How To Apply
Studying at Western Seminary offers the flexibility to begin your studies in whichever semester is most convenient for you. It's simple—just begin your online application today.
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Priority Deadlines
To ensure that our Admissions Team can provide a timely admissions decision to you, please ensure all your application materials (application, references, transcripts) are in by the priority deadlines. Applications completed after these dates may still be considered, but we cannot guarantee we will return a decision in time for financial aid or enrollment in classes for this semester.
| Fall 2025 Semester Deadlines | |
|---|---|
| Theology students: | July 14, 2025 |
| Counseling students: | June 4, 2025* |
*Counseling final deadline is July 2, 2025
Steps to Apply
- Submit your Online Application and pay the non-refundable $50 application processing fee.
- Select four references (at least one pastoral) to submit reference forms on your behalf.
- Provide official transcripts from any undergraduate or graduate school where you earned 7 or more credits. Please send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. (Transcripts must be received directly from the educational institution at which the credits were taken. If they are received in the mail, they must arrive in a sealed, stamped, official envelope with the seal and any other security features intact. If they are received electronically, they must be received from a secure site formally linked to the sending institution or testing service.)
- Please submit all required application materials by the application deadline to be considered for admission.
Program-specific Steps
- MA in Counseling applicants must complete an interview to be considered for admission. The interview will be scheduled once the above steps have been completed.
- Master of Theology (ThM) applicants must submit a 10-15 page research-oriented paper to demonstrate grammatical and compositional competency. Note: This is not required for those applying to the MA (Biblical and Theological Studies) degree. Please send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
- Doctoral program applicants must submit a 10-15 page research-oriented paper to demonstrate grammatical and compositional competency. Please send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Western Seminary actively subscribes to a policy of equal education and employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, marital status, or disability. This policy is in compliance with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students have specific rights guaranteed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. The Seminary also has a policy which prohibits sexual harassment. Inquiries regarding compliance with federal law should be directed to the Office of the President, Western Seminary.