Clear Admission
Applicants meeting the minimum requirements for general admission to the Graduate School and any additional requirements for their selected graduate degree program are eligible for clear admission.
Minimum requirements for admission to EKU’s Graduate School:
- Application for graduate admission
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution.
- Overall undergraduate grade point average of 2.5
Some degree programs may have additional or higher criteria for clear admission including a personal statement, writing samples or one of the following additional placement tests:
- GRE: “Graduate Records Examination”. It includes three sections; Verbal Reasoning (V); Quantitative Reasoning (Q); and Analytical Writing (AW). For more information about the test, please visit the GRE website.
- GMAT: “Graduate Management Admission Test”. It consists of four sections; Verbal, Quantitative, Analytical Writing Assessment, and Integrated Reasoning. For more information, please visit the GMAT website.
- A department may waive the stipulated GPA requirements for clear admission for applicants having already earned a graduate degree from an accredited institution.
Provisional Admission
- Applicant unable to supply an official transcript showing the awarding of an undergraduate degree and/or official Entrance Examination scores, but who otherwise meets the admission requirements, may be granted provisional admission upon the recommendation of the appropriate department and approval of the Graduate School.
- Complete and satisfactory credentials must be received by EKU Admissions before a student is permitted to register for any subsequent term.
- Student will not be permitted to enroll in a graduate program with a provisional status for more than one semester.
- Provisional admission does not guarantee, in any way, subsequent clear admission.
EKU reserves the right to withdraw without credit or refund any student for whom application is incomplete at the end of the first enrollment. - International students may NOT be admitted on a provisional basis.
Probationary Admission
- An applicant who has submitted all required application materials but does not meet the minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA requirement may be considered for probationary admission. Applicants seeking probationary admission must complete a learning contract at time of admission and may be subject to submit GRE exam scores contingent on the graduate program. To receive probationary admission, the applicant must show promise for successful graduate study and receive the recommendation of the appropriate department chair and approval of the Dean of the Graduate School. Students must be removed from probationary admission prior to registering in any graduate course work beyond an initial 12 hours. Students who do not attain the required 3.0 GPA at the end of the term in which the nine-hour minimum was completed will be dismissed from the graduate program without appeal.
- After obtaining probationary admission, the minimum condition for transfer from probationary admission status to clear admission status is the successful completion of at least nine hours of approved graduate course work at Eastern Kentucky University with a graduate grade point average of at least 3.0 at the end of the term in which the nine-hour minimum was completed. Special course requirements or other conditions may be imposed by the department, College dean, and/or the Office of Graduate Education and Research.After obtaining probationary admission, the minimum condition for transfer from probationary admission status to clear admission status is the successful completion of at least nine hours of approved graduate course work at Eastern Kentucky University with a graduate grade point average of at least 3.0 at the end of the term in which the nine-hour minimum was completed. Special course requirements or other conditions may be imposed by the department, College dean, and/or the Office of Graduate Education and Research.