ADMISSIONS - Application Deadlines
Below are application deadlines for both domestic and international students, as well as for prospective graduate assistants.
Special Note on Graduate Assistantships
If you are applying for an assistantship, all application materials must be received by March 1 (Fall Semester) or November 1 (Spring Semester) unless the department to which you are applying has an earlier deadline.
Special note for International Students
All application materials must be in to the Graduate College by May 1 (Fall Semester) or October 1 (Spring Semester) unless the department to which you are applying has an earlier deadline, or you are also applying for a Graduate Assistantship.
Departmental Deadlines
All applications and supporting documents must be in to the Graduate College and the department by the following dates in order to be considered for admission.
N/A = Not Applicable - Program does not admit for this semester.
| Degree Program | Fall
Deadline |
Spring
Deadline |
Summer
Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting (M.S.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 |
N/A |
| Anthropology (M.A.) | March
1 | Oct.
1 | N/A
|
| Anthropology (Ph.D.) | Feb.
1 | Sept.15 | N/A
|
| Architecture (M.Arch.) | Feb.
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Art (MFA) | Feb.
1 | N/A | N/A |
| Astronomy (M.S., Ph.D.) | Feb.
1 | Oct. 1 | N/A |
| Biochemistry | Feb. 1 |
Oct. 1 |
N/A |
| Biological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.) | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 | N/A |
| Business Administration (MBA) | June 1 |
Nov. 15 |
N/A |
| Business Administration (Executive MBA) | May 1 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Business Administration/Hotel Administration (MBA/M.S.) | June
1 |
Oct.
1 |
N/A |
| Business Administration/Management Information Systems (MBA/M.S.) | June
1 |
Nov.
15 |
N/A |
| Business Administration/Dental Medicine (MBA) | June
1 |
Nov.
15 |
N/A |
| Chemistry (M.S.) | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 | N/A |
| Civil Engineering (M.S.E., Ph.D.) Domestic Students | June 15 |
Nov. 15 |
N/A |
| Civil Engineering (M.S.E., Ph.D.) International Students | March
15 |
Aug.30 |
N/A |
| Communications (M.A.) | Jan. 15 | N/A | N/A |
| Computer Science (M.S.C.S., Ph.D.) Domestic Students | May 1 |
Oct. 1 |
N/A |
| Computer Science (M.S.C.S., Ph.D.) International Students | Feb.
15 |
Oct.
1 |
N/A |
| Construction Management (M.S.C.M.) | June
15 | Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Counselor Education (M.S., M.Ed.) | Feb.
1 | N/A | Feb. 1 |
| Criminal Justice (M.A.) | March
1 | N/A | N/A |
| Curriculum & Instruction (M.S., M.Ed.) | Mar.
15 |
Oct.
30 |
N/A |
| Curriculum & Instruction (Ed.S.) | Feb.
15 |
Sept.
30 |
N/A |
| Curriculum & Instruction (Ed.D., Ph.D.) | Feb.
15 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Economics (M.A.) | June
15 | Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Educational Leadership (Ph.D., Ed.D.) | March 15 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Educational Leadership (Executive Ed.D.) | N/A |
N/A |
March 15 |
| Educational Leadership (M.S., M.Ed.) | June 15 |
Nov. 15 |
March 15 |
| Educational Psychology (M.S., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ph.D.) | Feb.
1 | N/A | N/A |
| Electrical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.) | Feb.
1 |
Oct. 1 |
N/A |
| English (MFA Creative Writing) | Feb. 15 | N/A | N/A |
| English (Ph.D. Schaeffer Fellowship Creative Dissertation) | Feb. 15 | N/A | N/A |
| English (M.A., Ph.D., Critical Dissertation;) |
Feb.
15 | Nov.
1 | N/A |
| Environmental Science (M.S. Ph.D.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 |
N/A |
| Ethics & Policy Studies (M.A.) | March 1 | Nov. 1 | N/A |
| Film (MFA) | Jan.
