School Psychologists work in collaboration with teachers, parents, and other school personnel to meet the academic, social, behavioral, and emotional needs of students from pre-school to high school. The School Psychology program at Middle Tennessee State University offers an M.A. that couples with an Ed.S. program and leads to licensure as a School Psychologist through the Tennessee Department of Education. The curriculum entails 66 credit hours of on-campus courses, school-based practica, and a -long capstone in the schools. The M.A. portion of the program comes first. The Ed.S. is an advanced degree. It is only available to students who have master’s degrees in School Psychology.
January 2027
Middle Tennessee State University
1301 East Main Street,
Murfreesboro,
Tennessee,
37132, United States
Admission to the Specialist in Education degree in School Psychology usually requires
an earned master degree in psychology, educational psychology, or school counseling from an accredited university or college. Normally, candidates should have completed all courses listed under the M.A. program for the Pre-Specialist in Education: School Psychology concentration;
an acceptable undergraduate grade point average (at least 3.00) in all college work taken;
a minimum score of 291 on the combined verbal and quantitative measures of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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