School of Education Graduate Admissions Policies

SOE Graduate Admissions Requirements

Students may apply to Manhattanville Graduate Admissions by completing the Manhattanville Application.

To be eligible for our graduate programs, you must have received or be in the process of obtaining a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution (additional requirements for international students), and meet other program-specific requirements, as applicable. Your bachelor’s degree must be complete before you can take graduate courses. 

Along with Your Completed Application, Please Submit the Following:

Official Transcripts
Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.

*Undergraduate Grade Point Average 
For our certification programs in our School of Education, New York State law requires an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher for programs leading to New York State certification or license, with a limited number of exceptions possible. Applicants with an undergraduate GPA below 3.0 will be placed onto a waitlist. The admissions committee will review the waitlist periodically and offer conditional acceptances to otherwise qualified applicants. These students are particularly encouraged to apply early.

Resume (must be current)

Personal Statement/Essay 

Stating why you are in pursuit of a graduate degree.

Letters of Recommendation

This may be optional for some programs (see below) and/or if your GPA falls below the required 3.0.

Non-refundable application fee of $75.00.

Additional Program Specific Information:

For Educational Leadership (Non-Doctoral) Applicants:

• Writing sample: either an academic piece, such as a paper submitted for a class, or a professional piece, such as submitted to your department, school building, or school district.
• Your writing sample should be in prose form.
• Your writing sample should be three or more pages in length.
• Interview with the program director upon completion of the application. 

For Accelerated Teaching Pathways (Internship pathway)

• Interview with the program director upon completion of the application.

For Accelerated Teaching Pathways (Transitional B pathway)

• Candidates must be currently employed as a Teaching Assistant in a public school district and have a completed bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.0 or above. 

• The district's superintendent must provide a letter of commitment to employ the candidate as a Teacher of Record at the start of the second year of the master's program. 

International Applicants

In addition to the domestic graduate applicant requirements, the following is required for international transfer applicants:

• Proof of English Proficiency by providing one of the following
• TOEFL: 80 or higher
• IELTS: 6.5 or higher
• Duolingo English Test: Score of 105
• A 3rd Party transcript evaluation. Credential evaluation must be completed by Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute(ACEI) as a comprehensive report or World Education Services(WES) as an ICAP evaluation

Non-Degree Applicants

If you would like to take courses with us non-degree, you will need to complete and submit a modified application. You must have completed a Bachelor's degree in order to take Graduate level coursework.

Along with Your Completed Application, Please Submit one the Following:

• Final transcript, diploma or teaching certification

Required documents should be uploaded to the application portal. If there is need to send paper, please submit to the address below:

Manhattanville University
ATTN: Admissions Office
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577

Official Electronic transcript submissions are preferred and should be sent to admissions@mville.edu.