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Available Counseling Degrees

Associate and Bachelor’s Degrees:

• Associate of Arts in Psychology – Christian Counseling
• Bachelor of Science in Bible – Christian Counseling
• Bachelor of Science in Human Services
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology
  • Addiction and Recovery
  • Christian Counseling
  • Crisis Counseling
  • Military Resilience
• Bachelor of Science in Social Work

Master’s Degrees:

• Master of Arts in Addictions Counseling
• Master of Education (M.Ed.) in School Counseling
• Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling
  • Addictions and Recovery
  • Business
  • Christian Ministries
  • Criminal Justice
  • Crisis Response and Trauma
  • Dobson Center Family Advocacy, Public Policy, and the Future*
  • Dobson Center Marriage and Family Studies*
  • Dobson Center Parenting and Child/Adolescent Development*
  • Executive Leadership
  • General
  • Health and Wellness
  • Life Coaching
  • Marriage and Family
  • Military Resilience
• Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
• Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling
  • Addictions and Recovery
  • Community Chaplaincy
  • Crisis Response and Trauma
  • Discipleship and Church Ministry
  • Dobson Center Family Advocacy, Public Policy, and the Future*
  • Dobson Center Marriage and Family Studies*
  • Dobson Center Parenting and Child/Adolescent Development*
  • General
  • Leadership
  • Life Coaching
  • Marriage and Family
  • Military Resilience
  • Pastoral Counseling
  • Theology

Master’s Degrees Continued:

• Master of Social Work — Advanced Generalist
  • General Cognate
  • Individual and Family Cognate

Doctoral Degrees:

• Education Specialist in Community Care and Counseling
  • Marriage and Family Counseling
  • Pastoral Care and Counseling
  • Traumatology
• Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling
  • Marriage and Family Counseling
  • Pastoral Care and Counseling
  • Traumatology
• Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision

*Liberty University is home to the James C. Dobson Center for Child Development, Marriage, and Family Studies. Learn from a curriculum that incorporates video lectures taught by Dr. James C. Dobson, as well as other distinguished Christian psychologists and family therapists. You’ll gain specialized counseling training in advocacy and public policy, child and adolescent development, or marriage and family studies. 

Online Counseling Degrees

Do you feel burdened to help hurting people and families overcome challenges and heal from trauma? The need for competent, compassionate mental health professionals continues to grow, and Liberty University’s online degrees in counseling can equip you to minister to the mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of your community.

Liberty’s counseling-related degree programs can help you develop into an ethical, well-trained pastoral or mental health counselor with the knowledge, values, and skills to help others make positive changes in their lives. You’ll get the training to further your current human services career, meet requirements for state licensure,* or enter the discipline for the first time.

With programs at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, you’re sure to find the one that meets your professional needs. Both licensure and non-licensure tracks are available, and while the majority of degree options are available 100% online, some require on-campus intensives, giving you rich opportunities to network and connect with your professor and classmates on Liberty’s beautiful Lynchburg, Va., campus.

Because Liberty University is dedicated to Training Champions for Christ, you’ll receive quality professional training as a mental health counselor from a faith-based perspective. Your counseling degree from Liberty University will equip you to reach new professional heights and shape a better world by championing what matters to you. And that’s what matters to us.

*Please note: Each individual state has its own specific requirements for licensure. You can research your state’s licensure requirements here: https://www.liberty.edu/statelicensure/

Benefits of Liberty’s Online Counseling Programs

• We are recognized by multiple institutions for our academic quality, affordability, and accessibility. Our commitment to excellence also helped us rank among Niche.com’s top 3 online schools in America. Earning your online counseling degree from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
• Tuition for all undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral counseling programs has not increased in 7 years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university. 
• With Liberty’s 8-week terms and 8 start dates per year, you can complete a flexible and affordable degree in less time than you would on a traditional campus.
• Liberty University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and doctoral degrees. 
• The following counseling licensure-track programs are further accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Counselor Education and Supervision
  • Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
  • Master of Education (M.Ed.) in School Counseling
• Our master’s in counseling licensure-track programs offer on-campus intensives with flexible scheduling and the opportunity to meet your internship requirements within your own local community.

Military Benefits

Service is important to us, so whether you’re currently serving in the Armed Forces, have served, or are married to someone who serves, we’re here to serve you. Liberty’s military benefits are available to:

• Active duty service members of the U.S. Armed Forces
• Reserve/National Guard
• Veterans/retirees
• Spouses of service members and veterans/retirees
• Current Department of Defense employees

We are proud to support you in your pursuit of a flexible and affordable online education by offering you the following benefits: 

• Tuition discounts — $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses and $275 per credit hour for graduate courses* 
• Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder
• 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
• Potential college credit for military training for undergraduate programs

*At the doctoral level, only Ed.D. and Ed.S. programs qualify for the graduate military discount of $275 per credit hour.

Military Discount for Doctoral Students

Lead your field with the doctoral degree you want — at a price you’ve earned. As a thank-you for your military service, Liberty University offers current and former service members like you or your spouse multiple pathways to earn a doctoral degree for only $300/credit hour. Find out how you can take advantage of this unique opportunity and reach the pinnacle of your profession — for less.

Experience That Matters to You

As an accredited Christian college with a 7,000-acre campus in Lynchburg, Virginia, Liberty University offers you an education that is both academically challenging and rooted in a biblical worldview.

At Liberty, you’ll benefit from 35+ years of learning, growing, adapting, and innovating for the distance learner — and more than a decade of researching the needs of the online student. You can be confident that we’ve taken the time to learn what’s important to you.

And what’s that?

• Affordability
• Accessibility
• Academic Quality

These important factors challenged us to find new financial solutions, get ahead of industry trends, and blaze trails into cutting-edge career fields — and it’s paid off. That’s the difference experience makes.

Ranked among Niche.com’s top 3 online schools in America and recognized by multiple institutions for academic quality, affordability, and accessibility.

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