Admissions Information

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Getting Started

Please visit the Office of Graduate Studies website www.fgcu.edu/graduate or contact Graduate Studies at 239-590-7988 or graduate@fgcu.edu for an application for admission and additional information about the application process.

Program Admission Requirements

Applicants for admission to the MPA program are expected to meet or exceed the following requirements:

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning;
2. Completion of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (MAT) within the last five years;
3. One of the following:
   • (Combined score of GRE quantitative and verbal sections) + (GPA for the last 60 semester hours attempted at the upper division undergraduate level X 200) must equal or exceed 1600; or
   • (MAT percentile rank for intended major) + (GPA for the last 60 semester hours attempted at the upper division undergraduate level X 18) must equal or exceed 100;
4. Completion of 15 hours of undergraduate coursework in the social sciences or business, including 3 hours in quantitative skills;
5. International applicants for whom English is a second language are required to submit a score of 550 or higher on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Required application materials consist of the following:

1. A complete FGCU Graduate Application;
2. One official transcript from each baccalaureate and/or graduate institution attended;
3. One official copy of test scores from either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogy Test (MAT) taken within the last five years;
4. A complete Division of Public Affairs Supplemental Application Form;
5. Three completed reference rating forms/letters of recommendation from persons qualified to judge the applicant's academic and professional potential;
6. An Immunization History Form (except for Distance Students who will not be on campus either for classes or for research during their period of study);
7. A Letter of Application/Statement of Career Goals, no more than two pages in length, that briefly discusses any or all of the following: the influences that led you to the selection of FGCU's MPA Program, career goals, relevant work and/or academic experience, and volunteer activity in the community.