Admissions Criteria

• Completed Application Form.
• Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
• A minimum GPA of 3.0 in a completed bachelor's and/or master's degree is required for regular admission consideration.  The cumulative GPA for graduate course work begun, but not to date completed, will be considered along with an applicant's undergraduate GPA. Provisional admission may be considered for applicants with an undergraduate GPA of 2.70 to 2.99 when combined with other outstanding application materials at the discretion of the Higher Education degree program admissions team. 
• GRE scores, although not required for admission, will be considered if submitted by applicant as part of the application for review. 
• 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 - professional or academic.
  • 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. 
• Resume. 
• International Students must submit a TOEFL score of 550 or higher. Students with transcripts from non-US institutions should have such transcripts evaluated by World Education Service (WES). The TOEFL examination is required for some non-citizens.  Applicants whose native language is English (who list themselves as born in or citizens of the following countries: American Samoa, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, England, Ghana, Guam, Ireland, Jamaica, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad/Tobago, Uganda, Virgin Islands, Wales, Zimbabwe) are exempt from the TOEFL.  Applicants whose native language is not English are exempt from the TOEFL if the applicant completed 4 years of high school in the United States or completed English 101 and English 102 with a grade of C or better from a US domestic accredited institution. Applicants who received an undergraduate or graduate degree from an academic institution located in the U.S., UK or Canada are also exempt from the TOEFL.

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Students applying to the MSHE program do not require AP scores or scores for an academic course by which they receive an examination.

Applications are being accepted for Winter and Summer terms. Apply today! See the above criteria for specific supplemental materials required..
 

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