Insider's Guide on Applying to Graduate SchoolFriday, July 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM until 1:00 PMEastern Daylight Time UTC -04:00 No need to jump through hoops to apply when you have an insider’s perspective on the graduate admissions process. We’ll share 10 basic steps to apply to graduate and professional school, followed by a Q&A. 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MAcc (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Administration of Higher Education - Certificate (Main)Administrative Specialist - Certificate (Online)Alternative Resident Educator - Certificate (eCampus) (Part-time)American Culture Studies: Critical Studies Film/Media/Culture - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)American Culture Studies: Ethnicity/Gender/Social Identities - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Analytics - MSA (Online)Applied Behavior Analysis - Certificate (eCampus)Architecture - MARCH (Main)Art Education - MA (Main)Art History - MA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Art: 2-D Studio Art - MFA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Art: 3-D Studio Art - MFA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Art: Digital Arts - MFA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Assistive Technology - Certificate (eCampus)Athletic Training - MAT (Main) (Summer Admission Only)Autism - Certificate (eCampus)Biological Sciences - MS (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Biological Sciences - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Business Administration Online - MBA (eCampus)Business Administration Online with Accounting Concentration - MBA (eCampus)Business Administration Online with Finance Concentration - MBA (eCampus)Business Administration Online with Marketing Concentration - MBA (eCampus)Business Administration Online with Supply Chain Management Concentration - MBA (eCampus)Business Administration: Full Time Program - MBA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Business Analytics - Certificate (Online)Business Foundations - Certificate (Online)Business Intelligence - Certificate (Online)Career Technical Workforce Education/Provisional - Certificate (eCampus) (Part-time)Chemistry - MS (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Clinical Mental Health Counseling - MA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)College Student Personnel - MA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)College Writing: Theory and Practice - Certificate (Online)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Analytics - MSA (Online)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Applied Economics - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Architecture - MARCH (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Athletic Training - MAT (Main) (Summer Admission Only)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Business Administration: Full Time Program - MBA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Computer Science - MS (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Criminal Justice - MSCJ (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Criminal Justice: Forensic Investigation - MSCJ (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Criminal Justice: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL) - MSCJ (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Criminal Justice: Victims and Offenders - MSCJ (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Engineering Technology - MTM (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Engineering Technology - MTM (Online)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: European Studies - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Food and Nutrition (Dietetics) - MFN (eCampus)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Food and Nutrition (Dietetics) - MFN (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Food and Nutrition (Nutrition Sciences) - MFN (eCampus)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Food and Nutrition (Nutrition Sciences) - MFN (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Forensic Science - MS (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: German - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Health Services Administration – MHSA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: History - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Instructional Design and Technology - MEd (eCampus)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Literary and Textual Studies Specialization - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Mathematics - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Mathematics: Applied Mathematics/Scientific Computation - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Media and Communications - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Public Administration - MPA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Quality Systems - MTM (Online)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Spanish - MA (Main)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Special Education: Assistive Technology - MEd (eCampus)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Special Education: Autism - MEd (eCampus)Combined Bachelor's to Master's: Special Education: Secondary Transition - MEd (eCampus)Communication Disorders - PhD (Main)Communication Disorders: Speech-Language Pathology - MS (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Computer Science - MS (Main)Computer Science Educator - Certificate (eCampus) (Part-time)Computer Technology Endorsement - Certificate (eCampus)Construction Management - Certificate (Main)Construction Management and Technology - MTM (Main)Construction Management and Technology - MTM (Online)Contemporary Music: Composition - DMA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Contemporary Music: Performance - DMA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Creative Writing - Certificate (Online) (Part-time)Creative Writing: Fiction - MFA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Creative Writing: Poetry - MFA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Criminal Justice - MSCJ (eCampus) (Part-time)Criminal Justice - MSCJ (Main)Criminal Justice: Forensic Investigation - MSCJ (Main)Criminal Justice: Victims and Offenders - MSCJ (Main)Curriculum and Teaching - MEd (eCampus)Curriculum and Teaching - MEd (Main)Curriculum and Teaching: Alternative Resident Educator - MEd (eCampus) [with Certificate classes]Curriculum and Teaching: Career Technical Workforce Education - MEd (eCampus)Curriculum and Teaching: Computer Technology - MEd (eCampus) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Curriculum and Teaching: Early