ADMISSION:

Students seeking admission to the counselor education programs at the master’s level must have an overall grade-point average of 2.75 (based on a 4.0 system) cumulative on their bachelor’s degree, and at least a 3.0 on all graduate work already completed.

 

A maximum of 15 credit hours of graduate work can be transferred into the counselor education program with the advisor’s approval.

 

In addition, students applying for admission are required to take the Graduate Record Examination and are expected to provide official transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of purpose for wishing to acquire graduate education in rehabilitation counseling. Further information may be obtained from the Graduate Studies Bulletin and applications are available through the Office of Graduate Studies website, or via e-mail (grad@grad.msstate.edu).

Note:
All students accepted into the graduate counselor education program at Mississippi State University are expected to possess a functional proficiency with basic computer applications such as word-processing (i.e., Microsoft WORD), email access (all students are issued an MSU email address), and internet-based navigation (i.e., search engines). There are student-accessible computers available at a variety of locations on-campus (i.e., Mitchel Library, Allen Computer Lab, etc.) and introductory training on a variety of computer-based applications is offered to students and faculty free of charge by the Media Center in Mitchell Library.