Application Procedures

Application Procedures for Students Seeking a Degree

1. Submit a completed online application form to the Office of Graduate Admissions.

2. Have two official transcripts from the school(s) granting the degree(s) sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions. To be considered official, a transcript must be received DIRECTLY from the institution concerned. Graduates of Virginia State University must comply with this requirement.

3. An applicant must have taken the GRE by the time she/he applies. GRE requirements differ by program. Applicants who do not meet GRE program requirements can be admitted on a conditional basis (for one semester only). Students admitted on a conditional basis can only take a total of nine credit hours of coursework until they have met the GRE requirements of their respective program.

After the first semester, the student must meet the specific GRE program requirements.

4. Requests for transfer credit for graduate courses already completed must be submitted to the Chair of the program with evidence that it is a graduate-level course; a catalog description for the course is necessary to determine its equivalency to offerings at this University.

5. Applicants whose native language is not English are required to present a minimum score of 500 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Exceptions are made for transfer students from other U.S. colleges who have completed at least one semester of coursework with a grade point average of “C” or better.

Application Procedures for Non-Degree Study 

1. Submit a completed online application to the Office of Graduate Admissions.

2. Attach a statement of study objectives.

3. Have two official transcripts of the record leading to the most advanced degree attained sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions. To be considered official, a transcript must be received directly from the institution. Graduates of Virginia State University must comply with this requirement (with the exception that only one transcript is needed).

4. An applicant who is a candidate for a degree at another institution should also submit a statement from an appropriate official certifying such status and authorizing study here.