Admission to the Master's program in Counseling is a two-step process. Each applicant must first apply to and meet the general admission requirements of UNT's Toulouse Graduate School. Then, applications for students who meet initial admission standards are forwarded to the College of Education for review. Admission to UNT's Toulouse Graduate School does not guarantee admission to the Counseling Program. The second step is to apply to the Counseling program by completing the Counseling Program Application and documents listed below. Applicants must have a cumulative undergraduate grade-point average (overall OR for the last sixty hours) of 3.0 on a four-point scale. Counseling courses at both the Master's and Doctoral level require attendance.
1. Apply to Toulouse Graduate School
To allow for Transcript Processing time, applicants are strongly encouraged to initiate this process at least one month before the Program Application Deadline. Waiting to submit transcripts or ApplyTexas too close to the deadline could result in the application missing the deadline and not being considered for admission.
- Submit an application at https://goapplytexas.org/.
- Submit $75 application fee through https://goapplytexas.org/.
- Submit official transcripts from each college or university attended to the Toulouse Graduate School.
- When selecting your major, choose “Counseling, Education, MS program at UNT main campus”
2. Apply to Counseling program
Program Application Deadlines
March 15 — for admission to the following Fall semester October 15 — for admission to the following Spring semester
All application materials at both the Toulouse Graduate School and the program office must be complete by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the deadline or your application will not be considered for admission.
Procedures for applying to the Counseling Master's Program are as follows:
Submission of the application and packet
- Completed Application for Admission to the Master's Program in Counseling
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- Three Reference Evaluations.These should be completed by a current or recent employer, a current or recent professor, and one other individual who is professionally acquainted with your work.
- If completing the Online Application, please have the name and email addresses of the references available before starting the application.
- A one page typewritten writing sample addressing the following:
- Your aspirations related to the field of counseling;
- One or more significant life events that contributed to the development of these aspirations;
- The single greatest personal asset that will serve you in realizing your aspirations;
- The one personal characteristic or quality that you most need to modify, improve, or change in order to realize these aspirations;
- Activities demonstrating your commitment to the field of counseling;
- Evidence if you have fluency in both English and another language; and
- (optional) Any other information that you think would be helpful in evaluating your potential for success in the program and as a counselor.
* You may change the line spacing, margins, and font but do not exceed one page.
* Writing samples that exceed one page will not be considered.
Pease return your complete application materials to the Counseling Program.
Your application materials should include:
- Program application
- One-page Writing Sample (per instructions above)
- Three Reference Evaluations
You are responsible for ensuring the application materials are submitted to the Counseling Program Office by the application deadline. You can submit your application materials via email to COE-Counseling@unt.edu, in person at the Counseling Program Office at Welch Complex 2, at 425 S. Welch Street, or you can send them via mail as identified below. If all application materials are not received by the deadline, the applicant will not be considered for admissions for that semester.
If you complete the online application, the material is submitted automatically to the department. The deadline to submit the online materials is the same.
If mailing by FedEx, DHL, or UPS
UNT Counseling Program
425 S. Welch St-Welch Complex 2
Denton, TX 76203-5017
If mailing by Postal Service
UNT Counseling Program
1155 Union Circle #310829
Denton, TX 76203-5017
Interview
Applicants invited to the interview who live within a 150-mile radius of Denton are required to attend a group interview held on a Friday soon after the application deadline. You must contact the Counseling Program Advisor upon receiving the invitation and confirm your intention to attend. Persons needing ADA assistance should so indicate at that time.
Applicants invited to the interview who live further than 150 miles from Denton are encouraged (but not required) to attend the interview. Applicants opting not to attend must submit the following:
1. Submit to the Counseling Program office by the interview date a DVD or YouTube link in which the applicant responds orally to the "Writing Sample" information-[see items 3(a)-(e) above]. The DVD recording should not exceed ten minutes in length. DO NOT READ THE WRITING SAMPLE FROM YOUR APPLICATION or any other pre-written document or script. Instead speak extemporaneously in response to each question (a)-(g).
Following the interview, you will receive a letter granting or denying provisional admission to the Graduate Program in Counseling. Students granted provisional admission should contact the Counseling Program office for advising prior to class registration.
Criminal History Background Check
Individuals selected to proceed beyond orientation and interviews will be granted provisional admission pending receipt of a satisfactory Criminal History Background Check by a date indicated on the admissions letter. Policy and procedures for completing this review are located on the resources page of this website. Students who have not been granted provisional admission will be administratively dropped from Counseling Program courses.
Note:
For information, or to confirm your invitation, contact the Counseling Program:
Counseling Program
1155 Union Circle #310829
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203-5017
COE-Counseling@unt.edu
Phone: 940-565-2910
Fax: 940-565-2905
TDD: 800-735-2989 Counseling Programs
