Approved Programs
Disclaimer: Some of these schools offer a stand alone addictions certificate in addition to their approved Criteria C Master’s Degree programs. Completion of these certificates does not allow applicants with previously attained non-Criteria C schools to then qualify for Criteria C. Students who complete these Master’s Degree Programs and earn the LCAS are NOT reciprocal or eligible for the International AADC certificate unless they complete an additional 300 Hour Post-Master’s Practicum qualifying their proficiency in the IC&RC 12 Performance Domains.
Video from Governor’s Institute on Criteria C
Appalachian State University — Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program offered by the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
Appalachian State University — Master of Arts Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy with an Addictions Counseling Certificate
East Carolina University — Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling program offered through the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies
East Carolina University — Masters of Social Work with Substance Abuse Certificate program offered through the School of Social Work
East Tennessee State University — Master of Social Work with Graduate Certificate in Clinical Addiction Counseling Studies through the School of Graduate Studies
Fayetteville State University — Master of Social Work with a Graduate Certificate in Substance Abuse Studies program offered through the Department of Social Work
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addictions Studies — Master of Arts in Addiction Counseling: Integrated Recovery for Co-Occurring Disorders
North Carolina A&T State University — Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling—Rehabilitation Counseling and Behavioral Addictions Certificate, offered via the Counseling Department, Rehabilitation Studies
North Carolina Central University — Master of Arts in Counseling with a focus in Addictions Counseling
North Carolina State University — Master of Social Work with Addiction and Recovery Specialization
UNC Chapel Hill — Master of Social Work and Substance Use & Addictions Specialist offered by the School of Social Work
UNC Charlotte — Master of Counseling with a Graduate Concentration in Substance Abuse Counseling program offered by the Counseling Department
UNC Pembroke — Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a certificate in Addictions Counseling
UNC Pembroke – Master of Social Work with emphasis on Substance Use and Addiction Recovery
UNC Wilmington — Masters in Social Work with the Substance Use Disorders and Addictions Certificate Program via the School of Social Work
University of Mount Olive — Master of Science in Counseling: Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Wake Forest University — Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences
Western Carolina University — Addiction Studies Certificate program offered by the Department of Social Work