COUNSELING GRADUATE PROGRAMS

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 recommendation letters
  • Essay Questions (150 – 250 words each):
    • Relevance of career goals: Briefly explain your motivation for choosing the profession of counseling, including your hopes for your population of practice.
    • Aptitude for graduate-level study and forming effective counseling relationships: Counseling requires that we (as the counselor) are open to receiving feedback and make the necessary changes to enact positive change or growth. Give a brief example of a time that you received constructive feedback and discuss how you responded to it and what you learned from it.
    • Respect for cultural differences: Briefly explain two meaningful (e.g., significant/in-depth) experiences of engaging with others across sociocultural identity differences through personal, work, education, volunteer, or professional activities. State briefly the most important point learned in each exchange. Please do not list more than two experiences.
  • Resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines:
  • 2026 applications will open September 2.
• Funding available: Closed
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 60 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.

Please note: Students who enroll in this degree may decide to pursue licensure/certification, the requirements for which vary by location. For more information on educational requirements, please review the professional licensure/certification disclosures. 

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 2 recommendation letters
  • Statement of Purpose
    • Prompt: In 250 or fewer words, please explain your motivation for pursuing a certificate in college admissions counseling from Villanova University, including your hopes for applying the certificate to your professional experiences.
  • Resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall:  August 1
• Funding available: No
  
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 12 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
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