University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Department of Counseling and Educational Development (CED)

PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education

Awarded degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling and Counselor Education

Counselor Education and Supervision

PhD CACREPFunding not verified

Overview

A full-time, cohort-based, three-year Ph.D. taught in person on the Greensboro campus, requiring 72 credit hours beyond the master's degree, including teaching and clinical supervision internships, research apprenticeships and a dissertation.

Official program name: PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education
Awarded degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling and Counselor Education
Source: catalog.uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level: Doctoral — research doctorate (phd)
Counseling specialty: Counselor Education and Supervision
Source: catalog.uncg.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: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
School: University of North Carolina at Greensboro — Department of Counseling and Educational Development (CED)
Source: soe.uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location: Greensboro, NC
Required credits: 72 credit hours beyond the master's degree
Source: catalog.uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Duration: 3-year full-time program (full-time)
Source: catalog.uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Start terms: Fall
Source: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education.

Source: catalog.uncg.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: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Full-time
Source: uncg.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: RequiredSupervised practica and internships (12 credits): doctoral teaching internship, clinical supervision internship, advanced counseling internship
Source: catalog.uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Placement arrangements and supervision

Supervision: Doctoral students teach counseling courses and supervise master's-level counseling students with faculty mentorship
Source: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026

How practicum and internship placements work

Curriculum

Dissertation

Research apprenticeships, practica, statistical methods training and dissertation research
Source: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other

Cohort model
Source: uncg.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”.

Statement / essay: RequiredOne written personal statement
Source: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Recommendation letters: Required3 letters — Three professional letters of recommendation, mostly academic
Source: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Résumé / CV: RequiredResume or curriculum vitae
Source: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Interview: RequiredSelected applicants interview early in the spring semester; participation is required
Source: uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Transcripts: RequiredUndergraduate and graduate transcripts
Source: uncg.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
November 15 · for Fall 2027
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: uncg.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
Resident (in-state) — Graduate annual tuition & fees, in-stateFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$8,845	per academic yearIncludes feesSource: spartancentral.uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Nonresident (out-of-state) — Graduate annual tuition & fees, out-of-stateFrom the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$24,622	per academic yearIncludes feesSource: spartancentral.uncg.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other published fees

Tuition differential, PhD Counseling & Counselor Education (Fall 2026 - Spring 2027): $40 per creditMandatory
Source: spartancentral.uncg.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.

Scholarships, fellowships or assistantships for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

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 October 1, 1979 · current cycle ends April 30, 2034Source: cacrep.org · verified October 11, 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.

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.uncg.edu/education/counseling-educational-development/counseling-phd/ — 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
soe.uncg.edu/ced/ced-ms-programs/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
spartancentral.uncg.edu/tuition-billing-payments/tuition-fees/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026
spartancentral.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-27-Graduate-Main-Campus.pdf — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
CACREP Directory of accredited programs (CSV export downloaded 2026-10-11) — Accreditor directory, verified October 11, 2026
uncg.edu/degrees/counseling-and-counselor-education-ph-d/ — Official program 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; internship required
Study intensity
Full-time
Length
3-year full-time program (full-time) · 72 credit hours beyond the master's degree
Tuition
$8,845 per academic yearResident (in-state) — Graduate annual tuition & fees, in-state
Next deadline
No upcoming verified date
Location
Greensboro, NC

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