The Womack Educational Leadership Department offers a major in Professional Counseling with two concentrations—Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling, both leading to an Ed.S. and both accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). This means that the program has been peer-reviewed and meets the highest standards for training student counselors. In addition, the MTSU Professional Counseling program was the 2011 recipient of the Outstanding Master’s Program Award by the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. The Professional Counseling faculty endorses the American Counseling Association's (ACA’s) definition of counseling: "Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.” In addition, the program adheres to the most recent version of the ACA Code of Ethics.

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration is a 61-hour degree program designed to train students to work in mental health settings. Students who complete the concentration in clinical mental health counseling will have met the educational requirements for licensure as professional counselors with mental health service provider (MHSP) designation in the state of Tennessee.

Most graduates of the Professional Counseling program obtain jobs in Murfreesboro and the middle Tennessee area. Clinical mental health counseling graduates are employed by mental health agencies as counselors and eventually complete the requirements for licensure as professional counselors (LPCs). School counseling graduates are employed by school districts in which they provide services to students, school personnel, and parents in elementary, middle, and high school settings. Employment prospects are very good given the strong reputation of the program.

The following is a partial list of entities where MTSU Professional Counseling graduates have found employment:

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Employers
Branches Counseling Center
Cedar Grove Residential Treatment Center
Centerstone
Counseling and Relationship Center of Murfreesboro
Creative Life Counseling
Health Connect America
Integrative Life Center
Mental Health America
Mental Health Cooperative
Psyche
Rachel Christian Counseling
The Next Door
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System
Youth Villages