Texas A&M University-Victoria offers two concentrations in the 60-semester credit hour Counseling psychology master’s degree.  The Counseling Psychology degree is designed to meet the educational requirements for the Texas Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) credential or the Licensed Psychological Associate (LPA) credential.

General Admission Requirements. Admission to Graduate Studies is restricted to the Fall semester only (see Graduate Admissions ). The M.A. Psychology programs have a separate application deadline separate from any other A&M-Victoria deadline. This deadline can be found in each program’s website, or by consulting the director of each program. The M.A. Psychology programs do not allow students to have Temporary Graduate Student status. It is the responsibility of the applicant to furnish all necessary documentation for Fall admission to the Admissions office by the deadline for that program.  Students wishing to transfer between Graduate Psychology programs must apply for admission to the new program and will be considered with other applicants entering in the Fall semester.  They are not guaranteed acceptance into the new program.  Graduate Psychology students who have not enrolled in classes for a one-year period must reapply to their program to gain admission status.  They may or may not be accepted for admission.

Program Admission. In addition to meeting university admissions requirements for a graduate degree, prospective psychology students must submit their official GRE scores. GMAT scores will not be accepted. Admission to the counseling psychology program is based on an evaluation by the program’s admission committee of the following information.

A 1-2 page essay which states the applicant’s reasons for applying to the program and the applicant’s career goals.

One letter of recommendation from a non-A&M-Victoria, non-family source.

Evidence of having completed undergraduate or graduate courses in statistics, research methods, and abnormal psychology. A particular course will be waived as a requirement if the student passes a comprehensive final exam or its equivalent for the designated course with a grade of “C” or better. The exam may be taken no more than once for a particular course.

Submit official GRE scores and have an Admissions index of 980 or higher, obtained by the following:

GPA on at least the last 60 semester credit hours times 200 Plus 15 times (Verbal + Quantitative - 260).

A phone interview with A&M-Victoria graduate faculty in psychology.