Admission Criteria
In order to be admitted to the School of Graduate Studies a student must meet the following standards:
- For most programs, students must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.70 (Some programs require an undergraduate GPA of 3.00.)
- The student must have a minimum GPA of 3.00 in all post-baccalaureate course work.
- When applicable, students who have successfully completed a master’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum 3.00 GPA, on a four-point scale (where A=4.00), will be admitted to the School of Graduate Studies. (The undergraduate GPA will not be counted.)
Individual programs may have different GPA requirements as well as additional requirements, such as essays or letters of recommendation and/or a personal interview. Please contact the Department Chair or Coordinator of your intended program of study, or access the graduate website for further information.
A prospective student must submit:
- Official transcripts for all coursework from every undergraduate institution that they attended to the Graduate Admissions Office.
- Official transcripts showing all graduate coursework completed to the Graduate Admissions Office.
- A $50.00 non-refundable fee for application processing.
- Additional materials, if required by individual program, must be uploaded per the instructions provided within the online application.
- Applicants who hold a Master’s degree from a regionally accredited university with a 3.00 or higher GPA on a four-point scale (where A = 4.00) are required to request that official transcripts be submitted: one from where they obtained their undergraduate degree and one from where they obtained their Master’s degree as well as from any other institution where graduate courses were taken. (Please note that applicants to the MAT program and to Post Baccalaureate programs are required to submit all undergraduate transcripts as well). The Graduate Recruitment and Admissions office will maintain the right to request other official transcripts to review courses that are essential to the applicant’s program of study.
The Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Office may use discretion to waive the need to request missing transcript(s) if all of the following apply:
• Applicants with undergraduate transcripts that appear to have up to a total of 6 credits from another institution(s) that are posted to the transcript(s) presented, and the courses/grades listed from the missing transcript would not affect the overall university/program undergraduate GPA requirement.
• The presenting overall undergraduate GPA is at least a 3.50.
• The missing transcripts are only for undergraduate coursework.
Applications for the MAT and Teacher Certification programs would not be eligible to have the transcripts waived.