Graduate program application deadlines

For information on how to apply to Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College graduate programs please visit the MLFTC graduate admission page. Visit the ASU graduate admissions website for more information about application fees.

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Master’s degrees leading to certification

Completed application files are reviewed and admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. Prospective students are strongly encouraged to initiate and complete the application process at least one month before the posted deadline. ASU establishes separate deadlines that affect late fees.

Campus Fall A/C 2024 Fall B 2024 Spring A 2025 Spring B 2025
MEd Elementary Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online 7/19/2024   12/2/2024  
MEd Secondary Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online 7/26/2024   12/2/2024  
MEd Special Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online 7/19/2024   12/2/2024  
MEd Early Childhood Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online 8/5/2024   12/2/2024  
MEd Early Childhood Special Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online 7/19/2024   12/2/2024  

 

Master's degrees

Completed application files are reviewed and admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. Prospective students are strongly encouraged to initiate and complete the application process at least one month before the posted deadline. ASU establishes separate deadlines that affect late fees.

Campus Fall A/C 2024 Fall B 2024 Spring A 2025 Spring B 2025
MEd Educational Leadership (Principalship)
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MA Educational Policy
Tempe 7/19/2024      
MA Learning Sciences
Tempe 7/19/2024      
MEd Higher and Postsecondary Education
ASU Online 7/19/2024   12/9/2024 2/10/2025
Tempe 7/19/2024   12/9/2024  
MEd Elementary Education
ASU Online 7/26/2024   12/9/2024  
MEd Secondary Education
ASU Online 7/26/2024   12/9/2024  
MEd Special Education
ASU Online 7/26/2024   12/9/2024  
MA Education
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MA Education (Educating Multilingual Learners)
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MA Education (Literacy Education)
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MA Special Education (Applied Behavior Analysis)
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MA Special Education (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MEd Curriculum and Instruction (Gifted Education)
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MEd Early Childhood Education
ASU Online 8/5/2024   12/9/2024  
MEd Global Education
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MEd Learning Design and Technologies
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MA Interdisciplinary Education on Community Health and Wellbeing
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
MEd Education in Early Childhood Special Education
ASU Online 7/26/24   12/9/2024  
MA Education for Planetary Future
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025

 

Doctoral degrees

EdD program: All materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received for applications to be reviewed. Applications submitted after 11:59 pm MST on the deadline date will not be considered for admission. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants will be notified of admission status approximately 6 weeks after the posted application deadline.

PhD programs: Consideration for admission and funding will be given to applications that include all required materials received by Dec. 1, 2023 at 11:59 pm MST for admission in fall 2024. Applications submitted after Dec. 1, 2023 will not be considered. Incomplete applications will not be considered. All materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received for applications to be reviewed. Recommenders receive the electronic recommendation form via email within 72 hours of the application being submitted and the application fee being paid. Applicants are responsible for ensuring their recommenders respond in a timely fashion, i.e. within one week of receipt of the link.

Campus Fall A/C 2024 Fall B 2024 Spring A 2025 Spring B 2025
EdD Leadership and Innovation
West Valley        
ASU Online 5/17/2024   10/15/2024  
PhD Educational Policy and Evaluation
Tempe 12/1/2023      
PhD Learning, Literacies and Technologies
Tempe 12/1/2023      

 

Graduate certificates

Completed application files are reviewed and admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. Prospective students are strongly encouraged to initiate and complete the application process at least one month before the posted deadline. ASU establishes separate deadlines that affect late fees.

Campus Fall A/C 2024 Fall B 2024 Spring A 2025 Spring B 2025
Institutional Research and Policy Analysis
Tempe 7/19/2024      
Applied Behavior Analysis
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
Autism Spectrum Disorders
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
Educating Multilingual Learners
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025
Gifted Education
ASU Online 8/5/2024   12/9/2024  
Learning Design and Technologies
ASU Online 8/5/2024   12/9/2024 2/10/2025
Teacher Certification
ASU Online 7/19/2024   12/2/2024  
Environmental Education
ASU Online 8/5/2024 9/27/2024 12/9/2024 2/10/2025