General Requirements for Graduate Admission

Applicants must submit official documentation as evidence of meeting College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies admission requirements A through C below.  Generally, this means submitting official transcripts from all universities/colleges attended.  Programs that wish to partner with outside entities to handle official documentation must submit a request to do so to the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies. Such requests must be approved by both the Faculty Senate and the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies Dean. 

1. Completion of a bachelor’s degree program at an appropriately accredited academic institution or at an academic institution with high academic standards deemed appropriate and acceptable by the Wright State academic program to which the student is applying.
2. Academic preparation for the declared field of study that is acceptable to the graduate program concerned (degree program candidates).
3. Proof that the applicant has the minimum undergraduate grade point average (GPA) established by the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies for an admission category.

Programs may have requirements over and above those of the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies, may require supplementary documentation.

Students having master's or other advanced degrees, or who have previously completed 12 quarter or 9 semester credit hours at the graduate level with an overall graduate grade point average of 3.0, from an appropriately accredited academic institution or an academic institution with high academic standards deemed appropriate and acceptable by the Wright State academic program to which the student is applying may be admitted into Wright State graduate programs in regular status regardless of their undergraduate grade point averages provided the appropriate academic departments or programs recommend them for admission.

Students who transfer to a Wright State doctoral program along with a recently hired regular graduate faculty member will have their programs of study approved by their dissertation committees or program-level committees if specified by the program by-laws.  Their programs of study, among other requirements, will specify any examinations that must be completed.