Due to the various impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic, all MA and PhD degree programs in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota have waived the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) application requirement for all 2021-2022 applicants.

Counselor education, psychological foundations of education, quantitative methods in education, and special education have waived the GRE requirement for their MA and PhD programs for 2021-2022.

The school psychology MA with specialist certificate and PhD degree programs have removed the GRE requirement permanently.