Cleveland State University
Graduate Admissions
2121 Euclid Avenue
Parker Hannifin Hall, 2nd floor
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
Parker Hannifin Hall, 2nd floor
2258 Euclid Avenue
Phone: 216.687.5599
Fax: 216.687.5400
Graduate Admissions Contact
Graduate Admissions Office
graduate.admissions @csuohio.edu
Phone: 216.687.5599
Web Content Contact
Charles Newton
grad@csuohio.edu
Graduate Certificate and Licensure Students
Overview
1.
An individual with a baccalaureate degree and a grade-point average of
2.75 or
higher from a college or university with full academic accreditation can be considered for
graduate certificate or licensure admission. A baccalaureate degree
earned
outside the U.S. must be equivalent to a four-year U.S. degree.
International
student applicants should consult the Admission Requirements section
for
“International
Students” in the Catalog
for information on application
procedures. Official transcripts from all colleges and universities
previously
attended must be submitted by the originating institutions to the
Cleveland
State Office of Graduate Admissions.
The Graduate
Admissions Office will obtain copies of official Cleveland State
University transcripts. In
addition, for graduate
applicants who earned their undergraduate degree from Cleveland State
University and received undergraduate transfer credit for work taken at
another
institution, the Graduate Admissions Office will secure the applicant’s
undergraduate transcripts from the Cleveland State University
Registrar, if the
transfer credit was awarded since 2002. The Registrar cannot guarantee
the
availability of undergraduate transfer credit transcripts from before
2002.
Graduate applicants who were granted Cleveland State University
undergraduate
transfer credit pre-2002 need to request that all Colleges and
Universities
attended previously send official transcripts to the Office of Graduate
Admissions. For applicants who have not yet been awarded
a baccalaureate (or higher) degree, a second
official transcript with the degree posted also must be submitted to
the
Graduate Admissions Office before an admitted student will be permitted
to
register for classes. Transcripts must be received in the Graduate
Admissions
Office directly from the originating institutions.
2.
Applicants must submit the results of a standardized graduate admission
examination (e.g., GRE, MAT, GMAT, LSAT) and score at the 50th
percentile or above. Only official test scores received directly from
the
testing service, and which are not more than six years old at the time
of
application, are considered official and valid. The applicant may be
exempt
from the admission examination requirement by the program if:
a.
The baccalaureate degree is less than six years old at the time of
application
AND the undergraduate cumulative grade-point average was at least 2.75;
OR
b.
The baccalaureate degree is more than six years old at the time of
application
AND the undergraduate cumulative grade-point average is at least 3.0;
OR
c.
The student has completed twelve or more semester hours of Cleveland
State
University graduate course work AND received a grade of B or better in
each
course; OR
d.
The student has successfully completed a master’s or doctoral degree
from an
accredited U.S. institution; or
e.
For Graduate Certificate applicants only: The student provides written
documentation of requisite professional experience and professional
competency
in the area.
3.
A graduate admission application fee of $30 is required unless the
applicant
previously has paid the fee as a graduate applicant. The fee is not
refundable.
Acceptance
of a graduate certificate or graduate licensure applicant for admission
is
finalized by the Office of Graduate
Admissions after a recommendation
for admission by the appropriate departmental or college graduate
committee is
received in the Graduate Admissions
Office.