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New Graduate Students Get Started Here

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WELCOME TO OUR GRADUATE STUDENT COMMUNITY

Below you’ll find important next steps.

  1. Activate your Hofstra network account
    To activate your My Hofstra account, you will need your Hofstra ID number which you will find on your acceptance letter. Once you have an account, you can use the My Hofstra portal to pay your tuition deposit (if required), access your Hofstra email account, view your course schedule and tuition bill, view on-campus jobs, and more.
  2. Complete Your Candidate Reply Form
    Complete and submit this form to the Office of Graduate Admission. If your program requires a tuition deposit, you may enclose it with this form if you have not paid it online.
  3. Tuition Deposit
    If you are enrolling in one of the following programs, log in to your newly activated Hofstra portal (my.hofstra.edu) to access the Student Payment Center and pay your tuition deposit.
    • Business (all degree programs)
    • Education (teacher and leadership certification programs only – click here for full list of affected degree programs)
    • Learning and Teaching, EdD
    • Nursing, MS
    • Occupational Therapy, MS
    • Psychology (all degree programs)
    • Speech-Language Pathology, MA
  4. Advisement and registration
    Contact the Office of Graduate Admission (516-463-4723) to connect with your academic advisor and schedule a registration appointment.
  5. Graduate Advisement Verification Form
    An alternate PIN is necessary to register online. To avoid the need of a PIN in future terms, please ask your adviser to complete this form.
  6. Complete your Student Medical Record
     You will need to supply documentation of your vaccinations for measles, mumps, and rubella. In addition, New York state requires that you acknowledge receipt of the meningitis information. To access this information, log into your MyHofstra portal account and click on the Medicat Icon located in your apps (represented by the waffle icon on the top right portion of your screen).
  7. Graduate Student Housing
    View amenities and next steps to secure on campus housing.
  8. HofstraCard Services
    Visit the HofstraCard Services Office, which is located in 110 Mack Student Center (on the north side of campus) to obtain your Hofstra ID card.
  9. Parking Permits
    Visit the David S. Mack Public Safety and Information Center, located at the corner of Hempstead Turnpike and California Avenue (on the south side of campus) to obtain your parking permit. At this time, there is no cost for a parking permit. You must have your Hofstra ID in hand to obtain a parking permit.
  10. Office of Graduate Admission
    Contact the Office of Graduate Admission with any questions or concerns.

The following programs require a $200 tuition deposit:

  • Bilingual Education, MA/Adv. Cert.
  • Business Education, MSEd
  • Childhood Special Education (Grades 1-6), Adv. Cert.
  • Dual Certificate Program in Early Childhood Ed (Birth-Grade 2) and Child Ed (Grades 1-6), MSEd
  • Early Childhood Education, MA/MSEd
  • Early Childhood Special Education (B-2nd Grade), MSEd/Adv. Cert.
  • Educational Leadership, Adv. Cert.
  • Elementary Education, MSEd
  • Elementary Education: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), MA
  • Elementary School STEM Specialist, Adv. Cert.
  • English Education, MSEd
  • Family and Consumer Sciences, MSEd
  • Fine Arts and Music Education, Adv. Cert.
  • Fine Arts Education, MSEd
  • Foreign Language Education, MSEd
  • Gifted Education, Adv. Cert.
  • Inclusive Early Childhood Special Education (Birth-Grade 2), MSEd
  • Inclusive Elementary Special Education (Grades 1-6), MSEd
  • Inclusive Secondary Special Education, MSEd
  • Mathematics Education with STEM Integration, MSEd
  • Mathematics Education, MA
  • Middle Childhood Extension (Grades 5-6), Adv. Cert.
  • Middle Childhood Extension (Grades 7-9), Adv. Cert.
  • Music Education, MA/MSEd
  • Physical Education, MS
  • School District Business Leader, Adv. Cert.
  • Science Education, MA/MSEd
  • Secondary Education, Adv. Cert.
  • Secondary Special Education Generalist, MSEd
  • Social Studies Education, MA/MSEd
  • Special Education Early Childhood Intervention (Birth-Grade 2), MSEd
  • Special Education, MSEd
  • Students With Disabilities 7-12 Generalist With Extensions in Secondary Education, MSEd
  • Teacher of Students with Speech-Language Disabilities, Adv. cert.
  • Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL), MSEd/Adv. Cert.
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) With Specialization in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), MA
  • Teaching Students With Severe or Multiple Disabilities, Adv. Cert.
  • Technology for Learning, MA
  • Work Based Learning Extension, Adv. Cert.

Programs below do not require a tuition deposit:

  • Applied Behavior Analysis, Adv. Cert.
  • Curriculum Studies, MSEd
  • Educational and Policy Leadership, EdD
  • Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (K-12), MSEd
  • Educational Technology, Adv. Cert.
  • Health Professions Pedagogy and Leadership, MS
  • Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, MSEd
  • Languages Other Than English (LOTE) and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), MA
  • Literacy Studies, Birth-Grade 6 or Grades 5-12 (Non-Certification), MA
  • Literacy Studies, Doctoral Programs (EdD and PhD)
  • Pedagogy for Health Professionals, Adv. Cert.
  • Special Education Assessment and Diagnosis, Adv. Cert.
  • Special Education, Adv. Cert.
  • Special Education: International Perspectives (non certification), MSEd

The following program requires a $500 tuition deposit:

  • Learning and Teaching, EdD

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