Elon University is launching a Master of Science in Licensed Mental Health Counseling next fall to address a shortage of professionals in the region.
According to a 2025 report from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine, 97 of the state’s 100 counties are designated professional mental health shortage areas.
That statistic is what drove Elon University officials to develop the new graduate program. Judy Folmar, who’s taught undergraduate counseling courses at the school for more than 20 years, is the interim program director…