College of Education
PO Box 5774
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774
(928) 523-2611
Admission Requirements
Undergraduate
You must be admitted to C.O.E.'s teacher-education program before you take any education courses except EDF 200, EDF 301W and ESE 380. Review carefully the information about admission requirements for our teacher-education program.
Graduate
To apply for admission, you must submit an application and official transcripts to NAU's Graduate College.
In addition, you must meet specific requirements, depending on which program you are applying for. We describe these requirements in the following paragraphs.
Master's Programs
To be admitted to a master's program in early childhood, elementry, or secondary education, you must have one of the following:
- a 3.0 grade point average for both your undergraduate work and any graduate courses you've taken
- a 3.0 grade point average for at least the last 60 hours of your undergraduate work and for any graduate courses
- a score at or above the 25th percentile on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) subject test in education and a 3.0 grade point average on any graduate courses
- a score at or above the 25th percentile on the general verbal and quantitative portions of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (or comparable scores on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) ) and a 3.0 grade point average on any graduate courses
- a 3.5 grade point average for 18 hours of approved courses taken at NAU, with one approved course each in research, foundations, curriculm, and educational psychology among the 18 approved hours.
Please contact the C.O.E. Graduate Studies Office for more information about these courses.
Doctoral Program
In addition to applying to NAU's Graduate College, you must contact our Graduate Studies Office for application information and reference forms for the Ed.D. program in curriculm and instruction.
Financial Assistance
We offer graduate assistantships through our Graduate Studies Office. To be eligible, you must have met all admission requirements for your program.
The number of assistantships we have to offer is limited, and you must apply early in the semester before the semester for which you need the assistantship.
For more information, see our Financial Aid Information Page.
Placement Assistance
Our faculty can often help you establish contacts with prospective employers, as employers tell us about their needs for school personnel.
You can also get assistance through NAU's Career Services officer.
