Career opportunities
Some of the positions you may qualify for after completing this degree include:
- Church counselor
- Marriage and family counselor
- Outpatient care therapist
- Social worker
- Trauma counselor
Programme Structure
Specializations
Marriage and Family
Use your counseling degree to examine best practices used with married couples and families.
Pastoral Care and Counseling
Pursue this online Ed.D. to enhance your current career as a pastor, LPC, licensed MFT, or clinical social worker.
Traumatology
Learn about community care counseling to address the needs of others during times of trauma.
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: 3
English requirements
Duolingo English Test: 105. The Duolingo English Test is a convenient, fast, and affordable English proficiency test trusted by top universities around the world. Take it online in just one hour—anywhere, any time. Scores are reported out of 160 in 5 point increments.
TOEFL iBT: 80. TOEFL iBT® is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and other institutions in over 160 countries. The test can be taken at a test center or at home. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30.
OR
IELTS: 6.5. The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading).
Other requirements
General requirements:
- A regionally or nationally accredited master’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing.
- Applicants lacking a graduate-level statistics course will be required to complete CEFS 515 Research and Program Evaluation (3 c.h.), or EDUC 518 Educational Research and Assessment (3 c.h.), or its equivalent prior to EDCO 735 in the EdD.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International (Non-residents): 17,754 AUD / year (≈ 12,825 USD / year)
- Out-of-State: 17,754 AUD / year (≈ 12,825 USD / year)
- Domestic (In-State): 17,754 AUD / year (≈ 12,825 USD / year)
