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What you need to know to apply

A-State Online offers a streamlined admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. To be admitted to the MSE in School Counseling – General Concentration online program, students must have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum 2.75 GPA. Although a teaching certificate is not required for this program in Arkansas, students should be prepared to have access to a classroom setting as part of the internship component of the program.

Please note, meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission. Student applications that meet minimum requirements are forwarded to the School Counseling Program Coordinator in the Department of Psychology and Counseling for final review, after which a decision on admission will be determined. Students should check for specific requirements in their state. See full admission requirements below.

Admission Requirements:

Minimum 2.75 GPA

Official transcripts

Bachelor's degree

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA

If you have lower than a 2.75 GPA, you may still be admitted, dependent upon your references and your essay responses.
Note: If you are admitted and have less than a 3.0 cumulative GPA, you must make a grade of B or better during the first 12 hours of graduate work at Arkansas State University

Two references who could speak to your professional responsibilities and academic potential

Answers to three essay questions (listed below)

Application submission requirements

Complete online application

Submit a nonrefundable $30 fee

Have official transcript(s) sent from the registrar of the college/university attended. Official transcripts are sealed transcripts sent from the granting institution.

Official report of a score, obtained within the last five (5) years, on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

A typewritten essay that addresses

(1) personal, educational, and career goals and aspirations

(2) personal perceptions of influences on goals and aspirations

(3) personal view of the role and value of school counseling

Three appraisal/recommendation forms, with at least one completed by a work supervisor and at least one completed by a faculty member in the applicant’s most recent academic program of study. (When the applicant has not completed that program of study, a statement of status in that program also is required.)

Applicants who have not been enrolled in an academic program for more than five years may substitute a recommendation from a current or recent employer for the faculty recommendation. The third form may be completed by anyone who can attest to the applicant’s ability and/or character, except that it may not be completed by anyone who is a relative of the applicant.

Submit all documents to:

A-State Online
P.O. Box 2520
State University, AR 72467

Fax: 870-972-3548
Email: [email protected]

Additional information

For more information on state eligibility, please visit our State Authorization and Licensure Disclosures page.

Appeals process

Students who fall below the minimum admission requirements (GPA) or who are denied may send a written letter of appeal, GRE or GMAT scores (may be unofficial), and additional supporting information to [email protected]
The appeal request will be forwarded to the department chair for conditional admission review.

Transfer credits

Up to 9 graduate hours from A-State or other higher education institutions may be credited toward a program. No course can be older than six years by graduation time. Transfer credit will be evaluated by the Director of the Program. To request prior credit be evaluated, please complete the Graduate Transfer Credit Evaluation Form.