Admissions

Admission to the Program

Application Deadline for Fall 2026 - 

• Domestic Students: 7/31/2026
• International Students: 6/1/2026

Suitability for admission to the program will be based on an examination of the entire application package. In addition to the general requirements of the university, specific requirements for admission to classified graduate status are:

1. Bachelor's Degree: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with required minimum GPA of 2.7 calculated using the entire degree or the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units, which may include post baccalaureate work. Students with GPA lower than 2.7 but higher than 2.5 may be permitted to join with an acceptable study and career development plan submitted at the time of the application.
2. Resume: Submission of a current resume.
3. Math proficiency: Completing at least one (1) College Calculus.
4. English Proficiency for International Students: All international applicants who have not completed three years of full-time study at the secondary or post-secondary level where English was the language of instruction must also achieve an acceptable score,  ratified by the College Curriculum Committee, and in alignment with the Office of Graduate Studies requirements, on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or the IELTS exam, or must complete CSUSB's ESL program. The current minimum acceptable TOEFL score is 550/PBT, 213/CBT, 79-80/IBT taken within the past two years; IELTS score of 6.5 taken within the past two years; or complete level 4 of CSUSB's Intensive English Program.