Admissions

We encourage prospective students to apply online.

The requirements for admission to the M.A. program are:

1. Bachelor’s Degree: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
2. GPA, GRE, and TOEFL: A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (out of 4) during the last two years of undergraduate education. Every candidate must take the GRE. International graduate student applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit a score for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). A total score of 80 on the iBT TOEFL or 6.5 overall on the IELTS is required
3. Prerequisites: The following courses at the undergraduate level: Statistics, and Calculus. Students who have not fulfilled these prerequisites may be admitted on a provisional basis. Unless specifically exempted, such students must take the courses as required, but graduate credit will not be given for these prerequisite courses.