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M.S. in Community Health
Admission Requirements
- A completed application form.
- An interview with program director.
- A written personal statement describing the candidate's goals in the field of community health.
- Two letters of reference that address the candidate's potential to succeed in graduate studies and the field of community health.
- Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended with a minimum 2.75 GPA.
- At least 9 semester hours of coursework in health content areas successfully completed as part of an undergraduate or graduate degree program.
- Upon the recommendation of the program director, students with a GPA lower than 2.75 may be admitted by meeting one or more of the following criteria:
- Complete 12 probationary graduate credits maintaining a minimum 3.0 GPA.
- Submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores.
Students may transfer up to 9 credits of equivalent graduate courses from an approved institution taken within the last five years and completed with a grade of B or better (with the approval of the student's faculty adviser only).