Factors Related to Enrollment in a Counseling Program

Authors

Tyler Wilkinson, Mercer UniversityFollow
John McCarthy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Professional advocacy, economic decision-making, graduate student enrollment

Subject Area

Counselor Education

Abstract

Little is known about economic factors associated with a student’s decision to enroll into a graduate-level counseling program. A pilot survey was conducted with 101 graduate students at a Northeastern, CACREP-accredited counseling program. The results of this study indicate that accreditation, tuition costs, and geographical proximity of the program were important factors in the decision to enroll in their graduate counseling program. Also, students with undergraduate student loan debt report higher levels of anxiety over debt upon entering a graduate-level counseling program.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.7729/81.1121

Recommended Citation

Wilkinson, T., & McCarthy, J. (2016). Factors Related to Enrollment in a Counseling Program. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 8(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.7729/81.1121