Admissions
Admission Requirements: An applicant must hold a baccalaureate degree in any field from a regionally accredited, college-level institution. Admission decisions are based primarily on an applicant's junior/senior cumulative grade-point average and career-goal statement. Additional information pertaining to any post-baccalaureate course work and professional experience are considered. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces available for new students.
Applicants with low grade-point averages may be required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or take 9 credits of course work recommended by a program faculty member and maintain a GPA of B or higher in order to be reconsidered.
Students are required to submit the following:
- A completed application with the application fee.
- Two copies of official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended.
- A brief career-goal statement.
Application Deadline
Candidates may enter the program at the beginning of fall or spring semester,
or the summer session. All information must be received by July 10 for
fall, November 10 for spring, and March 10 for summer.
Applicants who wish an early decision must have all required information on file by April 10 for the fall semester, July 10 for the spring semester, and November 10 for the summer session.
International Students
All applicants whose first language is not English or who have not received
a baccalaureate degree from an institution in which the language of instruction
is English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL),
http://www.toefl.org. The test must be passed with a score of 550 (paper
based test) or 213 (computer based test) or higher.
All students with international credentials must submit transcripts to Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE) for a "Course by Course" academic evaluation of transcripts and degree. An ECE application can be obtained at their web site, http://www.ece.org.
Completed International Application materials must be submitted by the following deadlines. Applications received after the deadlines will be processed for the following semester:
Fall Semester May 31
Spring Semester -- September 30
Summer Semester -- February 28
Please note: Each graduate program reserves the right to set earlier deadlines than those noted above.
Checking the Status of Your Application: Your application materials are received and forwarded to the program after the application deadline. If you wish to check the status of your application prior to the deadline date, please contact Enrollment Services.
