Admission Requirements

M.Ed. and M.A.T. Admission Requirements

  1. Submit an application for admission.  

  2. Must have completed an appropriate baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution or an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and approved by the appropriate graduate program coordinator with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

  3. Submit all official undergraduate and graduate transcripts from previously attended institutions to the Office of Graduate Studies.

  4. Submit a copy of a government-issued ID, such as a driver's license or a passport

  5. Official test scores from one of the following (waived for applicants of the M.Ed. in Literacy and the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction programs):
     
    *Graduate Record Exam (GRE), minimum combined score of 290
     
    *Miller Analogies Test (MAT), minimum score of 380
     
    *Tennessee’s minimum qualifying score(s) on the required major Praxis II tests for     the student’s license (Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program only)

    (GRE and MAT scores are waived as an entrance requirement for applicants who already hold a master's degree from a regionally accredited institution or an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and approved by the appropriate graduate program coordinator.) 

  6. Complete a successful interview with the program director.

  7. Applicants for the M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership (either Administration and Supervision or Teacher Leadership) are required to provide evidence of three years of successful teaching experience, such as documentation from the State Department of Education or a letter from a principal.

  8. For students for whom English is a secondary language, official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Minimum scores: 500 on the paper-based exam, 173 on the computer-based exam, or 61 on the internet-based exam.

Ed.S. and Ed.D. Admission Requirements

  1. Submit an application for admission.  

  2. Must have completed an appropriate master's degree from a regionally accredited institution or an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and approved by the appropriate graduate program coordinator with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5.

  3. Submit all official undergraduate and graduate transcripts from previously attended institutions to the Office of Graduate Studies.

  4. Submit a copy of a government-issued ID, such as a driver's license or a passport

  5. Provide evidence of three years of successful teaching experience, such as documentation from the State Department of Education or a letter from a principal.

  6. Complete a successful interview with the program director.

  7. For students for whom English is a secondary language, official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Minimum scores: 500 on the paper-based exam, 173 on the computer-based exam, or 61 on the internet-based exam.