Program Overview
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
General Master's Degree Admission Requirements
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This program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
The master's degree in School Counseling prepares students for Colorado licensure as a School Counselor. Students are training to meet the needs of students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
The prospective student must apply for admission to and be accepted by the program area faculty. Admission to the program requires a GPA of 3.0 or better, on a 4.00 point scale, from the most recent degree earned or current degree in progress. If the applicant's GPA is below 3.0, the Graduate Record Exam (General Test) score must be submitted. It is recommended that the applicant have a total score that meets or exceeds 1000 on the Verbal and Quantitative subtests, or 291 total on the new scoring scale, and a minimum of 3.5 on the Analytical Writing subtest. Attendance at a pre-admission workshop is required for this admission process to be completed. When attendance at the preadmission workshop is an extreme hardship for the applicant, special arrangements are made.
Acceptance is based on consideration of the following criteria:
- Clarity of career goals.
- Intellectual qualities.
- Professional judgment of appropriate personality characteristics as evidenced by a structured interview, interpersonal communication style and personal references.