Applicants are encouraged to submit all required credentials at the time of application. Doing so allows for the most timely review of student files by the respective departmental program. Applications cannot be processed or evaluated until they are complete.

The following 10 steps will get you started in the enrollment process.

1. Schedule your Miller Analogies Test (MAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), whichever is required for your intended program of study. An aptitude test score is required of all master's degree programs, except for the MFA and MEd: Educational Leadership programs.
   
2. If your program requires them, have letters of recommendation written for you. Recommenders are to:
   
   • Place the letters in the envelopes provided.
     
   • Seal the letters and sign across the sealed flap.
     
   • Return the sealed envelopes to you to include with your application or mail directly to the School of Graduate Studies and Research, Reeder Hall, 3rd Floor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA. 16444.

   If at all possible, recommendations should be written by individuals who have instructed you in academic settings. The forms for letters of recommendation can be found here.

3. Transcripts:
• Have the registrar send an official transcript of your academic record directly to the School of Graduate Studies and Research, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA. 16444. Edinboro University graduates should submit a student copy of their transcript.
  
• Include transcripts for each degree you have earned, or from any college or university from which you attended or wish to transfer credits.
  
• In many cases, a transcript submitted will be necessarily incomplete because it will be submitted before a degree is granted. If an applicant is accepted into our graduate program, a complete transcript must be submitted to the School og Graduate Studies and Research as soon as that completed transcript is available. A complete transcript shows not only your academic record, but that a degree was awarded. If a degree-conferred transcript is not received, a hold will be placed on your student account.
  
4. If you are requesting transfer credits, these forms must be submitted with your application.
   
5. Completely fill-out the Application for Graduate Studies.
   
6. Although you will have requested that Edinboro University of Pennsylvania receive the official results of your MAT, GMAT or GRE scores, please make a photocopy of your test results and include that copy in your application.
   
7. Include a photocopy of your teaching certificate if you are applying for admission to a master of education or a non-degree certification program.
   
8. If you submit a paper application, write a check or money order in the amount of $30.00 (non refundable application fee) or $7.00 if you previously attended Edinboro, payable to “EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.”  Cash cannot be accepted.
   
9. Submit a complete Assistantship Application if you wish to be considered. Include a resume and a copy of your transcript(s). The deadline for fall consideration is February 15th (February 1st for art programs). The spring deadline is October 15th.
   
10. Inform the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD), 814-732-2462, if you have a disability of which you wish the University to be aware.

Credentials will be kept on file for one year. At the end of that time period, incomplete graduate applications will be purged.

DEADLINES:

MFA/MA Art	Fall entrance: January 15 Spring entrance: October 15
Clinical Psychology	Fall entrance: February 15 (Late applicants may be considered)
Social Work	Fall entrance: March 1 (Late applicants may be considered)
Special Education Online M.Ed.	Fall Cohort. Special admission instructions
Speech, Language and Hearing	Fall entrance: March 1
All other programs	To receive full consideration, completed applications must be received by the University at least eight weeks prior to the anticipated date of enrollment.

LATE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION:

There is no guarantee that we can process an application for an individual who files an application for admission into a master’s program less than eight weeks prior to the registration day for the semester or session in which enrollment is sought.

Although these individuals have not been admitted to the graduate program, they may be authorized to enroll for courses if they apply for non-degree special student status, however:

1) It is understood that this authorization does not guarantee or imply that admission to a degree program will be granted.

2) It is understood that no more than nine semester hours of graduate credit earned prior to the date of the official acceptance to admission to a graduate program will be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements of the program.

3) It is understood that if admission is granted prior to the last day of the semester or session that all applicable credits earned in that semester or session will be accepted toward meeting program requirements.

4) It is understood that special students are not eligible, according to Pennsylvania State Guidelines, for Stafford Loans.