Master of Arts (M.A.) in Counseling
Tuition Ranked Top 10 Most Affordable
On Campus Only – Accredited
No GRE required
Do you feel burdened to help hurting people and families overcome challenges and heal from trauma? The need for competent, compassionate mental health professionals continues to grow, and SFBC’s degrees in counseling can equip you to minister to the mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of your community.
SFBC’s fully accredited counseling programs can help you develop into an ethical, well-trained pastoral or mental health counselor with the knowledge, values, and skills to help others make positive changes in their lives. You’ll get the training to further your current human services career, or enter the discipline for the first time.
With degree options at the master’s level, you’re sure to find the one that meets your professional needs. Both non-licensure degrees are available, and while the degree options are available on campus only, because they require on-campus classes, this gives you rich opportunities to network and connect with your professor and classmates on SFBC’s beautiful Deerfield Beach, Fl., campus.
And because SFBC is dedicated to Preparing Men and Women for Ministry, you’ll receive quality professional training as a mental health counselor from a faith-based perspective. Your counseling degree from SFBC will equip you to reach new professional heights and shape a better world by championing what matters to you. And that’s what matters to us.
Please note: Each individual state has its own specific requirements for licensure. Please see your state professional counselor license board for more information.
Benefits of the Masters of Arts Degree in Counseling
By earning your counseling degree from a nonprofit institution whose programs ranked in the top forty of more than 2,100 Christian colleges and universities for academic quality, affordability, and accessibility, you can be confident your degree will be well respected within your field. Tuition for all undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs is ranked Top 10 in the country, with no out of state tuition. While many other colleges have raised tuition, SFBC has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit institution. With SFBC’s on campus program, you can complete an affordable counseling degree and have the ability to graduate debt free. SFBC’s programs are fully accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE), and holds certification with the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and the Florida Association of Christian Counselors and Therapists (FACCT). Non Licensure-track MA in Counseling programs offers on-campus classes and the opportunity to meet your internship requirements within your own local community.