Program Admission
Admission Requirements
To be accepted into the program, the applicant must submit the following documents:- A bachelor’s degree
- A transcript with a minimum overall 3.0+ GPA in undergraduate coursework
- A transcript with a minimum overall 3.0+ GPA in graduate coursework for transfer students and major change students
- No requirements for MAT or GRE
- A Purpose Statement. See linked Purpose Statement Instructions
- A Resume
The student needs to maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher throughout the program. Only the final grade of the course “A” or “B” will be accepted for this degree. Our program accepts a maximum of 15 transfer credit hours if the syllabi meet the CACREP standards. For inquiries about transfer credits from other counseling programs, please contact the faculty advisor (based on the applicant's first letter of the last name). See faculty advisor information on our program website.
Application Deadlines:
|
Term |
Application Deadline |
Orientation Date |
First Class Day |
|
Summer 2025 |
May 12, 2025 |
May 28, 2025 |
June 2, 2025 |
|
Fall 2025 |
August 8, 2025 |
August 13, 2025 |
August 20, 2025 |
Application Process:
- Submit your application to Apply Texas
- Submit your Purpose Statement and Resume
We have options available for you to send the required documents. Please include your applicant ID on ALL documents.
- You may upload your documents using our online portal.
- You may email your documents to graduateadmissions@tamuk.edu.
- You may mail your documents to Graduate Admission, 700 University Blvd., MSC 128, Kingsville, Texas, 78363.
- At this time, the university is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may drop your documents for your admission, registrar, Military & Veteran Resource Center, or financial aid file at the Blue and Gold Central (BGC), first floor in the Memorial Student Union Building, 1050 W. Santa Gertrudis Ave., Kingsville.
Office of Student Financial Aid -- financial.aid@tamuk.edu / 361-593-3911.
Once you submit your application, you may check the status of your application by logging into your Blue & Gold Connection using your applicant ID and your password, which is your birth date. You will use your birth date using six digits with no dashes (mmddyy). For example, if your birth date is December 15, 2001, you will use 121501.
Here are links to make the payments for any applicants missing payment to complete their applications. No longer do applicants pay through ApplyTexas.
Graduate Domestic Application Fee $50
https://commerce.cashnet.com/TAMUK_ADMO?ITEMCODE=ADMO-APP02