Admissions Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum GPA: An undergraduate GPA of 2.70 is preferred. Candidates with a lower GPA will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Transcripts: Official transcripts from all colleges attended must be submitted. International applicants must provide a foreign course by course degree evaluation from one of the following approved agencies: WES, FIS, ECE, or SpanTran.
- Recommendations: A minimum of two evaluator names must be submitted within your application; one recommendation must be from a professor.
- Essay question: How would obtaining a MSPS degree from WNE help you obtain your career goals?
- A current résumé or CV must be uploaded to your application.
- Qualified candidates may be invited to participate in an interview and complete a writing sample.
Note: All students are responsible for their own transportation to and from research and experiential sites.
English-language test scores are required for all applicants who are non-native English speakers UNLESS they have completed a degree in a U.S. institution following three or more years of campus-based post-secondary instruction in the United States.
- MS applicants can use any of the following standardized tests to meet our English language requirement:
- TOEFL - 80 IBT
- IELTS - 6.5
- PTE Academic - 56
- STEP Eiken - 1
- iTEP - 4.5
- Duolingo - 105 DET
- List of countries in which English language testing would be waived because it is the primary language:
- Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom