Advantages & Strengths

• Graduates of Duquesne University’s Ph.D. Program in Counselor Education and Supervision have been very successful in obtaining faculty positions throughout the United States, and supervisory and director positions within mental health and human services organizations and school districts.
• The program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), which means that the program uses a nationally recognized and rigorous curriculum. Programs that receive CACREP accreditation have demonstrated a commitment to high admissions, academic and fieldwork standards and current best practices in counselor preparation and ongoing program improvement. Beginning in 2013, masters’ and doctoral counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP must hire faculty who have earned a doctoral degree in counselor education and supervision, preferably from a CACREP-accredited program.  This will increase the marketability of graduates of CACREP accredited doctoral programs. Counseling psychology or clinical psychology graduates will not be eligible to be hired to teach in CACREP accredited programs.  Find out more about CACREP accreditation.
• Full-time and part-time graduate assistantships are available, and doctoral students may receive tuition remission for providing supervision to Duquesne University counseling masters’ students. Duquesne is one of the few doctoral programs in the mental health field within the Pittsburgh area that offers tuition remission.
• Doctoral students may apply for up to $1,000.00 per academic year to present at professional conferences.
• Doctoral students may complete the 60-credit program within two-and-a-half years.
• Doctoral students may maintain full-time employment as classes are offered on Saturdays and weeknights.
• Doctoral students receive extensive training in conducting supervision and research and teaching at the graduate level.
• The program emphasizes both qualitative and quantitative research.
• The faculty members have experience in the subject areas in which they teach.
• The faculty members have extensive relationships with the community agencies, universities, and schools in the Pittsburgh area.