Admissions Criteria

• Completed application form
• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher (graduate degree GPAs will be considered along with the undergraduate GPA).  Applicants with a cumulative GPA below 3.0 may be considered. 
• Official transcripts from all universities or colleges and other post-secondary educational institutions (including trade schools) attended. Instead of hard copy transcripts, you may supply official electronic transcripts issued by a post-secondary institution directly to Drexel University Online (use our email address, customerservice@drexel.com). You must supply transcripts regardless of the number of credits earned or the type of school you attended.  If you do not list all post-secondary institutions on your application and these are listed on transcripts received from other institutions, processing of your application will be delayed until you have submitted the remaining transcripts. Use our Transcript Lookup Tool to assist you in contacting your previous institutions.  If a college or university that you attended offers the option to send transcripts in a secure, password-protected electronic format, you may have the transcript sent to customerservice@drexel.com.
• Two letters of recommendation. Drexel University Online now accepts electronic letters of recommendation.  Please access the following webpage for instructions regarding their submission: http://www.drexel.edu/apply/recommend.  If a recommender prefers to submit an original, hard copy letter of recommendation, please remind the recommender that it must be signed and submitted in a sealed envelope signed across the flap by the recommender. 
• Personal Essay, between 500-750 words, describing your interest in the graduate program of your choice. Specifically, please discuss the following:
  1. How the program relates to your previous educational activities 
  2. If changing course, why are you moving in a new direction with your educational goals 
  3. How the program relates to your current line of work 
  4. How you plan to apply the program to your future goals 
   
• Resume
• View the international student requirements 

• An interview may be requested. 

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