College of Health & Behavioral SciencesHolistic Health StudiesYour Passion to Help Others Extends Beyond Theory. Learn How to Serve Others in Mind, Body and Spirit.Take the First Step
be part of an integrated opportunity to Change lives, Including your own
Regent University’s College of Health & Behavioral Sciences consists of three schools: the School of Psychology & Counseling, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Health. The college offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs that can be pursued online or on-campus in Virginia Beach (varies by program).
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to advance in your career in health or behavioral sciences. Your Regent degree can equip you to answer the growing demand for interdisciplinary care and holistic health that addresses the mind, body, and spirit.
As you work toward your degree, you can gain tools to help you understand health system complexities and to serve as part of an integrated system of care. A Regent education is built on a strong Christian foundation through which you can learn to distinctively integrate science and faith and wisely engage ethical concerns.
You can also be equipped to serve others with excellence whether you pursue a role in nursing, healthcare management, health information systems, psychology, licensed and pastoral counseling, human services, or gerontology.
We Know What’s Important to You:
8-week online nursing courses
Additional 8- and 15-week psychology, counseling, and healthcare course options, online and on campus
High-quality programs to help you launch your career or upgrade your credentials
Faith-based approach
Transfer-friendly credit hours for many degree programs
Among the first universities to deliver unified interdisciplinary degree programs through a College of Health & Behavioral Sciences
If you are called to lead and serve in the arena of health or behavioral sciences as a caregiver, counselor, medical professional, researcher, administrator, educator, or policymaker, we invite you to apply now.
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“People, especially kids, need more than clichés. My training at Regent gave me a meaningful way to express my empathy - which is passion and compassion combined - and they could feel the authenticity of it.”
Cedric Rucker, M.A. in Counseling, 2008Community Counseling
“Regent trained me really well as a clinician in getting the types of clinical experiences that I needed and building relationships. I felt known as a person and invested in for who I was.”
Madison Simons, Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2020Staff Psychologist at Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute
“Regent's online, eight-week programs will help you take responsibility and have a way to be self-taught. You'll not only have that initiative, but you'll be able to interact with your professors online. It was really good for me.”
Taniki Richard, B.S. Business Leadership, 2016Former U.S. Marine Corps
“Regent University is a place where you'll be involved. There are so many opportunities through Regent that, if you're willing to go there, you're going to be afforded the opportunities.”
Toni Gines-Rivera, Ph.D., 2010Counselor Education and Supervision
“I wanted a rigorous doctoral program that could travel with me wherever I was in the country. I found this and more at Regent.”
Heather Paessler-Chesterton, Ph.D., 2009Counselor Education and Supervision
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