The M.A. in School Counseling prepares school counselors to maximize the potential of all students through comprehensive developmental school counseling programs, and develops skills as competent school counselors and effective consultants, collaborators, advocates and leaders in an everchanging global society.Further, the program works to follow the standards set forth by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the National Board of Certified Counselors.

The online M.A. in School Counseling, offered at Seton Hall University's College of Education and Human Services, prepares competent, socially conscious and reflective counselors for work in ethnically, geographically and socially diverse K12 educational settings. This program is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education. The College of Education and Human Services is NCATE accredited. The program of study meets the credentialing requirements set by the NJ Department of Education.Throughout the program students gain the knowledge and skills to provide counseling, prevention and early identification services to help children and adolescents achieve optimal development.