Office of Admission

Welcome Center
1500 N. Warner St. #1062
Tacoma, WA 98416-1062

253.879.3211
graduate@pugetsound.edu

Taking the next step towards personal, professional, and academic growth can change your life.

Move forward confidently.

We want our students to thrive; our competitive admission process looks for candidates who will excel in their chosen program. Our graduate-level Loggers are intellectually engaged, endlessly curious, and passionate about their field—whether it's education, public health, occupational therapy, or physical therapy.

Pursue Your Graduate Degree at Puget Sound
School of Education
Build professional skills and participate in meaningful learning opportunities as you earn your Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) or Master of Education in Counseling (M.Ed.)
Apply to the School of Education
Public Health
The Master of Public Health (MPH) is a professional degree that prepares students as practitioners who are responsive to contemporary challenges in public health at local, regional, national and global levels.
Apply to the Master's of Public Health Program
School of Occupational Therapy
Our graduate-level occupational therapy programs encourage critical thinking and innovation as our candidates learn to become insightful evaluators and capable professionals.
Apply to the School of Occupational Therapy
School of Physical Therapy
Graduates leave as clinically-ready practitioners. This program has maintained a 100% pass rate on the professional licensing exam—with many D.P.T. candidates passing on their first attempt!
Apply to the School of Physical Therapy

Graduate Student Application Deadlines

GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICATION DEADLINES
School of Education
  • Early Action Deadline: Nov. 1, 2026
    • Early Action notifications begin mid-Nov. 2026
  • Regular Decision Deadline: Feb. 15, 2027
    • Regular Decision notifications begin late March/early April 2027

* Applications after deadline accepted on a space-available basis.
Master of Public Health
  • Priority Application Deadline: Feb. 15, 2027

* Applications will continue to be accepted on an ongoing, space-available basis after the priority consideration date.
School of Physical Therapy
  •  Application Deadlines: 
    • Priority Admission Deadline: Sept. 15, 2026
      • Decision notifications begin mid-Nov. 2026
    • Regular Admission Deadline: Nov. 2, 2026
      • Decision notifications begin February 2027

* Applications must be submitted via PTCAS by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
School of Occupational Therapy
  • Priority Admission & Fellowship Deadline: Sept. 20, 2026
    • Decision notifications begin mid-Nov. 2026
  • Regular Admission & Fellowship Deadline: Feb. 15, 2027
    • Decision notifications begin early March 2027

*Applications must be submitted via OTCAS by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

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