Create the next step in your career through one of Mount Mary University’s nine coed master’s or doctoral degree programs. Flexible class schedules – day, evening, or accelerated formats – combined with individual face-to-face time with your professors will prepare you to advance professionally, and to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing workplace.

Our graduate programs also will prepare you to be a critical and creative scholar. Creating ethical and just leaders with a global perspective. Our graduate programs give you the power to turn knowledge into transformable action.

Graduate Programs

• Integrated Master of Science in Nutrition & Dietetics – an ACEND-accredited program and completion will enable the student to take the Registered Dietitian Examination
• Master of Arts in Education – options available for a professional development master’s degree, a reading teacher license, an initial Wisconsin state teaching license, or a Waldorf Teacher Certificate.
• Master of Science in Art Therapy – an approved program that prepares you to become a certified art therapist
• Master of Science in Food Science
• Master of Science in Professional Counseling or Post-Master’s in Counseling – concentrations in clinical mental health, clinical rehabilitation, and school counseling
• Master of Social Work
• Master of Science in Dietetics – an advanced degree for practicing dietitians
• Dietetic Internship/MS in Advanced Dieteteics – combines required internship hours within a master's degree
• Professional Entry Occupational Therapy Graduate Program – with options to pursue a master's degree or entry-level doctorate
• Occupational Therapy Post-Professional Master's Degree
• Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate
• PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision

How to Apply for Admission

All graduate students are required to have a bachelor’s or equivalent degree. A minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75 on a 4-point scale is required; specific programs may have higher GPA requirements. The GRE or GMAT tests are not required for graduate admission to Mount Mary.

Deadlines: Each graduate program has its own application deadlines. Click on the graduate program link above for details on admission requirements and instructions.

U.S. students: To apply for graduate study at Mount Mary, follow these steps:

1. Complete the online Graduate Student Application for master’s degree programs or Doctoral Student Application for doctorate programs.
2. Submit the $45 application fee which is waived for Mount Mary alumnae.
3. Submit official transcripts from all institutions attended for undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate courses. These must be sent directly from the institution attended to Mount Mary.
4. Complete any additional program-specific application requirements. Click on the program link above for details on individual program requirements.

International students: We recommend all international students start the admission process at least 6 months in advance of the semester in which you want to enroll. See international graduate student application instructions and requirements.

Apply, Visit or Get More Info

• Apply online
• Schedule a campus visit by contacting your graduate admission counselor
• Complete the graduate inquiry form to receive more information about graduate programs
• Get frequently asked questions about the admission process answered 
• Learn about graduate financial aid, scholarships and assistantships 
• Read Mount Mary’s Principles and Characteristics of Graduate Education (PDF)

Office of Graduate Admission

For questions about graduate programs, contact the:

Office of Graduate Admission
Physical location: Notre Dame Hall, Room 132
Phone: (414) 930-3049
Fax: (414) 930-3709
Email: mmu-gradinfo@mtmary.edu

Mailing address: Office of Graduate Admission, Mount Mary University, 2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee, WI 53222-4597