Department of Counselor Education 2019 – 2020 Vital Statistics Report Overview: The Counselor Education Department at Missouri Baptist University offers two CACREP-Aligned counseling degrees: A Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA-CMHC; 60 credit hours), and a Master of Arts in School Counseling (MA-SC, Traditional [51 credit hours] or Licensure track [60 credit hours]). Courses are offered across three delivery formats: Main Campus, Online Synchronous (Livestream), and Online Asynchronous. Students may fluctuate between delivery methods throughout the program. Field-experience courses must be completed synchronously via Livestream or on Main Campus.
Total Enrollment: Main Campus Online Synchronous (Livestream) Online Asynchronous TOTAL PROGRAM:
Unique Student Count* 51 112 55 218
Average FTE** 39.25 66.17 43.17 148.58
*Unique Student Count represents maximum static enrollment count for the 2020-2021 Academic Year. **Full-time-equivalent (FTE) student enrollment is calculated by dividing the number of credits completed by students in each delivery method and dividing by a full-time credit load of 6 credit hours in Fall/Spring semesters and 12 credit hours in the Summer semester.
Retention Rates: Program/ Delivery Method School Counseling – Traditional Track Online Asynchronous Synchronous (Main Campus or Livestream) School Counseling – Licensure Track Synchronous (Main Campus or Livestream) Clinical Mental Health Counseling Track Synchronous (Main Campus or Livestream) TOTAL PROGRAM:
Retention Rate 72.00% 75.61% 66.67% 76.39% 76.92% 69.20%
Retention statistics represent all students enrolled from Summer 2017 through Spring 2020.
Graduation/ Completion Rates (2020 CACREP-Aligned Program Graduates): Number of On-Time Graduation Average Time to Graduates Rate (3 yrs) Complete Degree School Counseling – Traditional Track 6 54.55% 2.81 yrs. School Counseling – Licensure Track 14 76.47% 2.72 yrs. Clinical Mental Health Counseling Track 14 82.35% 2.72 yrs. TOTAL PROGRAM: 34 73.33% 2.74 yrs. The first cohort of CACREP-Aligned students graduated from the program in Spring of 2020. Prior to Spring 2020, all graduates were part of the MAC program. MAC graduation data for previous three years is depicted below.
Published November 2020
Department of Counselor Education 2019 – 2020 Vital Statistics Report Employment Rates: Synchronous (Main Campus & Livestream) Employment Rate 88.9%
Asynchronous (Online) 80.0%
CMHC 78.6%
School Counseling 89.5%
TOTAL 87.0%
Chart depicts the rates of Spring and Summer 2020 graduates employed in counseling or a closely related field at three months post-graduation, broken down by program track and delivery method. Source: Recent Graduate/ Graduating Student Survey, graduate self-report
Credentialing (Exit) Exam Scores: Score # of Students Exam Required Completing to Pass Exam Missouri Content Area – School Counselor 220 25 Exam (MoCA) Counselor Preparation Competency Exam varies 16 (CPCE)* MBU Comp Exam 136** 6
National or State Average
MBU Average Score
First Attempt Pass Rate
Overall Pass Rate
234.6
242.6
84.0%
92.0%
varies
85.7
62.5%
62.5%
N/A
147.8
83.3%
83.3%
* To pass the CPCE exam, MBU students must score a nine or higher on each of the eight competency sections, and at least .25 standard deviations below the mean for the corresponding version of the exam. **Due to testing center closures as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, several students were unable to complete the CPCE exam prior to graduation. Counseling faculty developed the MBU Comps Exam in place of the CPCE. The exam mirrors the CPCE. The exam consists of 200 questions and eight core content areas. The MBU Comprehensive Examination passing score was calculated using one standard deviation below the mean score. Students who scored within one standard deviation of the mean were considered as passing.
Graduation/ Completion Rates Previous Three Years (MAC Program Graduates): CMHC School On Campus On Campus Online SU 2017 – SP 2018 29 25 29 SU 2018 – SP 2019 17 10 23 SU 2019 – SU 2020* 1 3 9 Total for 3 years 47 38 61
Total 83 50 13 146
The last group of MAC students enrolled in the program in the summer of 2017. The MAC program has been phased out since that time. *MAC academic years spanned from summer to spring semesters. For the 2019-2020 year, graduation data is included for students who graduated at any time during the summer 2019 through summer 2020 timeframe.
Published November 2020