The Primary Question Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Evaluation

How will lessons learned from our program evaluations be used to make counselor training and education more effective, accountable, and relevant?

A Snapshot: Our StudentsClinical Mental Health Counseling Program

(excluding AT/DT)

• 78% Female• 77% Caucasian• 73% Heterosexual• 60% Work Full time• 61% take 2-3 courses per quarter• 89% graduate in less than 3.5 years with

over a 90% completion rate• 132 average annual enrollment• 35 admits last year (40 projected for 2014)• Faculty: 4 FT Core, 1 PT Core, 1 Teaching

A Snapshot: Our AlumniClinical Mental Health Counseling Program

• 87% employed within 6 months• 91% licensed as mental health

counselors• 79% completed postmaster

requirements in less than 2 yrs.• 60% work in nonprofit organizations• 84% report job satisfaction• 73% have salaries between $44-

74,000

Program SatisfactionClinical Mental Health Counseling Program

N=118 (Alumni & Current) Likert Scale: 1= poor – 5=Excellent