Graduate program application deadlines

For information on how to apply to Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation graduate programs please visit the MLFC 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.

CampusSummer A 2025Fall A 2025Fall B 2025Spring A 2026Spring B 2026
MEd Elementary Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online4/11/20257/14/2025 12/1/2025 
MEd Secondary Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online4/11/20257/14/2025 12/1/2025 
MEd Special Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online4/11/20257/14/2025 12/1/2025 
MEd Early Childhood Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online4/11/20257/14/2025 12/1/2025 
MEd Early Childhood Special Education (Teacher Certification)
ASU Online4/11/20257/14/2025 12/1/2025 

 

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.

CampusSummer A 2025Fall A 2025Fall B 2025Spring A 2026Spring B 2026
MEd Educational Leadership (Principalship)
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
ASU Sync 8/1/2025   
MA Educational Policy
Tempe 8/1/2025   
MA Learning Sciences
Tempe 8/1/2025   
MEd Higher and Postsecondary Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
Tempe 8/1/2025   
MEd Elementary Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
MEd Secondary Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
MEd Special Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
MA Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MA Education (Educating Multilingual Learners)
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MA Education (Literacy Education)
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MA Special Education (Applied Behavior Analysis)
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MA Special Education (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MEd Curriculum and Instruction (Gifted Education)
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MEd Early Childhood Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
MEd Global Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MEd Learning Design and Technologies
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MA Interdisciplinary Education on Community Health and Wellbeing
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
MEd Education in Early Childhood Special Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
MA Education for Planetary Future
ASU Online 8/1/20259/26/2025  

 

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, 2024 at 11:59 pm MST for admission in fall 2025. Applications submitted after Dec. 1, 2024 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.

CampusSummer A 2025Fall A 2025Fall B 2025Spring A 2026Spring B 2026
EdD Leadership and Innovation
West Valley3/15/2025    
ASU Online 5/15/2025 10/15/2025 
PhD Educational Policy and Evaluation
Tempe 12/1/2024   
PhD Learning, Literacies and Technologies
Tempe 12/1/2024   

 

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.

CampusSummer A 2025Fall A 2025Fall B 2025Spring A 2026Spring B 2026
Institutional Research and Policy Analysis
Tempe 8/1/2025   
Applied Behavior Analysis
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
Autism Spectrum Disorders
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
Educating Multilingual Learners
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
Gifted Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
Learning Design and Technologies
ASU Online 8/1/2025 12/8/2025 
Teacher Certification
ASU Online4/11/20257/14/2025 12/1/2025 
Environmental Education
ASU Online4/23/20258/1/20259/26/202512/8/20252/9/2026
West Valley4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
Downtown4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
Polytechnic4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025 
Tempe4/23/20258/1/2025 12/8/2025