Admissions Requirements

  • Applicants interested in graduate-level (masters and advanced certificate) programs in teaching and educational administration are no longer required to take the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) in New York State.
  1. B.A. or B.S. in in English or English Language and Literature or a B.A. or B.S. degree in another discipline with at least 30 credits in English or English Language and Literature.  A cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (on a scale of 4) or the equivalent.
  2. An undergraduate General Education program that includes English (6 credits) and a foreign language (6 credits or 3 years of foreign language at the high school level with a grade of C or better)
  3. Two letters of recommendation, one from an academic source.
  4. An admissions essay.
  5. International students must meet additional criteria, including the following: TOEFL scores: paper exam = 550; computer exam= 213; Internet exam= 80. Students taking the IELTS English (Cambridge) exam must pass with a broad band score of 6.5. Students must also have their overseas documents evaluated by ECE or WES.