Mississippi State University · Department of Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations

Ph.D. Degree in Counselor Education and Supervision

Awarded degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Student Counseling and Guidance

Counselor Education and Supervision

PhD CACREPFunding not verified

Overview

An 81-hour minimum PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision with emphases in clinical mental health, rehabilitation or school counseling, requiring 900 hours of practicum and internship, comprehensive exams and a dissertation. Most full-time students finish in three years including summers.

Official program name: Ph.D. Degree in Counselor Education and Supervision
Awarded degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Student Counseling and Guidance
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level: Doctoral — research doctorate (phd)
Counseling specialty: Counselor Education and Supervision
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Professional purpose: Counselor education and supervisionDoctoral preparation for counselor educators, supervisors and researchers. It does not replace entry-level counselor preparation.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
School: Mississippi State University — Department of Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
Source: catalog.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location: Mississippi State, MS
Required credits: minimum of 81 graduate hours
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Duration: Most full time doctoral students complete the program in three years, including summers (full-time, with a CACREP/CORE approved master's degree)
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

PhD in counselor education and supervision (catalog degree title: Doctor of Philosophy in Student Counseling and Guidance).

Source: chef.msstate.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: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Full-time or Part-time
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Campus requirements as published

Dissertation defense Required
Dissertation planning and defense.
Source: chef.msstate.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.

Practicum: Required300 hours. COE 9740 Advanced Doctoral Practicum (300 clock hours).
Source: catalog.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Internship: Required600 hours. COE 9750 Internship (600 clock hours).
Source: catalog.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Placement arrangements and supervision

Other fieldwork requirement: 900 hours of practicum and internship experiences in a setting appropriate to the program concentration area.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

How practicum and internship placements work

Curriculum

Comprehensive examination

Written and oral doctoral comprehensive exams.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Dissertation

Dissertation.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other

Emphases in clinical mental health counseling, rehabilitation counseling or school counseling.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
At least one conference presentation as primary presenter.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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: RequiredMaster's degree from a CACREP- or CORE-accredited counselor education program, or satisfy CACREP/CORE master's curriculum requirements in the doctoral program of study.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Minimum GPA: RequiredMinimum 3.4 — Minimum GPA of 3.40 on all prior graduate coursework.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Work experience: RequiredFull-time work experiences (at least two years) addressed in the statement.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Statement / essay: RequiredPersonal statement.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Recommendation letters: Required3 letters — Three letters of recommendation.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Interview: RequiredOn-campus interview including meetings with faculty and doctoral students and a clinical skills work sample.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Writing sample: RequiredCurrent vita and writing samples submitted at the interview.
Source: chef.msstate.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.

Priority deadline
Rolling admission · for Fall
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Rolling

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
Resident (in-state) — Graduate, Resident, total tuition and required fees per credit hour (1-8 hours), StarkvilleFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$616.40	per credit · Fall 2026 or Spring Includes feesEstimated tuition$49,928.40 = 81 credits × $616.40 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: controller.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Nonresident (out-of-state) — Graduate, Non-Resident, total per credit hour (1-8 hours), StarkvilleFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$1,671.65	per credit · Fall 2026 or Spring Includes feesEstimated tuition$135,403.65 = 81 credits × $1,671.65 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: controller.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Resident (in-state) — Graduate, Resident, per semester (9 or more hours), StarkvilleFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$5,547.50	per semester · Fall 2026 or Spring Includes feesSource: controller.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Nonresident (out-of-state) — Graduate, Non-Resident, per semester (9 or more hours), StarkvilleFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$15,043	per semester · Fall 2026 or Spring Includes feesSource: controller.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Estimated total tuition: $135,403.65 (81 credits × $1,671.65 per credit)

Comparison basis: Nonresident (out-of-state) — Graduate, Non-Resident, total per credit hour (1-8 hours), Starkville, Fall 2026 or Spring . Excludes mandatory fees, books, living costs and any rate changes during the program. How we calculate

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.

Assistantship duties: Assistantship holders work twenty hours per week and may receive tuition reimbursement and a stipend.
Source: chef.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Graduate assistantships for full-time doctoral students AssistantshipCompetitive
may receive tuition reimbursement and a stipend
Eligibility: Full-time doctoral students enrolled in the program
Source: chef.msstate.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

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)Status: Accredited · Specialty: Counselor Education and Supervision · Degree: Ph.D.Accredited since November 1, 1989 · current cycle ends October 31, 2030Source: cacrep.org · verified October 11, 2026

Published enrollment restrictions (state authorization)

MSU participates in SARA (approved July 27, 2016); SARA approval does not extend to programs that lead to professional licensure. Official pageSource: online.msstate.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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.

A professional licensure disclosure for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

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.

catalog.msstate.edu/graduate/colleges-degree-programs/education/counseling-education-psychology/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
CACREP Directory of accredited programs (CSV export downloaded 2026-10-11) — Accreditor directory, verified October 11, 2026
chef.msstate.edu/programs/doctoral/coed — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
chef.msstate.edu/sites/www.cep.msstate.edu/files/inline-files/Word%20-%20COE%20Graduate%20Student%20 — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
controller.msstate.edu/accountservices/tuition/starkville-campus — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026
online.msstate.edu/state-authorization — Official disclosure page, verified October 12, 2026

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Key facts

Degree
PhD · DoctoralCounselor education
Specialty
Counselor Education and Supervision
CACREP
Accredited (matched in the CACREP directory)
Delivery
On campus
Campus attendance
On-campus classes
Practical training
On-campus classes; practicum and internship required300 practicum + 600 internship hours
Study intensity
Full-time or part-time
Length
Most full time doctoral students complete the program in three years, including summers (full-time, with a CACREP/CORE approved master's degree) · minimum of 81 graduate hours
Tuition
$616.40 per creditResident (in-state) — Graduate, Resident, total tuition and required fees per credit hour (1-8 hours), Starkville, Fall 2026 or Spring
Next deadline
Rolling admission
Location
Mississippi State, MS

Official program page How to apply

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