Counselor Education Admissions Process
LSU’s Counselor Education Program follows all graduate application policies and procedures mandated by the LSU Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School. All colleges, schools, and departments must follow these regulations to ensure the integrity and transparency of the application process and exercise fairness to all prospective students. We review applications holistically. Below, we highlight the admission requirements.
LSU Graduate School Requirements
- All applications must be filled out and submitted electronically through the LSU Graduate School’s website
- An application will only be processed when the application fee ($50.00) has been paid in full
- Official transcript must be submitted with all applications from previous institutions attended. If the previous institution is/was LSU, the Office of the University Registrar must be contacted to forward official record(s) of transcript(s).
- Transcripts may also be mailed to:
LSU - Graduate School: Office of Admissions
Office of Graduate Student Services
114 David Boyd Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Program Specific Requirements:
- GRE Scores. Official GRE scores must be submitted from the Educational Testing Services (ETS) by the request of the prospective student. For LSU’s Counselor Education program, the minimum scores required are: 297 total – 153 verbal and 144 quantitative respectively. Please designate LSU’s code of 6373 to prompt ETS for appropriate routing of scores.
- Grade Point Average. A minimum of 3.0 overall undergraduate GPA is required to be eligible for consideration for LSU’s Counselor Education program. (This will be evidenced by the submitted transcript.)
- Three letters of recommendation. Prospective students are evaluated using three criteria: academic potential, potential for professional development, and openness to personal growth and development. Please ask those providing references to address these issues in their letters of recommendation.
- Statement of purpose (Professional Goal Statement). Prospective students are encouraged to discuss the reasons for pursuing the degree of their choice and how that choice will fit with their career aspirations. In addition, prospective students may also elaborate on their own academic potential, potential for professional development, and openness to personal growth and development.
- Note: A writing sample is not required as part of application to this program
These documents must be received prior to or by the deadline set by the Counselor Education program and it is the responsibility of the student to ensure the correct recording of all listed documentation via the application platform provided by the LSU Graduate School.
Once the application is complete, LSU’s Graduate School will send the finalized file to LSU’s Counselor Education program. The faculty will review all documents and may issue or decline an invitation for an in-person interview with the prospective student. Admission decisions are made following the interview by the program faculty and are subject to final approval by LSU’s Graduate School.
Top applicants will be offered admission into the program following final admissions decisions. Other competitive applicants may be placed on a waitlist. The Counselor Education program notifies applicants via e-mail whether the counseling faculty have recommended acceptance, denial, or waitlist. This recommendation is forwarded to the Graduate School who reviews this recommendation and then sends a formal decision notification to the applicant by e-mail, providing instruction for accepting the offer of admission. Applicants who choose to decline the offer will be removed from the offer list and then others on the wait list will be considered.