UT Tyler Receives 100% Pass Rate on National Counselor Exam for 2023

April 19, 2024 | Hannah Buchanan

The University of Texas at Tyler for 2023 received a 100% pass rate on the National Counselor Examination. The national pass rate was 91%.

Designed to assess the knowledge, skills and abilities determined to be important for providing effective counseling services, the NCE is a requirement for counselor licensure in Texas.

“These scores show both how excellent our students are in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and the high quality of education they receive from our counseling faculty,” said Dr. Amy Roberson Hayes, associate professor and chair of the UT Tyler Department of Psychology and Counseling. “Our counseling program is a true gem that is working to prepare the next mental health professionals to serve our East Texas community.”

The exam covers Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice, Human Growth and Development, Career Development, Counseling Relationships, Assessment and Testing, and Research and Program Evaluation. 

Housed in the UT Tyler College of Education and Psychology, the graduate-level program is professionally accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, or CACREP. For more information, contact Dr. Zahide Sunal, UT Tyler assistant professor of counseling and program coordinator, at zsunal@uttyler.edu, or call 903.566.7130. 

With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.