Requirements
Application Requirements
In order to be admitted to a graduate degree program at Utah State University, you must meet these minimum requirements:
- Have the requisite degree for your intended program by the time you are matriculated
- 3.0 or higher GPA on your last 60 semester or 90 quarter credits
- Score at or above the 40th percentile on appropriate admissions test
- Three satisfactory letters of recommendation
*Departments may have additional requirements
Degree requirements
- A 3.0 GPA is required for all graduate degrees.
- Although most are done much sooner, students have up to 6 years to complete a master's degree and up to 8 years to complete a doctorate.
- For a master's degree, the minimum number of credits required ranges from 30-36; 24 of those credits must be from USU.
- For a PhD or EdD, 60 semester credits is the minimum if you have a master's degree in a related field; 90 credits are required otherwise.
- For a PhD, students must spend a minimum of 3 full-time semesters on USU's main campus in Logan, Utah; 2 of those semesters must be consecutive.
- For an EdD, students must spend a minimum of 3 full-time semesters on USU's main campus in Logan, Utah; they do not need to be consecutive.
- Up to 12 semester, graduate-level credits (credits should have grades of B or higher, should not be more than 8 years old, and should not have been used for another degree) may be transferred to a USU graduate degree from an accredited university if approved by the student's supervisory committee.