Office of Admission

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

253.879.3211
253.879.3993
admission@pugetsound.edu


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Hours

Monday-Friday
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Graduate Admission Pathways are an opportunity for University of Puget Sound undergraduates and graduates of local partner schools to forge their path to graduate school and get a headstart on their careers. These pathways streamline the admission process, allow for more intentional graduate degree planning, and are open to all students (regardless of major) who meet the necessary requirements.

School of Education

School of Education class discussion
Master of Arts in Teaching
Streamlined Admission
Criteria:
  • Puget Sound students and alumni who are Education Studies minors and/or Music in Education majors applying to the MAT program: Submit only the application and supplemental testing requirements. Essay questions are not required.
  • Puget Sound students and alumni who are not Education Studies minors and/or Music in Education majors applying to the MAT program: Submit the MAT program application with essay questions, names and contact information of two references in lieu of written appraisals, and supplemental testing requirements.
Learn more about the SOE pathway
Master of Education in Counseling
Streamlined Admission
Criteria:
  • Puget Sound students and alumni interested in the MEd program (regardless of major): Complete all steps of the application process but submit names and contact information of two references in lieu of written appraisals.
Learn more about the SOE pathway
Occupational Therapy students participate in community clinic sessions
Occupational Therapy
3-2 Program
Criteria:
  • Work with your undergraduate advisor and an OT graduate advisor to “interlock” the final year of your undergraduate degree and the first (or potentially second, in the “3-3” program) year of your master (MSOT) or doctorate (OTD) in occupational therapy. (“Interlocking” means one year counts for both degrees.)
  • In your final year as an undergrad/your first year as a graduate student, you will retain undergraduate standing for financial aid, housing, and other purposes.
  • Applicants must be full-time students.
Special Considerations:
  • An OTCAS application is required, including supplemental essays. The $50 fee is waived.
  • Two letters of recommendation are required, including one from a licensed occupational therapist.
Learn more about the OT pathway
Student working on a patient in the physical therapy clinic
Physical Therapy
Guaranteed Admission
Criteria:
  • Minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 3.5
  • Minimum GPA of 3.75 in prerequisite courses, all taken at University of Puget Sound
  • Demonstrated appreciation of the depth and breadth of the profession
Special Considerations:
  • A PTCAS application is required, but the fee is waived.
  • A reference from a physical therapist is required.
  • The GRE is not required for Guaranteed Admission.
Learn more about the PT pathway
Master of Public Health class
Master of Public Health
Pathway to Public Health
Criteria:
  • Participate in the Pathway to Public Health program for at least one academic year. (Attend events and workshops and sit in on classes.)
  • Maintain an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.3
  • Provide the name of one Puget Sound faculty member as a reference
  • Have a "greeting meeting" with a member of the MPH faculty
Special Considerations:
  • No application form is necessary. (Note, the admission committee may request additional materials at its discretion.)
Learn more about the MPH pathway
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Olympic College & PLU Pathways to Puget Sound
Master of Education in Counseling:
  • Olympic College: Applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Applied Science in Behavioral Healthcare (BASBH) program with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 do not need to submit an application fee and only need to submit one appraisal form. 
  • PLU: PLU graduates with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 do not need to submit an application fee and only need to submit one appraisal form. 
  • Visit our application requirements page for more detail.
Master of Public Health: 
  • Olympic College: Applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Applied Science in Behavioral Healthcare (BASBH) program with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 do not need to submit an application fee and only need to submit one appraisal form.
  • PLU: PLU graduates with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 only need to submit one appraisal.
  • Visit our application requirements page for more detail on fee waivers and appraisals.

*Note: Puget Sound transfer applicants are still encouraged to apply, though without priority consideration.