Cleveland State University

The main goal of Cleveland State University's Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is to prepare counselors for roles in community agencies. Graduates who successfully meet educational requirements are eligible to take the National Counselor Examination (NCE). After successfully passing the examination, graduates are awarded the Professional Counselor (PC) license until they have acquired two years of supervised experience in counseling, obtained after the award of the master's degree. After successful completion of this supervised experience and passing the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Exam (NCMHCE), they are awarded the Professional Clinical Counselor license (PCC).

The program emphasizes a clinical orientation, focusing on theory and skills in counseling (individual, group, and family), assessment, human behavior and development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders, intervention methods, lifestyle and career development, legal and ethical responsibilities, and service-delivery systems.

Admission Requirements

• Application Form

• Application Fee
• Undergraduate Transcripts
  • Minimum 2.75 Undergraduate GPA
• Two Letters of Recommendation 
• MAT or GRE Score
• For all programs that do not lead to a teaching license through the Ohio Department of Education, candidates must have a score at the 50th percentile on the Miller Analogies Test or on the Verbal and Quantitative sections of Graduate Record Examination.

Admission Deadlines

All applications must be submitted and complete on the following application deadline dates:

• Domestic Students
  • Rolling
• International Students
  • Fall Semester - July 21st
  • Spring Semester - December 10th
  • Summer Semester - April 14th

Career Outcomes

• Graduates are prepared to take the National Counselor Examination, which will allow them to gain supervised counseling experience. 

• Mental health counselors work in a wide variety of settings, including private practice, community health centers, prisons, hospitals, and more. 
• These are some of the local companies that are hiring CSU grads: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State University, OhioGuidestone, Beech Brook, University Hospitals, and the MetroHealth System.