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Counseling

Counseling Psychology

Why choose Loyola for your degree in counseling or counseling psychology?

Loyola's counseling programs emphasize applied research and professional development training that integrates social justice principles.

Our students understand that advocacy and innovative counseling approaches are required to address the serious mental health, educational, and career outcome disparities facing many disenfranchised populations. 100% of our full-time faculty for these programs are persons of color, each with active research labs examining pressing social issues while providing opportunities to collaborate with students. 

Degrees Offered:

leads to License in School Counseling
leads to LCPC in IL and other 48-hour states
School Counseling license and LCPC in 48-hour states
Research intensive program
APA accredited, leads to Psychology license, only program in Chicago
leads to LCPS in 60-hour states

Disrupt inequities in our educational system and lift up underserved and disenfranchised populations with the MEd in School Counseling at Loyola University Chicago.

By the numbers

#5

AMONG ALL SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS

95%

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT RATE AT GRADUATION

40%

BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) STUDENTS
Counseling Psychology

Counseling Psychology student Tiffany Fang’s OP-ED published in the Chicago Tribune

In March 2021, author Tiffany Fang was profoundly affected when six Asian women were killed by a white gunman in the Atlanta spa shootings. Writing was her tool to reclaim the narrative and tell the story from her vantage point.

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Loyola's counseling programs emphasize applied research and professional development training that integrates social justice principles.

Our students understand that advocacy and innovative counseling approaches are required to address the serious mental health, educational, and career outcome disparities facing many disenfranchised populations. 100% of our full-time faculty for these programs are persons of color, each with active research labs examining pressing social issues while providing opportunities to collaborate with students. 

Degrees Offered: