MS in Counseling and MS in Criminal Justice

Why a dual degree in counseling and criminal justice?

The Criminal Justice - Counseling dual degree offers graduates many more career options, unparalleled depth in their academic preparation and an enviable range of clinical training experiences. These outcomes clearly illustrate that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. While each program produces skilled professionals, the additional training allows counseling students to pursue work in criminal justice settings and it offers criminal justice students a route to mental health counselor licensure. This would make graduates especially attractive to rehabilitation-oriented elements within the criminal justice system (e.g. probation, parole, re-entry services, and treatment). In a highly competitive job market with new graduates facing a complicated future, the Criminal Justice -Counseling dual degree offers a very attractive academic alternative.

View application and tuition information about the M.S.C/M.S.C.J dual degree

The total number of credits for the dual degree is 75 credits. Individually taken, the two degrees would require 90 credits of graduate work. Pursuing the dual degree provides a reduction of 15 graduate credits.