Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at East Carolina University

If you plan to study mental health counseling/counselor, take a look at what East Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, ECU does offer online courses in mental health counseling/counselor for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ECU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health counseling/counselor majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a master's degree in mental health counseling/counselor from ECU. About 16% were men and 84% were women.

Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from ECU, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina University with a master's in mental health counseling/counselor.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Medical Family Therapy/Therapist
• Trauma Counseling
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling

Careers That Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health counseling/counselor can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.