Graduate Admissions Deadlines and Required Materials

December 1: All PhD program applicants (Apply Here)

June 15: Master’s applicants (international) (Apply Here)

August 15: Master’s, Graduate Certificate, and Non-Degree Special Status applicants (non-international) (Apply Here)

October 1: Master’s applicants (international) (Apply Here)

December 15: Master’s, Graduate Certificate, and Non-Degree Special Status applicants (non-international) (Apply Here)

Please note: MA History Accepts Applications for Fall Term Only

Summer 1 Term

April 15: Non-Degree Special Status applicants, MS Criminology and Criminal Justice, and all School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs programs (non-international), except PhD Public Policy and MA International Affairs applicants (Apply Here)

Summer 2 Term

June 15: MS Criminology and Criminal Justice and MPA applicants (non-international) (Apply Here)

Apply online.

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Personal Statement – Please submit a personal statement that describes your background (personal, academic and professional) and research interests, your professional goals and motivations for entering this graduate program, any relevant prior experience (for instance, job-related expertise, familiarity with specific tools and methods), and if relevant a possible area of research or practice within the graduate program. Please also consult the application guidelines for the program you’re applying for, which may include more specific questions. Personal statements should be a minimum of 250 words, however most will be between 1 to 2 pages.

Transcripts

Upload unofficial transcripts to the Application system as part of your application.

Target GPA is 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

If admitted, you will have 30 days after classes start to provide an official copy of all degree-bearing transcripts.

Official Transcript Submission Instructions

Transcripts from International Applicants

The Foreign Credential Evaluation (FCE) is a required assessment of all transcripts and documents from non-U.S. accredited post-secondary education institutions. (Review the FCE requirements by country.)

Transcripts from international applicants must be in English and, if applicable, also in the language of instruction. English-translated transcripts must be from:

• the institution, or
• an officially certified translator, or
• an educational credential evaluation agency.

Resumé – All applicants should submit a resume.

Letters of recommendation are submitted by the letter writer via the online application system.

Degree Programs

Three letters of recommendation are required for all degree programs.

Certificate Programs

Most graduate certificate applications must include one letter of recommendation. The exceptions are Sustainability and Climate Change Policy, which requires two letters, and Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy, and Social Change, which does not require a letter.

Non-Degree Special Students

Letters of recommendation are not required for Special Student applications.

Writing samples are required for the following programs:

• Criminology and Criminal Justice – all degree applicants
• English – all degree applicants
• History – all degree applicants
• Political Science – PhD and MA
• Sociology – PhD

English Proficiency

• Upload unofficial test scores then send official exam scores from either the TOEFL iBT (ETS institution code is 3682), IELTS, Duolingo or PTE exam

Minimum and Target Scores

Applied Quantitative Methods & Social Analysis

• 85 TOEFL iBT (or 6.5 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Minimum 110 Duolingo

Criminology and Criminal Justice – All programs

• Target score 100 TOEFL iBT (or 7.0 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Target score 120 Duolingo

English – All Programs

• Minimum 90 TOEFL iBT (or 6.5 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Minimum 110 Duolingo; Target score 120 Duolingo

Economics – All programs

• 85 TOEFL iBT (or 6.5 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Minimum 110 Duolingo

Network Science

• Target score 100 TOEFL iBT (or 7.0 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Target score 120 Duolingo

Political Science – PhD, MA, MS

• Target score 100 TOEFL iBT (or 7.0 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Target score 120 Duolingo

School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs – All programs

• Target score 100 TOEFL iBT (or 7.0 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Target score 120 Duolingo

Sociology – PhD

• Target score 90 TOEFL iBT (or 6.5 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• Target score 110 Duolingo

All programs not previously mentioned

• 79-80 TOEFL iBT (or 6.5 IELTS or PTE equivalent)
• 105 Duolingo

Here are some examples where you may not have to provide us with a language proficiency test score report but please do be advised that language proficiency will be determined during the application review process.

1. You have/will receive a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree from a U.S. institution.
2. You are a citizen of a country where English is the official/primary language.
3. You have/will receive a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree from a country where English is the official/primary language.
4. You have have/will receive a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree abroad from an accredited, American university abroad.
5. English is the medium language of instruction where you have/will receive a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree. This information must be clearly stated on your transcript.

Please note that we consider graduate certificates as a non-degree and as such will not satisfy the language proficiency requirement.

Test scores may be helpful for applicants with little or no experience beyond the undergraduate degree.

An applicant can upload an unofficial copy of GRE General Exam scores to the online application. If admitted, official scores will be required and are to be sent through ETS (institution code 3682).

CSSH offers a part-time, non-degree student classification called Special Student. Applicants for special student classification use the same online application system that degree and certificate applicants use. Special student admissions deadlines and materials are listed on this page.

Special students may enroll in CSSH graduate courses on a part-time basis (no more than 4 semester hours per semester). Special students may earn up to 12 semester hours over time.

After completing 12 semester hours, a special student who wants to continue in graduate coursework should apply to a degree or certificate program. See the Academic Catalog for more information about student classifications.