Education, Counseling Psychology - EdD

Experts in the field of educational psychology help children learn in safe, healthy and supportive environments.  Trained in both psychology and education, these professionals apply their interdisciplinary skill-set to evaluate the effectiveness of academic programs, assess students' learning abilities and partner with educators, parents, and other mental health professionals to help students reach their full potential.

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) requirement varies by program and if required, an application is not complete without the receipt of official results sent directly from the testing service. Please consult the individual program's admission criteria.

COVID-19 Update:If you are unable to take the exam due to a test location closure, ETS is temporarily offering aGRE General Test at homeoption.If the GRE online test is not available in your area, please contact your program of interest directly to submit for a GRE score waiver, which will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Official GRE results must be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) using the codes below. See theETS Homepagefor further information on this exam.

Letters of Recommendation

Two or three recommendation letters are required for each applicant, depending on the program. Please check with the program to learn about program-specific recommender requirements. A valid email address for each recommender is required.

Letter of recommendation requests can be sent electronically when completing your online application and selecting the Online Recommendation Form. Your recommenders will receive a link to our online recommendation form via email once you have submitted your application.

• SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 570. If you have taken the SAT and would like to submit your score, you can do so, but it is optional. University of the Pacific’s SAT code is 4065. 
• ACT Composite score of 22 or higher. If you have taken the ACT and would like to submit your score, you can do so, but it is optional. University of the Pacific’s ACT code is 0240. 
• Citizens of the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ghana, New Zealand, Nigeria, United Kingdom and South Africa. If you are a citizen of one of these countries, you should take the SAT or ACT instead of an English language proficiency test, if you choose to do so. International transfer students with more than 30 units of college work do not need to take the SAT or ACT. 
• All high school instruction in the U.S. and in English 
• “A”-level English score of B or higher 
• AP English score of 4 or higher 
• IB English score of 5 or higher 
• Two English Composition courses at a university or college in the U.S., with grades of B or higher in both courses
• One English Composition course and one Communications or Critical Thinking course at a university or college in the United States, with grades of B or higher in both courses