Make a Meaningful Impact in Mental Healthcare

USN Badge Best Grad Schools Education Counseliing 2025Make more than living. Make a lasting difference. As a mental health practitioner, you’ll be able to apply your care, compassion and commitment to help the more than 25% of Americans who are struggling with mental health issues.

At UCF, our mental health counseling and school psychology programs prepare you to work alongside individuals, families and communities to find clarity in confusion, resilience in hardship and hope in moments of despair. That’s because our programs are built on the belief that meaningful change begins with people like you — knowledgeable individuals who care deeply and act collaboratively.

Here, your learning is driven by evidence-based practice, integrated health care and hands-on experience. You’ll work alongside expert faculty and active practitioners to transform lives by helping people rediscover their strength, reframe their stories and reclaim their future. You’ll train in real-world settings through internships and practicums that connect classroom theory to professional application. And you’ll join an expansive community of professionals committed to mental well-being.

Our graduates go on to become licensed mental health counselors, school counselors, school psychologists and leaders in clinical, educational and community settings. They’re creating safer schools, supporting families in crisis, shaping public policy and expanding access to high-quality mental health care. Most of all, they’re improving lives — one relationship, one solution, one breakthrough at a time.

If you’re ready to turn your passion into purpose and your education into meaningful action, UCF’s graduate programs in Counselor Education and School Psychology will give you the tools, knowledge and support to lead with empathy and make the world a better place.

Because being a mental health practitioner isn’t just a job. It’s a calling. It’s a gift. And it just might be the most rewarding decision you ever make.

No. 9

Counselor education graduate program in the nation
U.S. News & World Report, 2025

$17.7M

Sponsored research funding received since 2020

4

American Counseling
Association Fellows

862

Projected job openings 
in Florida for counselors and 
school psychologists by 2032
FloridaJobs.org

29,100

Average projected career openings every year nationally
Bureau of Labor Statistics

10,424

Hours of free mental health services provided to the community by students 
in the Community Counseling and Research Center in 2024

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