Counselor Education Program Admission

After being admitted to WSU’s Graduate School, apply for admission to a master’s degree program in Counselor Education.

You will use your StarID and password to log in.

To complete the application, you must:

1. Upload a current resume. Include an overview of your education, work history, leadership experience, scholarships, honors and awards, volunteer service activities, and other relevant information.
2. Provide contact information for 2-5 professional references. Once you provide the contact information for your references, they will receive an email with a rating form related to professional behaviors and competencies needed for the counseling profession.
3. Upload a personal statement. All program applicants must write a personal statement explaining their interest in counseling and human services programs offered by the Counselor Education Department at WSU. Applicants must also write about any tentative post-degree plans. The personal statement should be no more than 3 pages long, double-spaced in 12-point font.
4. Complete Statement of Understanding Form. To ensure all program applicants are aware of their rights and responsibilities, applicants must review and sign a Statement of Understanding Form. Applicants can agree to the Statement of Understanding Form in the online application form.

After your application is complete, department faculty will screen your materials to decide if you advance to campus interview stage.

Either way, you’ll know your application status via your WSU email that we’ll provide you. You must activate your email with your StarID.

If you advance to the next stage of the process, we’ll invite you to an in-person, individual/group interview.

During the interview experience, you’ll:

1. Meet department faculty and staff
2. Meet other prospective students
3. Participate in an interview experience with faculty
4. Participate in a structured group interaction with other program applicants
5. Receive information about the program and Winona State
6. Engage in Q&A about the WSU Counselor Education programs

Candidates who applied by December and are invited to the interview experience may choose to attend the interview in January or April. Candidates who applied in the Spring will be invited to the interview in April.

All candidates will be notified via your WSU email address of the date, time, and location of the interview experience.

If students are not in the U.S. at the time of the campus interview, they may be allowed to attend the screening virtually. Please call 507.457.5335 if you need this accommodation.

Successful candidates from both campus interview experiences will start their program in the Fall semester.

Complete the Additional Major Form to notify the WSU School of Graduate Studies of your additional major.

If you completed coursework at another institution, please send your transcripts to WSU Admissions at admission@winona.edua or mail them to:

PO Box 5383
Winona, MN 55987-5838

Apply to the Counselor Education Department by emailing ceducation@winona.edu the following information:

• Applicant’s name
• Address
• Email address
• Phone number
• Prior degree focus area from WSU’s Counselor Education Department
• Date degree was awarded
• Overall GPA at the time of graduation
• A copy of your most recent WSU transcript

If you haven’t graduated from a CACREP-accredited institution, we may also request syllabi from courses you completed to determine the appropriate coursework you still need.

Send a brief letter to ceducation@winona.edu describing:

• why you’re seeking a second focus area
• your professional and/or work-related activities since your master’s degree was awarded
• the proposed additional focus area and start date
• any additional information you believe would be helpful to support your request

If you’ve never been admitted as a WSU graduate student, complete the Online Graduate Non-Degree Seeking Student application form.

1. Select the option for “**Not Seeking Degree, NSD,”
2. Choose “Add Program”
3. Select the option for “complete courses, but not a degree”

If you’ve previously been accepted as a WSU graduate student, complete the Re-Enrollment Request Form.

Send your transcripts to WSU Admissions at admission@winona.edu or mail them to:

PO Box 5383
Winona, MN 55987-5838

Apply to the Counselor Education Department by emailing ceducation@winona.edu the following information:

• Applicant’s name
• Address
• Email address
• Phone number
• Prior master’s degree from other institution
• Date degree was awarded
• Overall GPA at the time of graduation
• A copy of your transcript of the master’s degree

Send a brief letter to ceducation@winona.edu describing:

• why you’re seeking a second focus area
• your professional and/or work-related activities since your master’s degree was awarded
• the proposed additional focus area and start date
• any additional information you believe would be helpful to support your request

If admitted, the department chair will meet with you to recommend a course of study to meet licensure requirements.

If you haven’t graduated from a CACREP-accredited institution, we may also request syllabi from courses you completed to determine the appropriate coursework needed.