To be admitted into the program for the Master of Science degree in Elementary or Secondary, or Educational Leadership at Indiana University Northwest, the candidate must successfully meet multiple criteria for demonstrating preparedness for study. While candidates may enroll in graduate-level education courses before being formally admitted into the master's program, no more than 12 such credit hours of appropriate graduate course work may be applied to the master's degree program.

Candidates for admission to the master's degrees in education must:

• Have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50 on a 4.0 scale and provide transcripts to that affect.
• Hold a valid teacher's license.
• Submit two letters of reference from K-12 school officials.