Admissions Process

All Applicants

  • Carefully complete and sign the Online Application for Admission and submit it along with the nonrefundable $20 application fee.
  • Submit your Autobiography. (Teaching credential applicants will submit their autobiography via e-mail to: admissions@simpsonuniversity.edu
  • Sign and distribute the Two Reference Forms as outlined below.

Preliminary Teaching Credential Applicants

  • Give one Reference Form to someone unrelated to you who can describe your work with children and/or adolescents.
  • Give one Reference Form to a professor if you have been in school within the past two years. Otherwise, give it to a current supervisor or employer.
  • Submit verification that you have registered for the CBEST and CSET.
  • Request that Official Transcripts from all colleges or universities you have attended be sent directly to Simpson University Enrollment Services.
  • NOTE: After the application file is complete, applicants will have a personal interview with the School of Education as a final part of the application process.

Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Applicants

  • Give one Reference Form to your current supervisor or employer.
  • Give the second Reference Form to someone unrelated to you who can attest to your teaching abilities.
  • Submit verification of (1) having passed the CBEST, and (2) current valid California Teaching Credential.

Master of Arts in Education Applicants

  • Give the Reference Forms to professors if you have been in school within the last two years. Otherwise, give one or both Reference Forms to your current supervisor and someone unrelated to you who can comment on your ability to perform at the graduate level.
  • Submit your typed Professional Essay to Enrollment Services.
  • Request that Official Transcripts from all colleges or universities you have attended be sent directly to Simpson University Enrollment Services. (If your GPA for the last 60 semester credits taken is below 2.5, submit GRE scores as well.)

Master of Arts in Teaching Applicants

  • Submit all materials as outlined above for the Master of Arts in Education.
  • Submit (1) verification of three years successful teaching experience (letter from supervisor on offical letterhead), and (2) a copy of your current California Teaching Credential.