Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and approximately 103,427 students attend the school each year.

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.

Grand Canyon University Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

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, Grand Canyon University does offer online courses in mental health counseling/counselor for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in mental health counseling/counselor, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of mental health counseling/counselor master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in mental health counseling/counselor each year. Grand Canyon University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from Grand Canyon University, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	96
Hispanic or Latino	87
White	293
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

Related Majors

• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician
• Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.