Graduate Certificate in Crisis Response and Behavioral Health (On Campus) Student Outcomes
Fall 2022 was the first fall cohort.
Retention Rate
The Graduate Certificate in Crisis Response and Behavioral Health program is a new program. The one-year retention rate for those entering the program between Fall 2022 and Fall 2024 was 98% (52/53).
Methodology: Retention rate is calculated as the number of students who enrolled in a Fall term of one academic year and returned in the subsequent Fall term, or graduated within the first academic year, e.g., retention rate = (# retained in Fall 2025)/(# started in Fall 2024). When the program length is one year or less, the retained count includes those who were retained one-semester later (e.g., Spring 2025/Fall 2024) or graduated within one-year of starting the program (e.g., # Graduated between 9/1/24 and 8/31/25 divided by # starting in Fall 2024). This retention metrics tracks students who return to the same program version level (program and modality).
Graduation Rate and Time to Degree
The Graduate Certificate in Crisis Response and Behavioral Health program length is 10 months. The 150% graduation rate for the graduating cohort (24-25) is 96% (23/24). The average time to degree for this cohort was 9 months.
Methodology: Those starting in Fall 2023 were the most recent graduating cohort who would complete their degree within 100% of the time. Time to degree in months is calculated by subtracting the student's start date from the date the degree was completed or conferred, and reported in average months. The 150% graduation rate is calculated for full-time and part-time students combined. It is calculated by taking students who enrolled in Fall and Spring terms of one academic year (starting cohort) and graduated within 150% of the program length, e.g., 15 months, divided by the starting cohort.
Licensure
Program participants are either police officers with undergraduate degrees who do not need independent clinical licensure to perform their duties, or master’s level clinicians who are either licensed or practice under the supervision of a licensed clinician.
Job Placement
100% (10/10) of alumni who completed the Graduate Certificate in Crisis Response and Behavioral Health were employed within the first year after graduation. Alumni include the graduating classes of 2023 and 2024.2
Salary
Alumni who graduated within five years (n =13) had a low salary range of $65K to $75K and a high salary range of $175K to $200K, with the median range of $75K to $100K.1
Sources:
1 Alumni Surveys 2021 to 2025 (Combined Response Rate: 38%). Valid percentages are reported.
2 Job placement data also includes responses from the Exit Survey. The combined response rate for the Alumni and Exit Surveys is 22%.