If you are an international student, you'll have additional application requirements. Get the International Student application guide for this program here.
Fall Start
Priority Deadline: February 15
Standard Deadline: April 1
For priority scholarship consideration, please submit your application by the priority deadline.
If you wish to apply and be considered after the deadline, please contact Graduate Admissions at 617.349.8300 or email luadmissions@lesley.edu to discuss a late application.
Our graduate programs require that you have an undergraduate degree. And some programs have other prerequisite requirements such as specific coursework, a certification or license, or a master's degree in a specific field.
Check the program of study for the academic program you are interested in to see if there are any prerequisites. You can find the link to the program of study on the lesley.edu web page for the program.
You can also ask us at luadmissions@lesley.edu. We're happy to help!
You'll need to submit the following supporting materials.
You can send the documents separately, but we won't be able to make an admissions decision until we've received everything.
Have each institution where you earned an undergraduate or graduate degree send us your official transcript.
If your transcript is not in English, provide a notarized translation of it.
If you’re enrolled in a degree program when you apply, submit your transcript of the courses you’ve taken to date. Submit your final official transcript once you’ve completed the degree program.
If your degree is from outside of the United States, you will be required to submit a Foreign Academic Credentials Evaluation to demonstrate U.S. bachelor's degree equivalency. A bachelor's degree or U.S. equivalency to a bachelor's degree is required for all graduate programs.
Contact one of these agencies to get your credentials evaluated:
You’ll need a document-by-document evaluation. Exception: Expressive Therapies master's degree programs require a course-by-course evaluation instead.
If you’re submitting a foreign academic credential evaluation, unofficial transcripts are acceptable for your transcript requirement if official transcripts were provided to the evaluation agency.
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Doctoral program recommendations should address your readiness for doctoral-level study, your commitment to the field, and an assessment of success in your current role.
Submit 3 recent recommendations from those you’ve worked with closely in an academic or professional setting. You can submit your letters with your online application.
At least one of your recommendations should come from a present or former supervisor.
If you’re in school or are a recent graduate, one recommendation should come from a professor.
Your third recommendation needs to be from a person who holds a doctoral degree who can attest to your ability to complete doctoral-level study successfully.
We don’t accept recommendations written by friends or family, or that were written more than 2 years before your application date.
Within your online application form, include the names and emails of the people writing your letters of recommendation. They'll receive an email from you with an electronic recommendation form and they can upload a letter.
Submission of Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (MAT) test scores is optional.
If you choose to send your GRE or MAT scores to us, we'll accept scores from tests you've taken within the past 5 years.
Lesley University's CEEB (College Entrance Exam Board) number is 3483.
Lesley University's MAT number is 1214.
The written personal statement is a vital component of your doctoral application. The admissions committee reviews these statements for excellence in thinking and writing, focus and depth, communication style, coherence in thought, and clarity of your doctoral study goals.
Include why you are pursuing a degree program at this time, and at Lesley University. Discuss how your thinking about your research has developed as a result of your education, reading, and professional or personal experience.
Address these 4 areas in your narrative.
When responding to the questions, discuss the social and intellectual issues that have engaged you.
Describe the professional and academic work you have completed thus far and reflect on how it informs your thinking about doctoral study.
Considering your past professional and academic experiences and your goals for doctoral study, identify and describe in detail the areas of study that would help to build on your current knowledge. Include academic literature that has influenced your thinking.
Imagine you had to submit a proposal outlining your plan for doctoral study. What are the burning questions you’d like to pursue? What’s your plan for exploring those questions? What ideas, activities, and resources might you include in this plan?
Why are you applying to this doctoral program at Lesley University? Describe the alignment you see between your areas of interest and this doctoral program in Educational Studies.
Show evidence of 3 years of professional experience on your résumé or CV.