2. Academics
3. Graduate
4. Counseling
5. Admission Requirements

How to Apply

As an applicant to Rosemont's MA in Counseling program, you are carefully evaluated on the basis of your potential to become an effective, competent, ethical counselor who communicates the importance of multicultural issues.

Find all deadlines, pre-requisites, and instructions for application listed below. You may also refer to more general information about the School of Graduate and Professional Studies admissions process.

Admissions Deadlines

Rosemont College has rolling admissions, meaning that prospective students can apply at any time before the Final Deadline.

Those who submit all application materials before the Priority Deadline will receive an initial response within two weeks.

Prerequisites

• Applicants for the Master of Arts in Counseling  must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university, preferably with a major in psychology or a closely related discipline and a GPA of 3.0 or higher (some exceptions may apply).
• All candidates must have received a major or minor in psychology. Those that have not majored or minored in psychology must demonstrate evidence of three foundational psychology courses during their undergraduate program. Two of those three courses must strongly relate to the following: Introduction to Psychology, and Research and Statistics. The third foundational psychology may connect, but is not limited to, any of the following: Personality Theory, Abnormal Psychology, and Child/Adolescent Psychology.
• Deficiencies at the undergraduate level must be remediated before graduate admission is granted.
• Formal admission to the program is granted only after all admissions materials have been received and reviewed, and all pre-requisites have been met.

Submit Supporting Documents

To apply to the MA in Counseling program, complete the following:

• Free Online Application
• Submission of a Resume or CV
• Request that all previous official transcripts from undergraduate and graduate be sent to Rosemont.
• One letter of recommendation, preferably from someone who can address your academic and/or professional competencies.
• If you are an international applicant, you may need to submit English proficiency scores. More information be found here.
• Please complete a personal statement (450 – 500 words) describing:
  • Your passion(s) for the profession and the population(s) and/or demographic(s) you aspire to help through counseling services.
  • How you intend to develop meaningful relationships with these population(s) and/or demographics within the counseling relationship in both in-person and telemental health formats
  • What personal biases or multicultural challenges may you encounter when working with these population(s) and/or demographics(s) as well as how you may overcome them to become an effective counseling professional.
  • Describe the format of your undergraduate program (i.e. online courses, in-person courses, etc.) and discuss your potential for success in both online and in-person courses.  

All written documents (resume or CV, admission prompts, letters of recommendation) must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or PDF document to admissions@rosemont.edu.

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