Admission Requirements

• Non-refundable application fee
• No standardized testing is required (GRE or MAT)
• Successful completion of baccalaureate degree
• Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or better. Only applicants with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 and higher will be considered for admissions.
• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (undergraduate and graduate). We will only make admissions decisions based on an official transcript.
• Two (2) professional letters of recommendation (LOR) that can attest to your suitability for the school counseling degree (one from an academic source and one from employer or volunteer supervisor). LORs from family or friends are not acceptable.
• Completion of a state-specific acknowledgment form while in a conversation with the School Counseling Program Director. This must be completed with a Counseling Program faculty member present. 
  • This serves as a time for applicants to ask program-specific questions that can only be answered by the Counselor Education program faculty
• Respond to Personal Statement form questions
• Be available for a video conference interview
• Be available for two (2) week-long, in-person residencies at SHU

Conditional Admission – Conferral of Undergraduate Degree

• Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree prior to the beginning of their first term. All undergraduate coursework must be completed prior to beginning graduate coursework. Concurrent undergraduate and graduate coursework is not acceptable. In other words, the applicant cannot not be “finishing” undergraduate coursework while “beginning” graduate coursework.
• Students that have recently completed an undergraduate degree, with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher and are waiting on conferral of their degree, may be admitted prior to formal degree conferral.
• Students without a conferred undergraduate degree and whose cumulative undergraduate GPA is less than 2.75, will not be considered for admissions.
• The terms of a Conditional Admission – Conferral of Undergraduate Degree include:
  • The applicant must secure a letter from the Registrar’s office noting that all of their undergraduate degree requirements have been met and that all that remains is degree conferral
  • The counseling program must receive the student’s Official Transcripts indicating a conferred degree prior to the end of their first 15-week term
  • The final transcript (Official Transcript) must indicate a conferred degree with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or greater

See the program page for application deadlines. Applicants with incomplete files by the deadline will be deferred to a future term start.

Sacred Heart University’s Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree does not currently meet the licensure requirements for Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. At this time, we are not enrolling students that live in or are seeking licensure from these states.