No.
When you apply to a grad program online, you will receive information about how to set up and log into your NazNet online account. You can monitor whether your application is complete there.
Application deadlines vary by program. Some programs have strict application deadlines, while others process applications on a rolling basis (as received). All deadlines are detailed on each program's how-to-apply webpage.
Most programs require two letters of recommendation. Exceptions: art therapy and social work, which require three letters of recommendation. Click for the how-to-apply details for each program.
Four options:
Only our speech-language pathology program requires the GRE.
For teacher education grad students, New York state requires an admission assessment test. Nazareth allows you to pick one. See your program's how-to-apply page for details.
No. None of our programs require the GMAT.
Applicants with an undergraduate GPA below 3.0 are welcome to apply, but you should explain the lower GPA in your required professional statement. Describe specific procedures you will follow to meet the rigorous requirements of graduate study, and describe relevant experiences and/or activities that demonstrate an ability to do graduate-level work at Nazareth.
Yes! See Graduate Events & Visit Options.
Graduate tuition varies by program. See Tuition & Aid.
Many graduate students finance their education through student loans. However, there are graduate assistantship opportunities available.
Transcripts are evaluated when students apply. However, we are happy to perform a courtesy review for prospective graduate students upon request.
Please note that courtesy review transcript evaluations can take up to a month to complete, so it is usually faster to apply. Send your courtesy review request to Pat Huntington in the School of Education, specify the program you're interested in, and include unofficial copies of transcripts for all colleges you attended.
Yes, we offer multiple initial certification programs for graduate students who want teaching certification and don't have an academic background in education.
At the end of each master's degree program, students are eligible for "initial" or "professional" certification in their chosen program.
Learn more about our graduate programs.
While our programs do not specifically use the terminology "special education," the certification earned in one of our inclusive education programs is "teaching students with disabilities," which equates to the previous language of "special education."
Learn more about our graduate programs.
For competitive programs with a high volume of applications, applicants are typically notified between 4-6 weeks after the application deadline.
For programs with "rolling" deadlines, notifications are typically sent within two weeks of when all parts of an application are complete.
Waitlisted means your graduate application for admission has been reviewed and you meet the academic criteria for a program, but the program is full.
You will be asked to indicate whether you want to remain on the wait list for the current term. If you don't move from the waitlist to accepted student status in the term for which you applied, you will automatically be considered for the next term.
If you reply "no" to the waitlist, you are declining the offer to be on the wait list, and you will no longer be considered for the program.
You can defer acceptance for up to one year without having to reapply. Requests to defer admission to the art therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology programs must be approved by the graduate program director.
If denied admission to a graduate program, you may resubmit your application for review in a future term.
Yes, up to six graduate credits may be transferred into a graduate program pending the approval of the program director. Transfer credit requests will be considered once a student has been accepted to, and enrolled in, a graduate program at Nazareth. The Transfer Credit Approval form is on the Graduate Student Forms webpage.
Program requirements vary. The definition of full-time is 9 credits.
Graduate students may take a maximum of 12 credits per semester.
Programs such as art therapy and physical therapy require primarily full-time enrollment. However, in art therapy there are occasional openings for part-time status.
Management, Human Resource Management, and Integrated Marketing Communications are structured for mainly part-time study.
Nazareth does not have the capacity to offer on-campus housing to graduate students.
As a courtesy, some off-campus resources are listed on the Residential Life webpage.
These programs will allow you to take several courses without being matriculated, usually as you are in the process of applying to a graduate program:
For all other programs, students need to apply and be accepted to take courses.
In most cases, yes, if space is available in the course. Contact the registrar’s office, 585-389-2800, for guidelines on taking courses as a non-matriculated graduate student.
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