Among the materials to be submitted with the online application, three letters of recommendation, transcripts of previous undergraduate and graduate work. GRE scores are not accepted for Fall 2021 admission. Foreign students whose native language is not English, and who have not completed all years of a baccalaureate degree in an institution where the primary language of instruction is English, are also required to take the TOEFL exam to demonstrate English fluency. (The TOEFL requirement is not automatically waived even if the applicant has or will have obtained a degree from an institution where English is the primary language of instruction.) All applicants are automatically considered for financial aid.

The Graduate School typically requires a GPA (overall) of at least 3.0. Successful applicants (especially for the PhD program) usually have GPA's of 3.4 or higher.


The minimum internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score requirement is 90 (including sectional minimums of 22 in speaking, 22 in writing, 23 in reading and 23 in listening). The minimum paper-based TOEFL score requirement is 600. Applicants may submit scores from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) as an alternative to the TOEFL exam. The minimum IELTS score requirement is 7.0 in each section.