West Virginia University · School of Education and Counseling, College of Applied Human Sciences

Counseling, MS - Clinical Mental Health Counseling (on campus)

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Counseling

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Master'sMS CACREP

Overview

A 60-credit MS in Counseling with a clinical mental health emphasis taught on the Morgantown (Evansdale) campus, with a 100-hour practicum and a 600-hour internship. Admission is once a year.

Official program name: Counseling, MS - Clinical Mental Health Counseling (on campus)
Awarded degree: Master of Science in Counseling
Source: wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level: Master's
Counseling specialty: Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Source: wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Professional purpose: Clinical counselor preparationThe institution states the program prepares students for professional counselor licensure. Licensure itself also requires post-degree supervised experience, an examination and a state application.
Source: wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
School: West Virginia University — School of Education and Counseling, College of Applied Human Sciences
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location: Morgantown, WV
Required credits: Total Hours 60
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Duration: Most students complete the degree within two years as full-time students (full-time)
Source: wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Start terms: Fall
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

The clinical mental health emphasis is also offered online in a low-residency format (separate record).

Why this program is listed

MS in Counseling, clinical mental health emphasis, in-person delivery.

Source: wvu.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: wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Full-time or Part-time
Source: wvu.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: Required100 hours. Practicum: 100 approved contact hours, 40 of them direct service
Source: appliedhumansciences.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Internship: Required600 hours. Internship: minimum of 600 contact hours (9 credit hours), at least 240 direct service hours
Source: appliedhumansciences.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Placement arrangements and supervision

Supervision: Practicum and internship monitored by program faculty and qualified site supervisors
Source: appliedhumansciences.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Placement arrangement: Students and the program arrange placements togetherStudents take an active role in screening and selecting placements; assignments are approved by the program
Source: appliedhumansciences.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Other fieldwork requirement: Students must purchase their own professional liability insurance
Source: appliedhumansciences.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Other fieldwork requirement: Applicants must be able to attend daytime classes and complete a daytime internship
Source: wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

How practicum and internship placements work

Curriculum

Clinical Mental Health area of emphasis: 18 credits including COUN 685 Practicum (3) and COUN 686 Internship (9)
Source: catalog.wvu.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: RequiredBaccalaureate degree with coursework in appropriate areas
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Minimum GPA: RequiredMinimum 2.75 — Minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale (3.0 or higher typically competitive)
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Statement / essay: RequiredPersonal statement
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Recommendation letters: Required3 letters — Three letters of reference
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Résumé / CV: RequiredResume
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Interview: RequiredPaper screening, then department interviews for successful applicants
Source: catalog.wvu.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
January 25
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: catalog.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Year not printed
Final deadline
February 15
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: catalog.wvu.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) — College of Applied Human Sciences, Graduate Resident, total per credit hour up to 9 hours (university tuition $616 + university fees $78 + college tuition $48)From the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$742	per credit · 2026-2027Includes feesEstimated tuition$44,520 = 60 credits × $742 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: tuition.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Nonresident (out-of-state) — College of Applied Human Sciences, Graduate Non-Resident, total per credit hour up to 9 hours (university tuition $1,773 + fees $78 + college tuition $71)From the university-wide rate table covering online students at this level	$1,922	per credit · 2026-2027Includes feesEstimated tuition$115,320 = 60 credits × $1,922 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: tuition.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Estimated total tuition: $115,320 (60 credits × $1,922 per credit)

Comparison basis: Nonresident (out-of-state) — College of Applied Human Sciences, Graduate Non-Resident, total per credit hour up to 9 hours (university tuition $1,773 + fees $78 + college tuition $71), 2026-2027. Excludes mandatory fees, books, living costs and any rate changes during the program. How we calculate

Other published fees

Mountaineer Athletics Advantage Fee (each fall and spring term): $250 per termMandatory
Source: tuition.wvu.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.

Mountaineer School-Based Mental Health Fellows Program FellowshipCompetitive
Source: wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
College teaching and graduate assistantships AssistantshipCompetitive
Eligibility: Limited number; counseling students can compete
Source: appliedhumansciences.wvu.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

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)Status: Accredited · Specialty: Clinical Mental Health Counseling · Degree: M.S.Accredited since July 17, 2023 · current cycle ends October 31, 2033 · listed by the accreditor as onlineSource: cacrep.org · verified October 11, 2026

Published enrollment restrictions (state authorization)

West Virginia is a member of SARA; WVU became a SARA participant in 2014. Official pageSource: accreditation.wvu.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.

LicensureMS Counseling: meets educational requirements for licensure/certification in the 50 states and DC as listed; does not meet in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands Official disclosureSource: accreditation.wvu.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.

accreditation.wvu.edu/professional-licensure — Official disclosure page, verified October 12, 2026
accreditation.wvu.edu/state-authorization — Official disclosure page, verified October 12, 2026
appliedhumansciences.wvu.edu/files/d/481d7914-a40f-4e82-bff0-3f76c80047fe/2026-27_student-handbook-m — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
appliedhumansciences.wvu.edu/files/d/b88342a7-b5dc-48ef-9c8b-dbfbffbb5908/2025-field-work-manual.pdf — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
catalog.wvu.edu/graduate/collegeofappliedhumansciences/schoolofeducationandcounseling/counseling/ — Official catalog / bulletin, 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
tuition.wvu.edu/graduate-and-professional/morgantown-oncampus — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026
CACREP Directory of accredited programs (CSV export downloaded 2026-10-11) — Accreditor directory, verified October 11, 2026
wvu.edu/academics/programs/counseling-ms — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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Key facts

Degree
MS · Master'sClinical counselor preparation
Specialty
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
CACREP
Accredited (matched in the CACREP directory)
Delivery
On campus
Campus attendance
On-campus classes
Practical training
On-campus classes; practicum and internship required100 practicum + 600 internship hours
Study intensity
Full-time or part-time
Length
Most students complete the degree within two years as full-time students (full-time) · Total Hours 60
Tuition
$742 per creditResident (in-state) — College of Applied Human Sciences, Graduate Resident, total per credit hour up to 9 hours (university tuition $616 + university fees $78 + college tuition $48), 2026-2027
Next deadline
No upcoming verified date
Location
Morgantown, WV

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