Counseling Degree Program Online
Advance as a Skilled Substance Abuse Counselor
Designed to broaden your understanding of evidenced-based intervention and preventative measures, the Bachelor of Science in Substance Abuse Counseling prepares you to build on individual and community strengths to help others overcome substance abuse behaviors.
Graduates possess advanced skills in interpersonal communication, assessment and diagnosis, and collaborative treatment planning and implementation in order to empower consumers to become more knowledgeable about substance abuse and effective treatments options.
• Attend 100% online courses
• Take the first step to become a nationally certified addictions counselor*
• Learn from real-world, clinically experienced faculty
• Enter a field growing at 21%, according to US Department of Labor
• Transfer up to 102 quarter credits for a degree completion option
Attend a School of Distinction
Producing high quality graduates, contributing impactful research, and serving the global community, the School of Human Services and the University of Cincinnati (UC) are making a difference. Since its founding in 1819, UC has been on the leading edge of creating positive changes for society. Discover UC as a premier academic institution and make your educational choice a school that matches your interest to serve.
*National certification may be obtained through NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (www.naadac.org) or the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (www.icrcaoda.org). The UC Substance Abuse Counseling Program is designed to meet the academic requirements of either certifying body.
Hear What our Students are Saying
Being … an individual that is already in the field … I apply what I have learned at the agency I currently work for.
The Addiction Studies Program has given me the opportunity to continue my work in the field and it also allows me to work towards getting my degree online, since I have to work to pay my bills. The flexibility of the program is great. It takes discipline to be able to maintain a job and work online as we pursue our educational goals; but this alone has made me a more complete professional.
I feel honored to be associated with one if not the best Addiction Studies Program in the Nation.
Wes Cole, Student
Top Ranked
U.S. News & World Report
The University of Cincinnati has been ranked among the nation’s top universities in the 2008 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report, the nation’s leading source of service journalism and news.
The U.S. News and World Report annual rankings group higher education institutions based on categories created by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For three decades, The Carnegie Foundation’s classification system has been the leading framework for describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education.
Princeton Review
Recognized by Princeton Review among the top schools in the United States, University of Cincinnati is ranked as one of the best Colleges in 2010.
Regionally Accredited
The University of Cincinnati is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).*
Regional accreditation is the type of accreditation awarded to the nation’s largest and most prestigious public and private colleges and universities. All public, state-funded universities in the United States, including the University of Cincinnati, are regionally accredited.
UC’s accreditation and rankings make the University of Cincinnati the most highly regarded human services school offering an online bachelor’s degree in substance abuse counseling.
*The Higher Learning Commission , 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504; Phone: 800-621-7440; Fax: 312-263-7462.