About Our Accreditation
EWU’s Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
The accreditation ensures our program meets the educational requirements for licensure, preparing graduates to take the National Counselor Examination (NCE) and to pursue National Certified Counselor (NCC) certification.
This page provides CACREP accreditation data and information.
Program Mission Statement
The Counseling Program at Eastern Washington University is committed to the selection, training, supervision, and professional success of counseling students, in keeping with the high standards established by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). As a regional teaching university, EWU has a proud history of providing education to a high percentage of first-generation college students, often from under-represented and lower socioeconomic communities, a tradition which the Counseling program maintains. Thus, counselor training occurs in a learning community that is intentionally focused on both skills development and personal growth of the counselor-in-training. In this way, Counseling fulfills its purpose of preparing competent and caring professional counselors to meet the needs of diverse urban and rural communities.
The program is both extensive and comprehensive. It is nationally accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs and fulfills Washington State academic requirements for licensure as a Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). In addition, graduates can complete the National Board of Certified Counselor Exam and are eligible for National Counselor Certification.