Test Score Requirements

The applicant should note that the decision to admit students to the doctoral program is a collective judgment of the program faculty and represents their determination of the likelihood of the candidate to succeed in all major phases of the degree program. These judgments take into account the applicant’s professional experiences, communication and thinking skills, and other relevant capabilities. Thus, an applicant is not automatically admitted on the basis of meeting only the minimum criteria.

An applicant must have earned at least a master’s degree from an accredited institution in Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, or a related field. Applicants for Public School Administration must have an earned Principal’s certification.

The preferred grade point averages for applicants are 2.75 on undergraduate coursework and 3.25 on graduate coursework. Applicants with GPAs below these preferred minimums will be considered if they meet the minimum test scores for the Miller’s Analogy Test (MAT) or the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) as indicated below. See the description of the Writing Sample in the link at the left.

Test score:  *60th percentile with an “acceptable” or better writing sample
OR
                     *55th percentile minimum with an “exceptional” writing sample

The GRE sections, Verbal and Quantitative, will be considered separately – the minimum percentile must be reached on both sections.

*Scaled score equivalents as reported in the 2006-2007 GRE documentation.

The MAT score is reported as a scaled score with percentiles overall and for the intended major. The percentile requirements noted above are for the intended major of Education.

This page last updated on: 08/28/2007