Childhood Ed Gr 4/5 Gen - MEd (eCampus) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Curriculum and Teaching: Early Childhood Ed Gr 4/5 Gen - MEd (Main) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Curriculum and Teaching: Middle Childhood Gen - MEd (eCampus) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Curriculum and Teaching: Middle Childhood Gen - MEd (Main) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Curriculum and Teaching: Reading - MEd (eCampus) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Curriculum and Teaching: Reading - MEd (Main) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Data Science - MS (Main)Data Science - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)District-Level Leadership - Certificate (Online)Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education - Certificate (Main)Early Childhood Ed Gr 4/5 Generalist Endorsement - Certificate (eCampus)Early Childhood Ed Gr 4/5 Generalist Endorsement - Certificate (Main)Educational Leadership - EdS (Online)Educational Leadership - MEd (Online)Engineering Technology - MTM (Main)Engineering Technology - MTM (Online)English - MA (Online)Ethnic Studies - Certificate (Main)European Studies - MA (Main)Financial Economics - MA (Main)Food and Nutrition - Certificate (eCampus)Food and Nutrition - MFN (eCampus)Food and Nutrition - MFN (Main)Forensic Sciences - MS (Main) (Fall Admission Only)French for Professionals and Educators - Certificate (Main)Geology - MS (Main)Geospatial Technology - Certificate (Main)German - MA (Main)German for Professionals and Educators - Certificate (Main)Gerontology (Interdisciplinary) - MSIG (Blended)Gerontology (Interdisciplinary): Long-term Care Administration - MSIG (eCampus)Health Services Administration - MHSA (Main)Health Services Administration: Long-term Care - MHSA (Online)History - MA (Main)History for Educators - Certificate (Online/Blended)Human Performance Technology - Certificate (Online)Instructional Design and Technology - Certificate (eCampus)Instructional Design and Technology - MEd (eCampus) (formerly Learning Design)Integrative Design - MDes (Online/Hybrid/Web-centric)Interdisciplinary Studies - MA (Main)Interdisciplinary Studies - MS (Main)Interdisciplinary Studies - PhD (Main)International Intercultural Communication - Certificate (Main)International Studies - Certificate (Main)Leadership Studies - PhD (Main) (Blended) (Fall Admission Only)Literary and Textual Studies Specialization - MA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Literature and English Teaching - Certificate (Online)Logistics Systems Engineering - MS-LSE (Main)Logistics Systems Engineering - MS-LSE (Online/Hybrid)Marketing - Certificate (Online)Mathematics - MA (Main)Mathematics - PhD (Main)Mathematics for Professionals and Educators – Certificate (Main)Mathematics for Professionals and Educators – Certificate (Online)Mathematics: Applied Mathematics/Scientific Computation - MA (Main)Mathematics: Statistics - MA (Main)Media and Communication - MA (Main)Media and Communication - PhD (Main)Media and Communication: International/Intercultural Communication - MA (Main)Music - Certificate (Main)Music Composition - MM (Main)Music Education: Choral Music Education - MM (Main)Music Education: Comprehensive Music Education - MM (Main)Music Education: Instrumental Music Education - MM (Main)Music Education: Teaching Artistry - MM (eCampus) (Summer 1st Session Admission Only)Music Ethnomusicology - MM (Main)Music History - MM (Main)Music Performance: Instrumental Performance - MM (Main)Music Performance: Instrumental Specialist - MM (Main)Music Performance: Jazz Studies - MM (Main)Music Performance: Piano - MM (Main)Music Performance: Voice - MM (Main)Music: Collaborative Piano - MM (Main)Music: Conducting - Choral Conducting - MM (Main)Music: Conducting - Orchestral Conducting - MM (Main)Music: Piano Pedagogy - MM (Main)Music: Vocal Pedagogy - MM (Main)Occupational Therapy - OTD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Organization Development and Change - DODC (Main) (Fall Admission Only) (Part-time)Organization Development: Executive - MOD (Main) (Fall Admission Only) (Part-time)Performance Studies - Certificate (Main)Photochemical Sciences - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Physical Therapy - DPT (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Physics - MS (Main)Popular Culture - Certificate (Main)Popular Culture - MA (Main)Principal Licensure - Certificate (Online)Professional and Technical Writing - Certificate (Online)Psychology: Clinical - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Psychology: Cognitive and Neural Sciences - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Psychology: Developmental - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Psychology: Industrial-Organizational - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Public Administration - MPA (Main)Public History - Certificate (Main)Quality Systems - Certificate (eCampus)Quality Systems - MTM (Main)Quality Systems - MTM (Online)Reading - MEd (eCampus) [with Reading Endorsement Certificate coursework]Reading - MEd (Main) [with Reading Endorsement Certificate coursework]Reading Endorsement - Certificate (eCampus)Reading Endorsement - Certificate (Main)Research and Assessment in Higher Education - Certificate (Main)Rhetoric and Writing Studies - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)School Counseling - MEd (Main)Secondary Transition - Certificate (eCampus) (TTW Endorsement)Social and Interactive Media - Certificate (Main)Social Work - MSW (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Sociology - PhD (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Sociology: Applied Demography - MA (Main) (Fall Admission Only)Software Engineering - MS (Online)Spanish - MA (Main)Spanish for Professionals and Educators – Certificate (Main)Spanish for Professionals and Educators – Certificate (Online)Special Education - MEd (eCampus)Special Education: Applied Behavior Analysis - MEd (eCampus) [with Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate classes]Special Education: Assistive Technology - MEd (eCampus) [with Assistive Technology Certificate classes]Special Education: Autism - MEd (eCampus) [with Autism Certificate classes]Special Education: Secondary Transition - MEd (eCampus) [with Endorsement Certificate classes]Sports Administration and Kinesiology - MEd (Online)Statistics - PhD (Main)Strategic Communication - Certificate (eCampus)Supplemental/CTPD-Sponsored Career Technical Workforce Education – Certificate (eCampus)Supply Chain Management - Certificate (eCampus)Technical Writing - Certificate (Online)Technology Management - PhD (Online) (Consortium program. 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