The University of Toledo Admission

At UToledo, learn to make a difference in your community. Pursue your professional credentials in any of our behavioral mental health specialties, and you’ll be able to work directly with real people of all ages and from all walks of life. You’ll advocate for people, find solutions to problems and make a positive impact on the world.

Behind every helper is a story that inspired them to find their calling. To establish safety nets for their community. To ensure their neighbors have food. To advocate for children and teens. To make the world a better place by creating a happy ending, one story at a time. What’s your story? We’d love to hear it from you directly and support you in pursuing a helping career in behavioral mental health. Complete the form and we’ll get you connected to your future path.

Mental Health Jobs Are Growing

Offices of mental health practitioners and outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers have experienced tremendous growth in the past decade. And this growth is projected to continue throughout the next. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment will continue to rise rapidly in many mental health care industries through 2032 at a rate of 19%, far faster than the national average of 3% for all occupations.

Channel your passion and join this wave of growth with a UToledo education in behavioral and mental health. Whether you’ll become a social worker, a community health program manager, an addiction counselor, a psychiatric nurse practitioner or another mental health practitioner, earn the education and experience at The University of Toledo to pursue your drive to help people. Complete the form and we’ll be in touch with you soon to show you more about these exciting programs.

Undergraduate Programs

Bachelor’s in Social Work (B.S.W.)

The profession of social work is booming. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the employment of social workers is expected to grow 9% from 2021 to 2031, which is a faster than average growth rate than all other occupations.

If you are looking for a meaningful career that includes helping people meet complex needs with a particular focus on those who may be oppressed, living in poverty, or who are vulnerable, then social work may be the right profession for you. People who are drawn to this profession want to make a difference not only in others' lives but in the world. With a bachelor's degree from The University of Toledo, we can help you develop the skills you need to become a change agent to help others.

Certificate in Chemical Dependency Counseling

The University of Toledo offers a certificate in chemical dependency counseling. This undergraduate certificate program helps students meet the academic requirements for licensure as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor II or Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor III in the State of Ohio.

Graduate Programs

Masters in Social Work (M.S.W.)

At the University of Toledo’s Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) Program, you will learn with other students and faculty who truly share your passion for social and economic justice. We are committed to helping you develop the skills to create social change at the individual, organizational, community and societal levels.

The M.S.W program offers an advanced generalist specialization. This specialization prepares students to work with diverse clients and social systems, using strengths and empowerment models. As an advanced generalist social worker, you will improve clients’ quality of life via critical thinking and innovative use of complex assessment, interventions and evaluation. You will be skilled in working in micro, mezzo and macro settings.

Counselor Education (M.A.)

The University of Toledo offers northwest Ohio’s most popular graduate program in Counselor Education.

UToledo graduate students can receive training to become one of two types of professionals:  

• School counselors
• Clinical mental-health counselors

Classes are convenient for working adults, who can tailor our flexible graduate degree to their professional and research interests.

Masters in Psychiatric Nursing (M.S.N.)  

UToledo’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs teach you to assess, diagnose and treat the mental health needs of patients.

• Provide therapy
• Prescribe medications
• Do physical and psychosocial assessments
• Evaluate effectiveness of treatments

UToledo’s nationally ranked M.S.N. and D.N.P. programs educate outstanding advanced practitioners who often find jobs before they graduate.

We offer several routes for nurses who want to become Nurse Practitioners and sit for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification.

All courses in our Nurse Practitioner programs are online; labs and clinical experiences are in person.

If you already have a graduate degree in nursing and want to become a nurse practitioner, consider our part-time, online graduate certificate.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate

The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PM HNP) certificate is offered to individuals who have completed a graduate degree in nursing and who desire to obtain specialized knowledge to seek certification as a PM HNP, a nurse practitioner who works as a provider for psychiatric mental health settings.

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