The Counseling Program has been continuously accredited since accreditation began in 1978. Currently, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) has conferred accreditation on five programs: Community Counseling, Elementary and Secondary School Counseling, College and University Counseling, and the Ph.D. in Counseling.

U.S. News and World Report 2012 ranked the program 12th nationwide and 1st in Texas; this was the 10th time the program was rated 1st in Texas and in the top 20 nationally.

Important facts about Counseling and Higher Education at UNT

• Since 2006, 57 awards to department graduate students from professional associations and foundations.
• Since 2005, 56 awards to department faculty members for teaching, research and service.
• Over 100 graduates of the Higher Education Program have become college and university Presidents. 
• The Higher Education Program recently celebrated its 40th Anniversary.
• Counseling alumni have perfect or near-perfect pass rates on first attempts at the National Counselor Examination (96%) and TExES School Counselor Examination (100%).  
• Approximately 98% of master’s alumni and 100% of doctoral alumni felt they were very well or somewhat well prepared by the Counseling Program at UNT.
• The Counseling Program was first in the nation to receive the first Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s (ACES) Outstanding Program Award in 1984 -- and earned this recognition again in 2000.
  

 Faculty Recognition

• Counseling Program Faculty received Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s 2010 "Publication in Counselor Education and Supervision" Award for their 2010 book, The Professional Counselor: Portfolio, Competencies, Performance Guidelines, and Assessment (4th ed.). They also received this award for the 3rd edition of the same book in 2004.
  
• Casey Barrio Minton - 2011 Upsilon Nu Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota's Distinguished Scholar Award; 2011 American Counseling Association Best Practice Award; 2011-2012 President of Chi Sigma Iota International
• Sue Bratton - 2010-2011 Chi Sigma Iota's Supervisor-Practitioner Award; 2010 UNT-International's Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education (co-recipient with Dr. Garry Landreth), 2010 Texas Association of Parent Educators' Best Practice in Parent/Family Life Education Award
• Barbara Bush - 2011 University of North Texas Multicultural Center's Diversity Champion Award
  
• Marc Cutright - 2010 Provost's Award for Extraordinary Professional Service to the University of North Texas for membership on the Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund
• Delini Fernando - 2010 Association for Specialists in Group Work's Group Work Practice Award
• Jan Holden - 2010 UNT Leadership Fellow
• Carolyn Kern - 2011 American Counseling Association Fellow
• Dee Ray - 2010 UNT's Teacher Scholar Award; 2010 Texas Association for Counselor Education & Supervision's Outstanding Counselor Educator Award; 2010 UNT College of Education's Faculty Research Excellence Award

Featured Alumni

Greta Davis (pictured with Samuel) Ph.D. (2007) in Counseling Career Counselor (and Parent) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Career Management Program Dallas, TX How did your UNT Counseling degree help you get your current position? Specializing in career counseling and development enabled me to earn the Master Career Counselor designation from the National Career Development Association and to be a competitive applicant for my current position at the FDIC. How do you use your UNT Counseling degree in your current position? The Program provided outstanding coursework and an encouraging environment where I could flourish in the personal and professional skills I use in my work every day. In addition, my minor in play therapy helped me understand how children use play to express themselves and prepared me to be a better parent to my son, Samuel.