CIP 51.1508 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor.

A program that prepares individuals to provide evaluations, referrals, and short-term counseling services to help people prevent or remediate personal problems, conflicts, and emotional crises. Includes instruction in human development, psychopathology, individual and group counseling, personality theory, career assessment, patient screening and referral, observation and testing techniques, interviewing skills, professional standards and ethics, and applicable laws and regulations.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Mental Health Counseling/Counselor award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.1508. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year ending	Award level	Reporting institutions	Positive awards
2025	Certificate 1–2 years	4	18
2025	Associate degree	17	129
2025	Bachelor degree	4	12
2025	Postbaccalaureate certificate	27	517
2025	Master degree	265	10,916
2025	Post-master certificate	18	286
2025	Doctorate — research	6	42
2025	Doctorate — professional practice	2	9
2025	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	13
2025	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	10	91
2024	Certificate 1–2 years	3	12
2024	Associate degree	18	115
2024	Bachelor degree	3	22
2024	Postbaccalaureate certificate	24	540
2024	Master degree	250	9,770
2024	Post-master certificate	14	234
2024	Doctorate — research	5	32
2024	Doctorate — professional practice	2	3
2024	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	15
2024	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	12	106
2023	Certificate 1–2 years	4	30
2023	Associate degree	15	89
2023	Bachelor degree	4	45
2023	Postbaccalaureate certificate	18	411
2023	Master degree	249	8,608
2023	Post-master certificate	18	259
2023	Doctorate — research	4	18
2023	Doctorate — professional practice	2	7
2023	Certificate under 12 weeks	1	10
2023	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	13	91
2022	Certificate 1–2 years	3	4
2022	Associate degree	13	71
2022	Bachelor degree	3	27
2022	Postbaccalaureate certificate	17	258
2022	Master degree	237	7,680
2022	Post-master certificate	18	286
2022	Doctorate — research	5	10
2022	Doctorate — professional practice	2	9
2022	Certificate under 12 weeks	2	31
2022	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	10	72
2021	Certificate 1–2 years	4	22
2021	Associate degree	8	81
2021	Bachelor degree	2	33
2021	Postbaccalaureate certificate	14	523
2021	Master degree	224	6,626
2021	Post-master certificate	18	212
2021	Doctorate — research	7	28
2021	Doctorate — professional practice	1	3
2021	Certificate under 12 weeks	2	23
2021	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	8	52
2020	Certificate 1–2 years	2	10
2020	Associate degree	7	86
2020	Bachelor degree	4	43
2020	Postbaccalaureate certificate	8	85
2020	Master degree	211	6,267
2020	Post-master certificate	16	258
2020	Doctorate — research	6	31
2020	Doctorate — professional practice	2	3
2020	Certificate under 12 weeks	2	18
2020	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	7	45

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

These counts cover exact institution-ID matches to our connected directory, rather than a complete national total. Historical providers outside that population remain in the original source evidence and are not assigned invented matches. Read the population and archive rules →

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CIP 51.1508 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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