calculate

Other published fees

Graduate School Student Fee, traditional student (4+ credits per term): $200 per semesterMandatory
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Funding

Funding policy and awards exactly as the school publishes them. Competitive scholarships and assistantships are not guaranteed funding; loans must be repaid and are not scholarships. Counseling tuition and scholarships

Funding classification: Funding not verified

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable.

Other: In recent years new full-time doctoral students have been supported by part-time research assistantships; no guarantee printed.
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Part-time research assistantships AssistantshipCompetitive
Eligibility: New full-time doctoral students (as described for recent years)
Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Accreditation and enrollment restrictions

Institutional accreditation covers the whole school; programmatic accreditation (CACREP) covers only the specialty and degree it lists. Enrollment restrictions for online students are a separate question.

Institutional accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation (APA)Status: AccreditedSource: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Published enrollment restrictions (state authorization)

None recorded for this program.

International applicants

Not verified for this program.

Licensure and professional disclosures

What the school publishes about professional licensure or certification. Meeting a state's educational requirements is only one part of licensure: examinations, post-degree supervised experience, background checks and a board application follow. This directory does not decide whether you qualify.

LicensurePhD in Counseling Psychology state licensure disclosure (educational requirements). Official disclosureSource: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

State-by-state disclosure as published

States not shown were not printed on the disclosure we checked and are not verified.

State	Educational requirements	Source
Alabama	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Alaska	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
American Samoa	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Arizona	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Arkansas	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
California	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Colorado	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Connecticut	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Delaware	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Florida	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Georgia	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
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North Dakota	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Northern Mariana Islands	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Ohio	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
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South Carolina	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
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U.S. Virgin Islands	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
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Vermont	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Virginia	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Washington	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Washington, DC	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
West Virginia	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Wisconsin	Meets (as stated by the school)Satisfies Educational Requirements	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Wyoming	School has not determinedNo Determination Made	Source: marquette.edu · verified October 12, 2026

CACREP accreditation does not guarantee licensure in every state, and school counselor certification is not the same as clinical counselor licensure. LPC, LMHC and other state titles · School counselor credentials

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 12, 2026.

DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
marquette.edu/arts-sciences/cecp/index.php — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
marquette.edu/central/bursar/tuition-housing-fees-2026-27.php — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026
marquette.edu/grad/programs-counseling-psychology.php — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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