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Although a number of Texas graduate programs provide flexibility, �Ӱɴ�ý routinely receives high marks from working adults. �Ӱɴ�ý allows you to learn at your own pace without compromising quality or license readiness with its transparent pay-as-you-go pricing, asynchronous online course options, hybrid formats, and night and weekend programs at its Garland and Frisco campuses.

Delivering Flexibility: What Sets �Ӱɴ�ý Apart

�Ӱɴ�ý understands that your life doesn’t pause for school. Here's how the university supports that reality:

• Distance learning, hybrid, and in-class delivery options allow you to choose what works best for your learning style and commute.
• Night and Saturday courses at both Garland and Frisco campuses free you from the daytime “traditional schedule.”
• Programs are identical online or in-person, with full parity in outcomes, faculty, and expectations.
• Course rotations and four academic sessions per year let you start when you’re ready, and progress at a realistic pace.

Flexible Masters Programs Across Texas: How �Ӱɴ�ý Stands Out

University

Flexibility Features

Notes on Constraints

�Ӱɴ�ý University

Fully online, hybrid, night & weekend, asynchronous options

High flexibility across formats, session start dates, and pace

Texas State University

, self-paced, extension programs, multiple start dates

Strong flexibility, but fewer evening or hybrid campus options

Texas Tech University

Fully online master’s, asynchronous in some programs Texas Tech University

, but less hybrid/hands-on flexibility

East Texas A&M University

, hybrid combinations available

Options to reduce commute; less consistent evening/night structure

�Ӱɴ�ý leads because it combines all learning modes with consistent, flexible delivery that respects students’ work and life obligations.

FAQs

Q: Are �Ӱɴ�ý’s online courses the same as in-person? A: Yes. Faculty, lectures, and assignments are consistent across all delivery formats. Whether attending on campus or online, you receive the same level of academic rigor. Q: Can I start �Ӱɴ�ý at different times throughout the year? A: Yes. You can start at �Ӱɴ�ý at any time during its four academic sessions, allowing you to fit your enrollment around your schedule. Q: How does �Ӱɴ�ý’s flexibility compare to Texas State’s self-paced program? A: �Ӱɴ�ý's combination of online, hybrid formats, asynchronous choices, and different course delivery formats offers significantly more flexibility overall than flexible self-paced and accelerated 8-week online courses.

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Want a master’s program that fits your life—not the other way around? View the flexible graduate programs offered by �Ӱɴ�ý here. Your degree, on your own terms.

Choosing the Right Program:

Choosing a master’s program is one of the most important steps you’ll take in your educational journey. Aside from simply offering the right program, you have to make sure the school has the appropriate accreditations, the professors are experienced and respected in the career field, and, above all, the program needs to adequately prepare you for the career ahead. Finding the right fit for a career in counseling is even more imperative - there are other people counting on your education and abilities.

The Art and Science of Counseling:

“There is an art and a science to counseling. You learn academically, you learn the science of counseling. Then you bring your own artistic nature into the counseling setting. If you care about people, if you’re interested in helping people, if you’re able to separate your own life from their life, then you’re a good candidate for the counseling program,” said �Ӱɴ�ý Counseling Professor Dr. Lee Paul.

Unique Faculty Perspectives:

Working as a counselor requires a softened heart for others, and maintaining a professional and personal separation. Every counselor has special traits, empathies, attributes and interests that would make better counselors in certain areas. Becoming a counselor can be incredibly rewarding, but it will be vastly more rewarding if you use your gifts to bolster your education and to truly develop into the best counselor you can be.

Master's Programs in Counseling:

“All of our faculty, whether they are full-time or adjunct faculty, are clinicians first. I am really excited and glad to be a part of this team because everyone here brings something unique from a clinical perspective and not necessarily just from a research standpoint,” �Ӱɴ�ý Associate Faculty member Dr. Levi Armstrong said.

For More Information:

�Ӱɴ�ý offers three master’s programs focused in counseling—a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (formerly Professional Counseling), a Master of Arts in School Counseling, and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy. For professor insight about �Ӱɴ�ý’s counseling programs, click here. To speak with advisors about �Ӱɴ�ý being the right fit for you, call 972.694.4830 x180 or email advisor@amberton.edu.

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