{"id":21158,"date":"2026-02-18T14:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21158"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:17:35","slug":"elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies-partners-with-susquehanna-university-for-master-of-arts-in-counseling-psychology-program-pathway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies-partners-with-susquehanna-university-for-master-of-arts-in-counseling-psychology-program-pathway\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies Partners with  Susquehanna University for Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology Program Pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate &amp; Professional Studies (SGPS) has partnered with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/partners\/susquehanna-counseling-psychology.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Susquehanna University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a seamless pathway for psychology graduates pursuing a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/programs\/graduate\/mcp.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master of Arts (M.A.) in Counseling Psychology.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWe are thrilled to establish a partnership to support Susquehanna University students in continuing their education with our Master\u2019s in Counseling Psychology program,\u201d Elizabethtown College Program Director, Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Dr. Elizabeth Dalton said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through this partnership, Susquehanna University psychology students, along with graduates within two years of their degree conferral date, who earned at least a 3.0 undergraduate GPA will receive direct consideration for admission into Etown\u2019s M.A. in Counseling Psychology program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MOU also provides Susquehanna University graduates with the following benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 15% tuition discount on all coursework taken in Etown\u2019s M.A. in Counseling Psychology program<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Waived application fee ($50) for Susquehanna University psychology graduates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Straightforward admissions process<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ability to participate in special information sessions and receive enriched support through various collaborative initiatives<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/programs\/graduate\/mcp.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Etown\u2019s M.A. in Counseling Psychology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> program is designed to prepare highly skilled mental health practitioners to integrate evidence-based practices and multicultural competencies into a career in counseling. Students have the opportunity to specialize in Child &amp; Adolescent Counseling, Substance Use Counseling, or a Generalist track, which allows for focused expertise and enhances professional flexibility and impact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more about the partnership at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/partners\/susquehanna-counseling-psychology.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">etown.edu.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate &amp; Professional Studies (SGPS) has partnered with Susquehanna University through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a seamless pathway for psychology graduates pursuing a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Counseling Psychology. \u201cWe are thrilled to establish a partnership to support Susquehanna University students in continuing their education with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":21159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[197,1350,2136,1419],"class_list":["post-21158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-master-of-arts-m-a-in-counseling-psychology","tag-sgps","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21160,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21158\/revisions\/21160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}