Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs

What is CACREP?

The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, known as CACREP, is an independent accrediting agency.

CACREP accreditation is voluntarily sought by educational institutions offering entry-level master’s degrees in counseling and/or doctoral degrees in counselor education and supervision.

A program completing the accreditation review process, whether for initial accreditation or re-accreditation, can receive a decision in one of three categories. These decisions determine the accreditation status of the program.

The three categories of decisions are:

  1.  Accredited for an eight-year period: This status is granted to entry-level specialty areas and doctoral programs that, in the professional judgment of the CACREP Board of Directors, meet all standards in a satisfactory manner.
  2. Accredited for a two-year period: This status is granted to programs that, in the professional judgment of the CACREP Board, substantially meet the requirements for accredited status, but which need to address relatively minor standards-related deficiencies. The CACREP Board of Directors confers two-year accreditation to a program when there is a belief that the program can correct the deficiencies within the two-year period. Within the two-year period, the program is required to submit an Interim Report addressing the standards-related deficiencies.
  3. Denial of accreditation: Accreditation is denied when, in the professional judgment of the CACREP Board of Directors, a counseling program or one or more of its specialty areas has been unable to establish clear evidence that it is in substantial compliance with the standards.

CACREP accredits Master’s Programs in Addiction Counseling, Career Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, Community Counseling, College Counseling and Student Affairs, Gerontological Counseling, Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling, and School Counseling. CACREP also accredits Doctoral programs for

Which Online Programs are CACREP accredited?

96 of the more than 850 CACREP accredited institutions offer their programs online. These programs include:

  • Institution City State Specialty Degree 
  • Adams State University, Alamosa, CO Clinical Mental Health Counseling 
  • Adams State University, Alamosa, CO, School Counseling, M.A.
  • Adams State University, Alamosa, CO Counselor Education and Supervision, Ph.D. 
  • Adler University, Chicago, IL, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.  
  • Antioch University New England, Keene, NH, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, M.Ed.
  • Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.
  • Bradley University,Peoria, IL, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • Bradley University, Peoria, IL, School Counseling, M.A., 
  • Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, Counselor Education and Supervision,Ph.D. 
  • Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, Clinical Mental Health Counseling 
  • Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, Counseling, M.S. 
  • Central Connecticut State University, New Britain,  CT, School Counseling 
  • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, School Counseling, M.Ed. 
  • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.Ed. 
  • Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, CO, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • Concordia University Chicago, River Forest,IL, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • Concordia University Irvine,Irvine, CA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, School Counseling, M.S. 
  • East Carolina University,Greenville, NC, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. 
  • East Carolina University, Greenville,NC, Student Affairs and College Counseling, M.S. 
  • East Carolina University, College of Allied Health Sciences, Greenville,NC Rehabilitation Counseling, M.S. 
  • East Carolina University – College of Allied Health Sciences, Greenville,NC, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.
  • Gallaudet University, Washington,DC, School Counseling, M.A.
  • Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC Clinical Mental Health Counseling
  • Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling, M.A.
  • Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, School Counseling
  • Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Grace College, Winona Lake, IN, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Hodges University, Ft. Myers, FL, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. 
  • Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, School Counseling, M.A.
  • Liberty University, Lynchburg,VA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Liberty University, Lynchburg,VA, Counselor Education and Supervision, Ph.D.
  • Liberty University – School of  Behavioral Sciences, Lynchburg,VA, School Counseling, M.Ed.
  • Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia,KY, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.Ed. 
  • Lock Haven University, Lock Haven,PA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.
  • Malone University,Canton,OH, Clinical Mental Health Counseling,M.Ed. 
  • Marshall University, South Charleston,WV, School Counseling, M.A. 
  • Marshall University, South Charleston,WV, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • Messiah University (previously Messiah College), Mechanicsburg, PA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Messiah University (previously Messiah College), Mechanicsburg, PA, Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling, M.A.
  • Messiah University (previously Messiah College), Mechanicsburg, PA, School Counseling, M.A.
  • Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • North Carolina Central University,Durham, NC, Career Counseling, M.A.
  • North Carolina Central University,Durham, NC, School Counseling, M.A. 
  • North Carolina Central University,Durham, NC, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • North Carolina State University,Raleigh, NC, School Counseling, M.Ed./M.S. 
  • North Carolina State University,Raleigh, NC, Student Affairs and College Counseling ,M.Ed./M.S. 
  • North Carolina State University,Raleigh, NC, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.Ed./M.S.
  • Northwestern University,Evanston, IL, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Oregon State University ,Corvallis, OR, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
  • Oregon State University,Corvallis, OR, Counselor Education and Supervision,Ph.D.
  • Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling, M.A.
  • Prescott College, Prescott, AZ, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.
  • Regent University,Virginia Beach,VA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Regent University, Virginia Beach,VA, Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling, M.A.
  • Regent University, Virginia Beach,VA, School Counseling, M.A. 
  • Regent University,Virginia Beach,VA, Counselor Education and Supervision, Ph.D. 
  • Richmont Graduate University,Atlanta,GA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Saybrook University,Pasadena,CA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, Counselor Education and Supervision, Ed.D. 
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A. 
  • Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI, School Counseling, M.A. 
  • Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor ,MI, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY, Clinical Mental Health Counseling ,M.S.Ed.
  • St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY, School Counseling, M.S.Ed.
  • The Chicago School of Professional Psychology – Online, Chicago, IL Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Thomas University, Thomasville, GA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, M.S.
  • Union Institute and University, Cincinnati,OH, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.Ed.
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, School Counseling, M.Ed.
  • University of Houston Victoria, Victoria, TX, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.Ed.
  • University of Houston Victoria, Victoria, TX, School Counseling, M.Ed.
  • University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Rehabilitation Counseling
  • University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe,LA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.
  • University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, School Counseling, M.S.
  • University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
  • University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, School Counseling, M.A.Ed.
  • University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY, Counselor Education and Supervision, Ed.D./Ph.D. 
  • University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY, Addiction Counseling, M.A.
  • Wake Forest University,Winston-Salem,NC, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A.
  • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,NC, School Counseling, M.A.
  • Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, Addiction Counseling, M.S. 
  • Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, School Counseling, M.S.
  • Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling, M.S. 
  • Walden University, Minneapolis,MN, Counselor Education and Supervision, Ph.D.
  • Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. 
  • Wayne State College, Wayne, NE, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.E.
  • Wright State University, Dayton,OH, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.A./M.S.
  • Wright State University, Dayton,OH, Addiction Counseling, MRC
  • Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, MRC