Principal Certification M.Ed.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the Master of Education Degree in Educational Leadership with Standard Principal certification program, a prospective student must:

1. Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution;
2. Possess a State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) Texas Teacher Certification (any field);
3. Submit official transcripts from all institutions in which a degree was awarded to Graduate Admissions;
4. Complete the application for admission to a graduate program online at http://www.uttyler.edu/graduate/gradadmissions/;
5. Successfully complete a personal/telephone interview;
6. If the student has a GPA of less than 3.25 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework, the student must send official scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) directly to Graduate Admissions.
7. A reference form, completed by a current school administrator assessing the applicant's administrative potential must be submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

Admission to the program is based in part on documenting a GPA of 3.25 or higher on the last 60 credit hours of undergraduate studies or satisfactory scores on the Verbal and Quantitative parts of the GRE in combination with the undergraduate GPA and demonstrating one or more of the following: the applicant’s demonstrated commitment to his or her chosen field of study; socioeconomic background; first generation college graduate; multilingual proficiency; geographic region of residence; and level of responsibility in other matters including extracurricular activities, employment, community service, and family responsibilities.