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West Virginia University

Morgantown, WVPublic HLCOfficial website

West Virginia University offers a 60-credit MS in Counseling through the School of Education and Counseling in the College of Applied Human Sciences, with a clinical mental health emphasis on the Morgantown campus and online, and a school counseling emphasis online. The online format includes two required week-long immersion residencies in Morgantown.

Counseling programs at West Virginia University

2 eligible programs verified (2 master's); formats: on campus, online. Each program is listed separately — tuition, admissions and format belong to the program, not to the whole university.

Master's Degrees in Counseling

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West Virginia University

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

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Counseling

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Master'sMS CACREP
Location: Morgantown, WV
Delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.Full-time or part-time
Practical training: On-campus classes; practicum and internship required100 practicum + 600 internship hours (as published)Placement support stated
Duration: Most students complete the degree within two years as full-time students (full-time) · 60 credits
Tuition: $742 per credit · 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) · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $115,320 (60 credits × $1,922 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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West Virginia University

Online Counseling, M.S. - Emphasis in Clinical Mental Health

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Counseling

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Master'sMS CACREP
Location: Morgantown, WVSchool location, not where online students live or train
Delivery: Online courseworkCoursework is delivered online. Practicum and internship are completed in person at approved sites, and some programs also require campus residencies.Campus residencies required · Full-time or part-time
Practical training: Online coursework with campus immersion, residency; practicum and internship required in person100 practicum + 600 internship hours (as published)Placement support stated
Duration: 2-4 years · 60 credits
Tuition: $764 per credit · Online students — Online program cost per credit hour · year not statedEst. total tuition $45,840 (60 credits × $764 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1930 · next review 08/31/2024

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

The university states: “Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission” Source: accreditation.wvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institutional accreditation (recorded in the U.S. Department of Education's DAPIP database) covers the whole institution. It is not a ranking and does not describe any one program.

Departments and schools

Academic units that administer the listed programs.

Published enrollment restrictions

State authorization rules decide whether the university can enroll you in an online program from your state. The university's location never decides it.

State authorization

Institution

Official name
West Virginia University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
PO Box 6201, Morgantown, WV 26506
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Counseling degrees awarded, all specialties (IPEDS counseling CIP codes incl. counseling psychology, first major)
56 master's, 6 doctoral (2023-24)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. accreditation.wvu.edu/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  2. accreditation.wvu.edu/state-authorization — Official disclosure page, verified October 12, 2026
  3. catalog.wvu.edu/graduate/collegeofappliedhumansciences/schoolofeducationandcounseling/counseling/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  4. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  5. IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), counseling CIP codes — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  6. online.wvu.edu/programs/masters-degrees/counseling-ms-emphasis-in-clinical-mental-health — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  8. wvu.edu/academics/programs/counseling-ms — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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