15 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Foreign Language (M.A.) | June
15 | Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Geoscience (M.S., Ph.D.) | Feb. 1 |
Oct. 1 |
N/A |
| Health Care Administration (M.H.A.) | June
15 | Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Health Physics (M.S.) | June
15 | Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Health Promotion (M.Ed.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 |
March
15 |
| History (M.A.) | June
1 | Nov.
1 | N/A |
| History (Ph.D.) | Feb.
1 | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitality Administration (Ph.D.) | March 1 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Hospitality Administration (M.H.A.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 |
N/A |
| Hotel Administration (M.S.) | March
1 |
Oct. 1 |
N/A |
| Informatics (M.S., Ph.D.) | June 15 | Nov. 15 | N/A |
| Journalism & Media Studies (Communication Studies M.A.) | March 15 | N/A | N/A |
| Kinesiology (M.S.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 |
March
15 |
| Management Information Systems (M.S.) | June
15 | Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Marriage & Family therapy (M.S.) | Jan. 10 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Mathematics (M.S.) | Feb. 1 |
Oct. 1 |
N/A |
| Mathematics (Ph.D.) | Feb. 1 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Mechanical Engineering (M.S.E., Ph.D.) | June
15 | Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Music (M.M., D.M.A.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 |
March
15 |
| Nursing (M.S.N., Ph.D.) | March 15 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) | Jan. 31 |
Nov. 15 |
Jan. 31 |
| Physics (M.S., Ph.D.) | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 | N/A |
| Political Science (M.A.) | March
1 |
Nov.
1 |
N/A |
| Political Science (Ph.D.) | Aug. 1 (2008 only) | Oct. 1 | N/A |
| Psychology (Ph.D. - Clinical Track) | Jan.
2 | N/A |
N/A |
| Psychology (Ph.D. - Applied Experimental Track) | Jan.
15 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Public Administration (M.P.A.) | June 15 |
Nov. 15 |
March 15 |
| Public Administration - Crisis and Emergency Management (M.S.) | May 18 |
Nov. 15 |
N/A |
| Public Affairs (Ph.D.) | April 10 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Public Health (M.P.H.) | June 1 |
Nov. 1 |
N/A |
| Radiochemistry (Ph.D.) | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 | N/A |
| Science (M.A.S.) | Feb. 1 |
Oct. 1 |
N/A |
| Social Work (M.S.W. - Advanced Standing) | N/A | N/A | Feb. 1 |
| Social Work (M.S.W.) | March
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Sociology (M.A., Ph.D.) | Jan.
31 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Special Education (Ed.D., Ph.D.) | Feb. 12 | Nov. 15 | Feb. 12 |
| Special Education (Ed.S., M.Ed., M.S.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 | March
15 |
| Sports Education & Leadership (M.S., M.Ed., Ph.D.) | May 1 | Oct. 1 | Feb. 1 |
| Sport & Leisure Service Management (M.S.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Theatre (M.A., MFA) | June
15 |
N/A | N/A |
| Transportation (M.S.T.) | June
15 |
Nov.
15 | N/A |
| Water Resources Management (M.S.) | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 | N/A |
| Certificate Program | Fall Deadline |
Spring Deadline |
Summer Deadline |
| Foreign Language - Spanish Translation | June 15 | Nov. 15 | N/A |
| Hotel Administration - Food and Beverage Management | June 15 | Nov. 15 | N/A |
| Counselor Education - Addiction Studies | N/A | N/A | Feb. 1 |
| Marriage and Family Therapy | N/A | N/A | Feb. 1 |
| Counselor Education - Rehabilitation Counseling | N/A | N/A | Feb. 1 |
| Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner | March 15 | N/A |
N/A |
| Nursing - Nursing Education | March 15 | N/A | N/A |
| Public Administration - Public Management | June 15 | Nov. 15 | March 15 |
| Social Work - Forensic Social Work | May 1 | N/A | April 1 |
| Women's Studies | June 15 | Nov. 15 | March 15 |