Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
CECP Admissions
Please note that applications for admission received after the deadline or applications that are incomplete after the deadline will not be reviewed. You may want to follow up with the Graduate School at (414) 288-7137 to ensure your file is complete at.
- Master's admisson applications due to the Graduate School: Feb. 1, 2013
- Master's campus interviews: Friday, March 1, 2013
- Doctoral admission applications due to the Graduate School: Dec. 1, 2012
- Doctoral campus interviews: Friday, Jan. 25, 2013
Request Marquette admission materials or e-mail Coreen Bukowski, assistant to the chair.
Visiting the department
You are welcome to visit the department to find out more about our programs.
The chair of the department holds informational sessions the first Monday of each month (excluding the summer months) from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The next session is Monday, August 6, 2012. We are located in room 150 of the Walter Schroeder Health and Education Complex, 561 N. 15th Street. Click here for a campus map
We are building No. 29. Please contact Coreen via e-mail or (414) 288-5790 to let us know you are interested in visiting or would like someone to contact you.
Marquette's Graduate School also holds open houses. The next one is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, November 8, 2012. Campus tours will take place at 4 p.m. Meet in the Alumni Memorial Union. For more information and to RSVP, please visit the Graduate School Web site.
We look forward to meeting you!
Specific admission requirements
Students with a variety of backgrounds are admitted to our programs. Some enter with a bachelor’s degree, others have completed some graduate courses, others have a master’s degree in a mental health field and a few have even had doctoral degrees in another field but wish to retrain as counselors and counseling psychologists. All applicants must have at least attained a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
The majority of our recent students have had undergraduate majors in psychology or a related field. We do not require an undergraduate major or minor in the behavioral sciences for admission to our programs, but we do expect that applicants with less experience in these areas are sufficiently familiar with their intended field of study to make informed decisions about their educational or career goals. We ask that applicants without a major or minor in the behavioral sciences or education address this issue in their statements of purpose. Applicants without these types of academic backgrounds are often able to demonstrate their familiarity with and commitment to the field through post-baccalaureate course work and through work and volunteer experiences in human service fields.
APPLICANTS TO THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY: ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT EXCLUDE APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED ONLY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, WE GIVE SUBSTANTIAL PREFERENCE TO APPLICANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN A MENTAL HEALTH FIELD.
New students enter the program in the fall semester of each year.
- The deadline for master's applications is Feb. 1, 2013.
- The deadline for doctoral applications is Dec. 1, 2012.
For application information and forms, please contact the Graduate School at (414) 288-7137 or find Marquette's admissions materials online.
Materials to be submitted for application
All of the following materials must be submitted to the Graduate School (address below) by the appropriate deadline. Please do not send them to the department.
Marquette University Graduate School
1324 W. Wisconsin Ave., Room 305
Milwaukee, WI 53233
- Graduate School application form and application fee
- Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions except Marquette. NOTE: Official transcripts need to come directly from the institution to Marquette University (not from the applicant).
- Test scores on the Graduate Record Examination general test. Information on the GRE can be found at www.gre.org. The GRE subject test (psychology) is not required. Applicants need to allow adequate time between taking the GRE and the reporting of the scores to Marquette. Please see www.gre.org for score reporting schedules.
- A statement of purpose*. Please use the guidelines listed on the Marquette Graduate School application form.
- As part of their statement of purpose, prospective students applying to the doctoral program need to identify and order by rank faculty with whom they hope to conduct research and their dissertations. In addition, they must clearly articulate why they wish to work with each faculty member so identified. Applicants must rank at least one faculty member and may rank up to three.
- Specialty area/concentration ranking Form (Word document)
Prospective master's in counseling students applying to this program need to rank their preference for specialty area and/or concentration. Applicants must rank at least one area but may rank all four. Ranking interested concentrations doesn't affect an applicant's probability of being accepted into the program. Applicants should only rank those areas in which they have a genuine interest in pursuing. We make every attempt to accommodate applicants' first choice. However, the rankings assist us greatly in course planning and advising. Applicants must fill out and include this form with the application packet.
- Resume or Vita.
- Three letters of recommendation from individuals who can address one's academic and professional potential. Each letter must be accompanied by a Letter Writer Form. If a recommender is completing their letter online, they can do the Letter Writer Form there as well. If they are submitting a hard copy, then the following form needs to be completed. Click here for a copy of the form.
- International applicants only must submit a TOEFL score or other acceptable proof of English proficiency.
Interviews
After all applications are reviewed, the highest-ranking applicants will be contacted for an interview, which is required for admission. International applicants and others for whom the interview would be prohibitively expensive will be invited to interview over the phone.
Master's interviews
- Friday, March 1, 2013
Doctoral interviews
- Friday, Jan. 25, 2013
Applicant evaluation by departmental faculty
Department faculty comprehensively review applicant files, emphasizing all aspects of applicants’ backgrounds. Our assessments of potential for graduate study and success in the field are based on all components of the application, and we do not use cutoff scores with regard to previous grades or test scores. With regard to test scores and previous grades for our recent doctoral counseling psychology students, the median GRE general test combined score (i.e., verbal plus quantitative subtest scores) was 1160, and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.7. The median GRE combined test score of our recent master’s in counseling students was 1030, and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.4. The median score on the GRE writing assessment for doctoral students was 5.5, and the median score for master's students was 4.5. The faculty admits students with lower test scores or grades when there are significant compensating factors that are important for determining success in the field. If relevant, applicants should highlight these factors in their Statement of Purpose.
Those applicants who are judged to show good potential for graduate study in our department are then invited for an interview with the departmental faculty and a group of current graduate students. After the interviews have been completed, faculty review each application and make a decision about admission to the program.
Tuition and financial aid information
Tuition for a graduate education student can be found on the Graduate School tuition page. This level of tuition is often fairly competitive with other institutions.
Most of the scholarships and assistantships that we offer go to doctoral students. We have two scholarships open to current students within the department. In addition, master’s students who are primary and secondary school teachers in southeastern Wisconsin are eligible for two scholarship opportunities: the Milwaukee Area Teachers Scholarship, which provides scholarships for K-12 teachers from the greater Milwaukee area, and the Catholic Schools Scholarship, which covers part of the tuition for students employed by Archdiocese of Milwaukee schools. These scholarships are available only to students enrolled at Marquette. More information is available at the Graduate School's financial aid page.
In recent years, most new full-time doctoral students have been supported by a part-time research assistantships through the department. Scholarships have helped some additional students, and a variety of fellowships and other options are available. For more information, see the Graduate School's financial aid page.
We will not know the number of assistantships available to next year's students until our admissions offers are sent out during the middle of the spring semester.
