Graduate Admission Information
Regular–Applicant meets all requirements and has completed all program prerequisites.
Conditional–Applicant is admitted by action of the Dean of the School of Education, the Dean of the Benson School of Business, and/or the Dean of SWU Global.
Master Degree Program Admission Requirements
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A completed SWU Global online application.
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Bachelor’s degree from an institutionally accredited college or university.
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The specified minimum cumulative grade point average on all undergraduate course work or on the final 60 hours of undergraduate course work. Based on a 4.0 scale, the MBA, M.Ed. and D. Clifton Wood MS in Counseling Psychology require 3.0.
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Official transcripts of all degree-conferring colleges.
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For applicants for whom English is a second language, official TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo score.
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Satisfactory interview with designated dean, committee, or academic department, if required.
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Experience or employment, as specified for each program.
Additional Requirements for International Student Admission into SWU Global
International students seeking admission into a fully online graduate program must provide evidence of English proficiency using one of the following, taken within the past two years:
On the request of the prospective students, if one of the above test scores is unavailable, one of the following criteria may be used to demonstrate proficiency in English.
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Completion of equivalent of U.S. bachelor’s degree at a university where the curriculum and instruction were exclusively in English.
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GRE scores of no less than 287 overall, with at least 150 on Verbal Reasoning and 4 in writing, taken within the past two years.
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GMAT scores of no less than 550 overall, with at least 35 on the Verbal section, and an AWA score of at least 5, and IR score of at least 6, taken within the past five years.