Graduate Program Contacts and Application Deadlines

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 The applications for graduate study are available through the following dates:

Many programs have priority deadlines for reviewing applications.  Please contact the office of your prospective major for additional information. (See below for contact information.)

*To be eligible to receive an assistantship, new students should be admitted and enrolled in courses by July 1 for Fall admission, December 1 for Spring admission, or May 1 for Summer admission.

Application Requirements

All graduate applicants will be required to supply the following documents:

1. A completed online application and $60 application fee.
2. Official transcripts from all regionally accredited institutions from which a bachelor’s degree or higher degree was obtained AND official transcripts for all work completed after obtaining the bachelor’s degree, including undergraduate and graduate coursework. Junior/community college transcripts are NOT required. (Applicants who are applying for nursing programs and have earned an Associate’s of Science-Nursing should include those transcripts.)
3. Some programs require results from a standardized, graduate-level exam (typically the GRE) or in the case of many Education programs, results from the Praxis. Applicants may contact the office of their major to determine whether other results are acceptable. The following programs require test scores:
   Test Requirements

       

   Program	Accepted Test Scores
   Audiology (Clinical) AuD	GRE
   Biological Sciences MS	GRE
   Biological Sciences PhD	GRE
   Computational Science (Physics) PhD	GRE
   Dyslexia Therapy Education MEd	MAT, or Praxis Subject Assessment
   Education (Educational Administration P-12) PhD	Praxis Subject Assessment, or SLLA
   Educational Administration and Supervision MEd	Praxis Subject Assessment, or SLLA
   Inclusive Elementary Education MAT	PRAXIS Core, Acceptable ACT scores, or 3.0 on last 60 hours
   Medical Laboratory Science MS	GRE
   Nursing (Nurse Anesthesia) DNP	GRE
   Secondary Teacher Education (Alternate Route) MAT	Praxis Subject Assessment and PRAXIS Core, Acceptable ACT scores, or 3.0 on last 60 hours
   Special Education MEd	MAT, or PRAXIS II
   Speech and Hearing Sciences (Speech-Language Pathology) MS	GRE

4. Most programs require 3 letters of recommendation from individuals who can speak to the applicant’s academic performance. Applicants may contact the program of their major to determine if the program will accept non-academic recommendations.
5. Other supplemental materials as required by programs, such as a résumé, statement of purpose, writing sample, etc. Please review the list below for the specific documents required by your program of interest. Please refer below for links to program specific requirements or to the Graduate Bulletin.

In addition to the above documents, certain programs may conduct interviews or auditions as part of their application process. Applicants will be contacted at a later date if selected to interview or audition.

Graduate Programs