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Graduate admission requirements

Graduate

If you’ve completed the equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree and are pursuing a master's degree, credential, or certificate program, you must meet all admissions requirements by the end of the term/semester prior to enrollment. Summer coursework cannot be used to meet eligibility requirements for Fall terms. All documents must be submitted in their original language accompanied by certified English translations. Admissions requirements, course details, and program length vary by program.

Academic requirements

  • Must have a GPA of 2.5 overall or in the last 60 units completed - some programs required higher GPA's
  • Official university or college transcript (official record of marks/scores/grades)
  • GRE or GMAT, depending on major
  • Some programs require subject tests, secondary application information, resume, letters of recommendation and statement of purpose

If you attended college or university outside of the U.S., you will need to submit your official university transcript to a foreign credit evaluation service. We will accept foreign credential evaluations from the companies listed below:

  • WES (World Evaluations Services)
  • SpanTran (Discount provided to students utilizing the CSUMB SpanTran application)
  • ECE (Education Credential Evaluators)
  • IERF (International Education Research Foundation)

Note: If you use one of these services, you do not need to submit your original official transcript or its English translation.

English proficiency requirement

The English proficiency requirement can be satisfied by providing any of the following:

  • Graduate minimum score:
    • TOEFL PBT (Paper-Based Exam): 550
    • TOEFL iBT (Internet-Based Exam): 80

The CSUMB TOEFL code is 1945. Please visit the ETS TOEFL website to request your official score report.

  • Graduate minimum score:
    • IELTS Overall Band: 6.5

Official IELTS test scores must be sent to the Office of Admissions. Please list CSUMB as a recipient of your scores when you take the test or contact the Test Center where you took the IELTS exam to request that they send an official Test Report Form to CSUMB. More information is on the IELTS website.

  • Graduate minimum score:
    • PTE: 65

Official PTE scores must be sent directly to CSUMB from Pearson. Visit the PTE website for additional information.

If a freshman or transfer applicant has attended a high school or college in the U.S. for three or more years, or has attended a high school where English is the principal language of instruction for three or more years, the TOEFL or other English language proficiency exam is not required.

Please note:

  • CSUMB interprets "where English is the principal language of instruction" to mean that a school is located in a country where English is the daily medium of communication for the majority of residents, and that students receive academic instruction in English at all levels of education.
  • Countries currently meeting the above requirement are: Australia, Belize, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, plus a few nations in the Commonwealth Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago), and Nigeria.

Students can meet the English proficiency requirement by transferring credit from a community college or 4-year university that meets the CSUMB General Education Area A2 (Written Communication) requirement.

If you are attending a California community college, you can find a list of your college's transferable A2 courses by visiting www.assist.org.

If you are attending any other type of college or university, please send your transcript and a course description/outline of the class that you think may meet the A2 requirement to internationaladmissions@csumb.edu for review.

  • Duolingo: 105

If you are applying to CSUMB through an agency or a partner university, there may be other ways that you can meet the English proficiency requirement that are outlined in CSUMB's agreement with your agency or university. Please check with your agent or home campus coordinator for details.

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