New Mexico Highlands University’s counseling program offers four exciting concentrations in our master’s programs tailored to suit your passion: clinical mental health counseling, clinical rehabilitation counseling, rehabilitation counseling and school counseling.
Counseling
Graduate course catalog: Counseling
Graduate students are assigned to a faculty adviser within their area of study. The faculty adviser will help the student complete a program of study to satisfy the specific course requirements within their area, outlined in the Graduate Catalog. The courses listed must satisfy the course requirements prescribed in the catalog of record. The academic adviser will provide guidance in completing your program of study.
Graduate Coordinator:
Geri Glover: gjglover@nmhu.edu
Office phone: 505-454-3396
Requirements:
Deadlines:
April 15th for fall
November 15th for spring and summer
Decision to follow one month after application deadline
Admit for fall, spring and summer terms
Jan
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - University Closed
Jan
Last Day to Register for Spring Classes
Jan
Spring Classes - Last Day to Drop with No Grade
Graduates of the NMHU Counseling program can be found in the following occupations:
Counseling
Professor, Department Chair, Counseling
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Term Professor
Term Professor
Associate Professor
The mission of the Highlands’ Counselor Education Program is to train entry-level counselors who are prepared for positions in community service agencies as mental health counselors, in school systems as school counselors, and in rehabilitation settings as rehabilitation counselors.
