To be admitted to the graduate program in criminal justice, prospective candidates must first meet all requirements for graduate admission to UT Rio Grande Valley, as well as the other requirements listed below:

Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours.If applicant does not meet the minimum undergraduate GPA criterion of 3.0 in the last 60 semester hours from the applicant's bachelor's degree transcript, but has a GPA of 2.75-2.99, GRE general test with minimum scores of 146 Verbal, 150 Quantitative, and 3.5 Analytical are required for conditional admission
Three letters of recommendation from university/college professors who can assess the applicants' abilities to pursue graduate study. In exceptional cases (where an applicant has not attended school for a long period of time, say five years), a non-academic referee, such as a captain and above in the US Armed Forces or law enforcement, a federal or state judge, a senior barrister/attorney-at-law, or a Senior Federal, State/County/Local Public Service Officer above the rank of a supervisor, or other similar position may be considered.
A 250-500 letter of intent detailing why the student is interested in pursuing a graduate degree in Criminal Justice

IELTS – 6.5
TOFEL ibt – 79
TOFEL pbt – 550