For a Spring 2026 start, applications open August 2025 are due by October 2025. Applications must be complete and verified by the due date in order to be considered. The admissions committee will review applications completed and verified by the deadline in early November 2025. Decision letters will be delivered via email in mid-November.
For a Fall 2025 start, applications are due by June 21, 2025. Applications must be complete and verified by the due date in order to be considered. The admissions committee will review applications completed and verified by the deadline in late June 2025. Decision letters will be delivered via email in late June or early July 2025.
Only complete and verified applications will be reviewed.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to monitor the status of their PostbacCAS application and ensure delivery of all application materials by the deadline for their desired start date. Applications that are incomplete or unverified will not be evaluated for admission.
A complete application has all letters of recommendation, transcripts, and essays received through PostbacCAS.
All materials should be submitted through PostbacCAS. The Office of Graduate Programs is not responsible for transcripts, letters, or essays that were submitted outside the PostbacCAS system. Sending materials outside of PostbacCAS may delay or prevent the evaluation of an application.
Click here for the 2024-2025 PostbacCAS application cycle due dates. Any applications that are not verified by the end of the cycle will be required to re-submit. The admissions committee will not consider unverified applications.
All applicants must submit the following to be considered for admission to the MVEd program:
Note: all materials should be submitted via the PostbacCAS application
Complete PostbacCAS application
- Official transcripts for all institutions attended
- Two (2) letters of recommendation (three maximum)
- Full CV
- Statement of Intent, < 750 words
Prompt:
Explain your motivation for obtaining a Master of Veterinary Education degree, how your background and training have prepared you to earn a graduate degree in education, and how/why this degree will help you in your career goals.
For questions about program eligibility, contact CVMGradPrograms@LMUnet.edu.
All applicants to the MVEd program must:
- be veterinary professionals who work in veterinary education
- hold a Bachelor's degree (in any field) +
- DVM/VMD: 2.5 minimum GPA required
- MA/MS/Ph.D: 3.0 minimum GPA required
- LVT/CVT/VTS: 3.0 minimum baccalaureate GPA*
*recommended for success
Applicants to the MVEd program who have completed coursework at an institution external to the United States must complete the standard application procedure outlined above. All data included in the application (essays, demographic information, reference letters, CVs, etc.) must be written in English.
Any transcripts from institutions located outside of the United States must be evaluated by either the World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silney & Associates, Inc. Transcripts and evaluations should be submitted as normal through PostbacCAS.
If English is not the applicant's native language, the applicant must submit one of the following test scores via an official report sent directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to PostbacCAS.
- iBT (Internet-based TOEFL): minimum score of 61.
- CBT (Computer-based TOEFL): minimum score of 173.
- PBT (Paper-based TOEFL): minimum score of 500.
TOEFL scores older than 2 years will not be accepted.
*Applicants who earned a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent) from an American or English-speaking institution are not required to take the TOEFL.
