The Graduate Council sets the minimum standards for full admission to graduate study.  Additional requirements and higher standards may be stipulated for specific graduate programs, and applicants should check for such requirements in the departmental section of this catalog.  The minimum requirements for graduate admission are:

1. A bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by agencies recognized by Missouri State University; AND a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.00 scale, OR at least a 2.75 grade point average on a 4.00 scale for the last 60 hours of academic course work; OR have a score of 475 or higher on either the verbal or quantitative section of the Graduate Record Examination, AND a score of not less than 400 on the other section; OR

2. A bachelor's degree from a college or university NOT accredited by an agency recognized by Missouri State University, a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.00 scale, OR at least a 2.75 grade point average on a 4.00 scale for the last 60 hours of academic course work; AND a Graduate Record Examination score of 475 or above on either the verbal or quantitative section, AND a score of not less than 400 on the other section; OR

3. A bachelor's degree from a college or university recognized by Missouri State University; AND recommendation in writing by both the department head of the student’s desired major area and the dean of the college in which that discipline is located, and the approval of the Dean of the Graduate College.