Admission to the program requires completion of the Application for Graduate Admission and the separate school psychology program application (resume, statement, supplemental questionnaire) and three recommendations.  Admissions are normally limited to ten students per year, with study beginning in the fall semester only. Multiple admissions criteria are used, including prior grade point average, GRE General Test scores (minimum combined verbal and quantitative score of 800 preferred), three letters of recommendation, educational experience, work experience and personal qualifications. Admissions to the program are quite competitive (typically about one in seven applicants is admitted). The admissions decisions are focused on the selection of applicants who we believe have the greatest potential to be successful school psychologists.

   Prerequisites to admission are 15 hours of prior undergraduate or graduate coursework in five areas: (1) general psychology; (2) human development (child development or child psychology may be acceptable alternatives); (3) experimental psychology or research methods; (4) psychological measurements (tests and measurements or educational measurements may be acceptable alternatives); and (5) statistics. While the bulk of these prerequisite areas must be completed prior to admission to the program, one or two may be taken after an applicant is admitted. Regardless of when it is taken, however, no prerequisite or remedial coursework may count toward either the M.S. or S.S.P. degree.

   All admissions materials should be submitted by February 1 of each academic year. Late applications will be considered as openings exist. Finalists for admission are also expected to participate in a personal interview with the school psychology admissions committee.