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We want our students to thrive; our competitive admission process looks for candidates who will excel in their chosen program. Our graduate-level Loggers are intellectually engaged, endlessly curious, and passionate about their field鈥攚hether it's education, public health, occupational therapy, or physical therapy.

Pursue Your Graduate Degree at Puget Sound
School of Education
Build professional skills and participate in meaningful learning opportunities as you earn your Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) or Master of Education in Counseling (M.Ed.)
Public Health
The Master of Public Health (MPH) is a professional degree that prepares students as practitioners who are responsive to contemporary challenges in public health at local, regional, national and global levels.
School of Occupational Therapy
Our graduate-level occupational therapy programs encourage critical thinking and innovation as our candidates learn to become insightful evaluators and capable professionals.
School of Physical Therapy
Graduates leave as clinically-ready practitioners. This program has maintained a 100% pass rate on the professional licensing exam鈥攚ith many D.P.T. candidates passing on their first attempt!

Graduate Student Application Deadlines

GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICATION DEADLINES
School of Education
  • Early Action Deadline: Nov. 1, 2025
    • Early Action notification begins mid-November 2025
  • Regular Decision Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026
    • Regular Decision notification begins late March/early April 2026

* Applications after deadline accepted on a space-available basis.

Master of Public Health
  • Priority Application Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026

* Applications will continue to be accepted on an ongoing, space-available basis after the priority consideration date.

School of Physical Therapy
  • PTCAS Application Deadline: Nov. 3, 2025
    • Decision notification begins mid February
School of Occupational Therapy
  • OTCAS Priority Admission & Fellowship Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025
    • Decision notification begins mid-November 2025
  • OTCAS Regular Admission & Fellowship Deadline: Feb. 15, 2026
    • Decision notification begins early March 2026

All PTCAS and OTCAS deadlines are at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.