Why Attend an Accredited Program?

• Be assured of the quality of your academic program.
• Research shows CACREP graduates perform better on the
  National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE).
• Streamlines the licensure application process.
• CACREP programs have been reviewed against
  professionally approved standards.

Why should your program become accredited?

• Enhances a program’s reputation
• Stimulates self-review and self- directed improvement
• Highly qualified students seek enrollment in CACREP programs
• Increases faculty productivity in areas such as
  research, publication and service.
• Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the
  highest academic standards

Why become a Professional Counselor?

Welcome to CACREP! This website is designed to provide information about CACREP for students, programs, and team members.
Here’s why CACREP matters:

• It is the recognized training standard for counselors by the
  Institute of Medicine and the Veteran’s Administration
• It promotes a unified identity as professional counselors and
  counselor educators.
• Its curricula content areas are the required educational training for
  counseling licensure in most states, making CACREP-accreditation
  a pathway to portability.

More and more programs are seeking CACREP accreditation.
There are over 750 currently accredited programs, and counting!