Earn Your M.A. in Human Services

Enhance your career while helping and developing others. Regent’s Master of Arts in Human Services can help you grow in Christian counseling and coaching. Through this nonlicensure degree, you can learn to identify and assist individuals struggling with common life-adjustment issues or seeking personal development. You can also gain foundational skills in behavioral sciences and specialize in a concentrated area that aligns with your interests and career goals.

  • Explore the mind-body-spirit connection and practice individual and group work.
  • Acquire knowledge in human growth and development, research and professional ethics.
  • Learn about legal, ethical and liability issues while discussing specific treatment issues.
  • Examine and develop effective evaluation skills and techniques.

Fill out the form on this page to learn more about how Regent University can help you achieve your goals.

Locations: Online
Total Credit Hours: 30
Next Session Start: August 25, 2025

  • Human/Social Services Professional
  • Foster/Elder Care Coordinator
  • Medical/Health Services Manager
  • Nonprofit Administrator
  • Pastoral Counselor
  • Life Coach

  • Addictions Counseling
  • Biblical Counseling
  • Christian Counseling
  • Conflict & Mediation Ministry
  • Criminal Justice & Ministry
  • Human Services Counseling
  • Human Services for Student Affairs
  • Life Coaching
  • Marriage & Family Ministry
  • Trauma & Crisis Counseling
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Unlock Your Leadership Potential

If you’re ready to reach for personal excellence, advance in your career, and change lives for the better, our exceptional top-ranked degree programs—offered online and on campus in Virginia Beach—can help you:

Sharpen Your Skills

Gain the critical skills and discipline-specific training employers seek.

Expand Your Opportunities

Earn the essential credentials that help you advance in your career field.

Deepen Your Faith

Learn biblical principles and values that anchor you as a Christian leader.

Increase Your Impact

Get equipped to influence your field and shape culture and communities.

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Discover the degree program that aligns with your interests, career goals, and calling.

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Experience the Regent Difference

Regent is here to help you navigate your educational journey, focusing on faith, community, skills employers seek, and real-world experience.

Scholarships

Access a financial aid package customized for your situation, including scholarships to help pay for college.
  • 80% of Regent students receive financial aid
  • Nearly $24 million in institutional scholarships and aid provided in 2023-24
  • Our Financial Aid team assists you in planning how to pay for college, creating aid packages tailored to your needs

Online Classes

Nearly 75% of our military students complete their coursework entirely online. Our flexible online options enable you to earn your degree around your family, work, and life commitments.
  • Customizable degrees in today’s most in-demand fields
  • Convenient 8- and 15-week course sessions
  • Generous transfer policy—up to 90 credit hours!

Military Support

Regent is proud to support the military with discounts and awards, flexible class sessions, and one-on-one assistance to help you succeed in your degree program.
  • Active-duty tuition assistance and military benefits counseling
  • VA educational benefits for service members and their spouses and dependents
  • Academic advising and tutoring
  • Free career coaching and employment services
  • Dedicated Green Zone campus supporting military and veteran students

*Admission requirements vary by program. "GI Bill®" is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.

Hear From Our Students

For 48 years, Regent has prepared 40,000 alumni to succeed in their careers and make a positive difference in the world. You, too, will be challenged to excel both in mind and spirit—to reach for personal excellence and change lives for the better.
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Jada Collins Jackson

B.A. in Communication 2009; MA in Human Services Counseling 2010

"At Regent, I loved the integration of Christian values that were wrapped tightly in a strong academic degree. I felt completely academically prepared to go out and help people, but I also had that very foundational core belief system that was strengthened unbelievably."

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Ally Duggins

M.S. in Psychology, 2020

"Two degrees down, one to go! So happy to have completed my master’s in psychology!"

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Alexandra Melchiorre

M.S. in Psychology, 2018

"I'm grateful for my Regent mentors. Their emphasis on relationships and guidance has helped me navigate a challenging yet rewarding journey."

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Antonio Tuck

M.A. in Counseling, 2020

"If you are focused, determined, willing to put in the work and make sacrifices, anyone can do this. I give all praise to God. Keep going no matter what."