Master of Arts Program Admission

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure their application (for the correct term) is complete by the date listed (including reference letters). Applications not fully completed will not be reviewed.

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Application Deadlines:

January 15 - Fall/Summer

May 15- Fall

September 15 - Spring

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How to Apply

Step 1: Apply to UW and the School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy and Design through the online applicant portal.

1. Click here to access the UW graduate applicant portal. Make sure to use the corresponding application admittance semester indicated above.
2. After completing the initial information page, you will receive an email from the system including a link and your temporary username and password.
3. Please complete the contact, academic, residency information, etc.
4. Submit the $50 application fee
5. Submit ALL required documents to the online document portal (see below for details)

 Step 2: Submit official transcripts from all colleges to UW Admissions:

UW OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS

Knight Hall 150
Department 3435, 1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-5160
Toll-Free: (800) 342-5996
E-mail: admissions@uwyo.edu

Note: Please do not wait to have ALL colleges send official transcripts to Admissions. It is University policy that the UW Admissions Office require official transcripts from every college you have attended. This includes your undergraduate transcript, AND all colleges that you have transferred coursework in from. This process can take some time to request, send, receive, and process. 

If you attended UW, you do not have to contact UW Admissions Office to send official transcripts to UW. They will know to "pull' them, when you are admitted. 

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Required Documents

Please include ALL documents listed below in order for your application to be considered.

• • A letter of application or personal statement. You should discuss your professional and academic goals as well as share your perceptions about how the MA in Higher Education Administration (MA-HIED) will help in achieving those goals.  Any special issues that you think the admissions committee should know about (e.g., undergraduate GPA below 3.0, past graduate HIED courses taken under the “six-credit rule”, etc.) should also be highlighted.
  • A professional resume or curriculum vitae. No one format is “correct”, but the information most important to include is work experience.
  • Three references provided.  Full contact information for three references who might speak to your academic potential and/or potential for a career in higher education, including an active email address, should be offered in a separate document clearly marked as “References”.  In addition, please add in the name, title, and email address of the 3 references. The application portal will email directions so that they can upload their letters into your application.
  • See Application Guidelines here.