To ensure adequate academic foundation of prospective students, applicants to our program must meet one of the following requirements to be considered for admission to the program (in additional to meeting the UNT TGS's admission requirements):

3.0 overall GPA on a bachelor's degree
3.5 GPA on the last 60 credits of a bachelor's degree
3.5 GPA in undergraduate psychology coursework
3.5 GPA on a completed master's degree in related fields
Completed doctoral degree in another field
First or 2nd author of an peer-reviewed professional journal article
Having an undergraduate Psychology major is preferred, but not required, for admission consideration. However, qualified applicants must have 24 semester credits of psychology coursework (broadly defined, including research methods, learning, motivation, physiological psychology, psychological measurement, cognition, perception, and history & Systems of Psychology). Statistics is required and at least 12 credits of the completed psychology coursework must be at the advanced level.

Applicants are required to submit the following materials:

Official transcript(s) from all universities you have attended
Curriculum Vitae
Goal statements
GRE scores (completed within the recent 5 years)
Three recommendation letters submitted directly by the letter writers
Preferred elective cluster(s)
Potential research advisor(s)* (you may select up to 3 program core faculty members) whom you would like to work with.
International applicants are also required to submit test score report to demonstrate their English Language Proficiency. Please review UNT International Admissions webpage for more detail.
* The following Counseling Psychology core faculty are accepting new advisees during the 2023-2024 admission cycle: Drs. Hogge, Hook, Huynh, Jones, Kaminski, Petrie, & Wang. Dr. Watkins does not plan to accept new students in this coming year.

In the goal statements, applicants are instructed to address the following topics and other information regarding your qualifications that you feel comfortable to share with program faculty. The length of your goal statement should be between 500-1000 words.

(1) the reasons for seeking a Ph.D. degree in Counseling Psychology at UNT and your career goal(s),

(2) your research experiences/interests and potential research advisor(s) at UNT (and why),

(3) professional and clinical experiences related to counseling psychology,

(4) previous experiences of working with individual/cultural differences and how you can enrich the diversity of the program/department.
IELTS - Overall band 6.0 or higher. TOEFL IBT - 79. TOEFL PBT - 550.