Department of Counselor Education 2019 – 2020 Vital Statistics Report Overview: The Counselor Education Department at Missouri Baptist University offers two CACREP-Aligned counseling degrees: A Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA-CMHC; 60 credit hours), and a Master of Arts in School Counseling (MA-SC, Traditional [51 credit hours] or Licensure track [60 credit hours]). Courses are offered across three delivery formats: Main Campus, Online Synchronous (Livestream), and Online Asynchronous. Students may fluctuate between delivery methods throughout the program. Field-experience courses must be completed synchronously via Livestream or on Main Campus.
Total Enrollment: Main Campus Online Synchronous (Livestream) Online Asynchronous TOTAL PROGRAM:
Unique Student Count* 51 112 55 218
Average FTE** 39.25 66.17 43.17 148.58
*Unique Student Count represents maximum static enrollment count for the 2020-2021 Academic Year. **Full-time-equivalent (FTE) student enrollment is calculated by dividing the number of credits completed by students in each delivery method and dividing by a full-time credit load of 6 credit hours in Fall/Spring semesters and 12 credit hours in the Summer semester.
Retention Rates: Program/ Delivery Method School Counseling – Traditional Track Online Asynchronous Synchronous (Main Campus or Livestream) School Counseling – Licensure Track Synchronous (Main Campus or Livestream) Clinical Mental Health Counseling Track Synchronous (Main Campus or Livestream) TOTAL PROGRAM:
Retention Rate 72.00% 75.61% 66.67% 76.39% 76.92% 69.20%
Retention statistics represent all students enrolled from Summer 2017 through Spring 2020.
Graduation/ Completion Rates (2020 CACREP-Aligned Program Graduates): Number of On-Time Graduation Average Time to Graduates Rate (3 yrs) Complete Degree School Counseling – Traditional Track 6 54.55% 2.81 yrs. School Counseling – Licensure Track 14 76.47% 2.72 yrs. Clinical Mental Health Counseling Track 14 82.35% 2.72 yrs. TOTAL PROGRAM: 34 73.33% 2.74 yrs. The first cohort of CACREP-Aligned students graduated from the program in Spring of 2020. Prior to Spring 2020, all graduates were part of the MAC program. MAC graduation data for previous three years is depicted below.
Published November 2020