Graduate Admission Checklist                           

                                                                              *ALREADY APPLIED: Check your application status

We recommend that you begin the graduate application process six months before you plan to start school to ensure that you have time to meet admissions, scholarship and financial aid deadlines, and take any required exams. Your application will be evaluated once we have a complete application packet.
 

1. Application to Graduate School

You must submit the following application materials to the Office of Graduate Admissions. To assure prompt processing of your application, please follow
instructions carefully. Complete Graduate Application (domestic students only). 

         
PDF Fillable Application, (Send check for $30 non-refundable application fee)

        Fill out application and mail to: Graduate Enrollment Services, 2nd Floor, Victor Hall, 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia, 31419

                              OR

        Fill out application and scan to the Graduate E-mail:  Graduate@Armstrong.edu  (If you choose this option, please mail your application fee to the address listed above.

    : :  International students (F-1students requiring an I-20) click here for  the international application and admission requirements .
 

    : : Important Application Tips and Reminders:  Application Tips and Reminders

Submit two official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended. Original transcripts are required even if the courses from one school appear on the transcript of another. (In order to be considered for possible admission, all original transcripts must be on file in the Graduate Studies Office prior to the posted document deadline.) Transcripts are considered original when they are sent directly from the institution in a sealed envelope to the Graduate Studies Office.

    : :  All students with undergraduate or graduate degrees granted in countries outside the United States are required to have an outside international credential evaluation done.  Armstrong Graduate Studies accepts: Josef Silny, Inc., World Education Services, Inc., Education Credential Evaluators, Inc., International Education Research Foundation, Inc., American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and Lisano International. Education students should contact the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) and/or the Armstrong College of Education regarding evaluation agencies to ensure that your evaluation agency is acceptable.  It is the student's responsibility to ensure that the evaluation agency you choose is acceptable to BOTH Armstrong Graduate Studies and the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.  Your evaluation must state that you have the minimum equivalency of a 4 year, U.S. bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. If your evaluation does not state that you have this minimum equivalency, then you are not eligible to apply to Graduate Studies. 

Submit Immunization records   
                                                                           

2. Degree Programs and Required Documentation

  IMPORTANT:  All students, with the exception of College of Education students, should submit their application and all supporting documentation directly to the Graduate Studies/Graduate Admission Office located in Victor Hall.

***College of Education (COE)students should submit their Application and $30.00 non-refundable application fee, original transcripts from all colleges/universities attended (Original transcripts are required even if the courses from one school appear on the transcript of another), immunizations, and Lawful Presence documentation to the Graduate Studies/Graduate Admission Office.  All other documentation (Background check, letter of intent, initial disposition letters, employment verification, etc.) required by the COE should be submitted directly to the COE Office.

Application requirements vary by program. The processing of your application will not be completed until Graduate Studies/Graduate Admissions Office receives all of the required documents for your program. ***Remember COE students, your paperwork is divided between Graduate Studies/Graduate Admission and the College of Education--please ensure that you send your documents to the correct office!

Submit supporting documents, see the program requirements page for details.  COE students should refer to the individual COE website pages for your individual program requirements.

                                                   Review the forms page for a list of forms you may need.

3. Apply for Financial Aid

    : :  Fill out the FAFSA
    : :  Apply for scholarships
    : :  Apply for Graduate Assistantship

                         Check your financial aid status

Admission to Graduate Programs differs from undergraduate admission as admission decisions at the graduate level are made by the individual academic departments and requirements vary by program. Each individual program also determines degree admission categories at the time of acceptance. This can be a lengthy process.  Please plan accordingly.

See the graduate admission categories page for more information.