At this time, the Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology (HDQM) at the University of Maryland will begin accepting applications in the early spring of 2024 for the Fall 2024 cohort of the online, 30 credit Master of Education in Human Development program. Applications will be accepted starting in early January 2024 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis and close on June 4, 2024. The handbook provides an overview on the program, admissions requirements, and FAQs. Once you've read the handbook, please contact Dr. Lauren Trakhman at trakhman@umd.edu or Ms. Jannitta Graham, HDQM Graduate Coordinator, at jgraham7@umd.edu for further information or with any questions. Dr. Trakhman would love to meet with you online to share more about the program at your convenience. Please note that Dr. Trakhman will be on parental leave until January 2, 2024 and will reply to all emails upon her return.
1. Statement of Purpose*:
The goal of this essay is to get to know you as an individual and as a potential graduate student.
2. Transcript(s)
3. TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (international graduate students only)
4. Letters of Recommendation (3): Recommendation letters may come from professors, school administrators, coworkers, supervisors, and/or any other person who can effectively comment on your potential for success in this program.
5. Statement of purpose
6. Evidence of having taken a college-level statistics class in the last five years with a grade of B- or above
If you have not, please indicate this in your statement of purpose and you will work with Dr. Trakhman to take a statistics course online in the summer before the program begins.
Please note: GRE scores are not required for this program.
The Graduate School Application portal, gradapply.umd.edu, can be used to apply to UMD and review the status of your application. Graduate faculty in the Academic Department you applied to will review your completed application for graduate admission.
The Graduate School's list of Frequently Asked Questions is a helpful resource as you navigate the admissions process.
For other questions about the application process, or to check on the completion of your application, please contact:
Judy Foster, Coordinator of Graduate Admissions
Office of Student Services, College of Education
(301) 405-2359
Questions regarding application reviews and decision recommendations should be directed to the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology (HDQM). Please contact:
Jannitta Graham, Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
(301) 405-8432
You will need to provide:
- Non-refundable $75 application fee*
- Complete a graduate student on-line application, including
- Scanned transcripts showing receipt of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale). If you have international credentials, please provide transcript in original language with English translation, diploma and certificate. You may be required to submit TOEFL exam scores, https://gradschool.umd.edu/admissions/international-admissions
Note: Official transcripts are required by the Graduate School for the final admission decision. If accepted into the University and program, applicants must send official, sealed undergraduate and graduate transcripts from all post-secondary schools attended (with 9 credits or more). Transcript(s) from the institution should be mailed to:
University of Maryland College Park
Enrollment Services Operation
Attn: Graduate Admissions
Room 0130 Mitchell Building
College Park, MD 20742 - 3 letters of recommendation
- Statement of purpose
- Evidence of having taken a college-level statistics class in the last five years with a grade of B- or above
- If you have not, please indicate this in your statement of purpose and you will work with Dr. Trakhman to take a statistics course online in the summer before the program begins.
- Please note: GRE scores are not required for this program.
- Scanned transcripts showing receipt of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale). If you have international credentials, please provide transcript in original language with English translation, diploma and certificate. You may be required to submit TOEFL exam scores, https://gradschool.umd.edu/admissions/international-admissions
*Subject to increase. If you were previously admitted as a Graduate Student, registered, AND completed at least one semester, you will not be charged a second application fee. To obtain a waiver you will need to indicate your previous graduate student status within the online graduate application. In the “Previous Institution” section of the application, when you enter “UMCP”, a waiver link will appear within the application. You will click on the link and be asked to certify that you previously attended the university. However, you must complete all of the paperwork for admission, as you now are entering a degree program through a new department. You must request the waiver before submitting the application.
For graduate advising in HDQM, please contact the graduate coordinator, Jannitta Graham, at jgraham7@umd.edu.
Dr. Lauren Trakhman
Program Director
trakhman@umd.edu
Ms. Jannitta Graham
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
jgraham7@umd.edu