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Factors Related To Enrollment In A Counseling Program, Tyler Wilkinson, John Mccarthy
Factors Related To Enrollment In A Counseling Program, Tyler Wilkinson, John Mccarthy
Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
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.