About Us
Welcome to
Richmont.
Richmont is a longstanding Christian graduate school preparing students for clinical mental health counseling and ministry through master’s-level programs in Atlanta, Chattanooga, and online.
Who We Are
The mission of Richmont Graduate University is to provide Christ-centered education and research that advances God’s work of healing, restoration, and transformation in the lives of individuals, churches, and communities.
Our Values
Emulate Christ
“Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children.”
Ephesians 5:1
Pursue Innovation
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever
you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31
Sustain Excellence
“But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.”
2 Corinthians 8:7
Cultivate Community
“…make my joy complete by being likeminded, having the same love, being in one spirit and of one mind.”
Philippians 2:2
Foster Wellness
…I have come that they may have life,
and have it to the full.”
John 10:10
Embrace Diversity
““There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither
slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Galatians 3:28
History of Richmont
In 1973, a group of Christian mental health professionals committed to integrating Christian faith and professional counseling founded the Atlanta Clinical College. After opening a counseling center, they partnered with Georgia State University to offer advanced professional training and research within a Christian context through what became known as the Religious Consultation and Research Society before being incorporated as the Psychological Studies Institute (PSI).
For more than 25 years, PSI offered a diploma in Christian counseling through its partnership with Georgia State. In the fall of 1998, PSI began offering its own Master of Arts in Professional Counseling degree after receiving authorization from the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
In August 2000, Richmont opened a second campus in Chattanooga. Three years later, PSI received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). In 2008, PSI changed its name to Richmont Graduate University and soon afterward purchased a new Atlanta campus.
In 2014, Richmont received accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), the gold standard for clinical mental health education programs. Today, the University offers multiple certificate programs in numerous specializations, a School of Ministry with three master’s degree programs, a doctoral program, and dozens of continuing education offerings each year.
Richmont’s mental health counselors serve around the world, working in private practices, behavioral health centers, homeless shelters, addiction rehabilitation facilities, churches, and other community-based programs that serve disadvantaged populations.
Statement of Faith
Richmont Graduate University is founded on principles that adhere to the National Association of Evangelicals Statement of Faith appearing below. This statement has been affirmed by more than seventy denominations and thus represents a broad evangelical consensus. All faculty members affirm this statement, and students who attend Richmont will be taught from a Christian perspective.
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
- We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whom the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
- We believe God’s redemptive purpose will be consumated by the return of Christ to raise the dead, judge all people and establish His glorious kingdom.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Annual Report
Current Report
Richmont’s Annual Reports reflect the University’s mission, outcomes, and stewardship over the past year.
