For the Social Work Program, applications are due by February 1. All other programs follow a rolling admissions process, in which files are reviewed as they become complete. Candidates lacking undergraduate prerequisites must make up their deficiencies without earning graduate credit for these. Scores on the General Test of the GRE are required of doctoral students. The financial aid deadline in March 1.
Notification usually takes a minimum of six weeks from receipt of an application.
Nearly 100 faculty members teach graduate-level courses at Springfield College. Many also engage in research or writing projects, as their teaching loads permit. Many are authorities in their fields. William J. Sullivan, Jr., Professor of Physical Education and Coordinator of Research, P.E.D., Indiana, 1970. Donald J. Shaw, Jr., M.Ed., Springfield, 1970.