Admissions Information

Getting Started

Please visit the Office of Graduate Studies website www.fgcu.edu/graduate or contact Graduate Studies at 239-590-7988 or graduate@fgcu.edu for an application for admission and additional information about the application process.

Program Admission Requirements

• A four year undergraduate degree from an accredited institution. 
• Any one of the following:
  
  1. a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for the last 60 semester hours attempted accruing to the undergraduate degree; or
  2. a combined score of 1000 or higher on the quantitative and verbal sections of the GRE exam; or
  3. a 400 or higher on the MAT; or
  4. a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution.
     
     Note: All applicants must submit GPA and graduate admission (GRE or MAT) test scores regardless of which of the above criteria are met for admissions. Some programs may have additional admissions criteria (refer to program information). Students may be required to take specific undergraduate course(s) if they do not have the necessary prerequisites for the graduate level course or program.

• Submission of three favorable recommendations from professionals in the field.
• Students who are entering an initial education certification program without prior teacher certification or eligibility or those who are adding a teaching certification area from an approved program must also have passed all subsections of CLAST, FTCE General Knowledge Test, or Praxis I for admission. Applicants may substitute a score of 1000 or higher on the GRE for the admission score requirement.
• As students entering a Florida-approved initial certification program, School Counseling applicants must adhere to state regulations for admittance. Those students seeking admittance to the initial certification program must have passed the General Knowledge section of the Florida Teachers Certification Exam (FTCE) unless they present passing scores for all subsets of the CLAST taken prior to July 1, 2002. (Applicants may substitute a score of 1000 or higher on the GRE for the General Knowledge section of the FTCE for admission purposes.) However, all students must show evidence of passing all subsections of the FTCE, including General Knowledge, prior to graduation.
• Performance in courses taken post baccalaureate will be taken into consideration for admission to the School Counseling Program.
• Submission of a written statement of career goals.
• Participation in a personal interview, if requested by admissions committee.
• Counseling Criminal Record Policy Statement:  All applicants are advised that in order to complete the program they must complete internships.  Most internship facilities do background checks and will not  permit the placement of counselor interns with criminal records.  The department reserves the right to deny program admission to any applicant if it appears that applicant is unlikely to be able to complete the internship requirement due to a criminal record, thus inhibiting their ability to complete the program.