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DOCTORAL ADMISSIONS

An applicant for admission to the Ph.D. degree program will be evaluated on a combination of factors:

academic record, especially work done at the master’s level
performance on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
professional experience
three letters of recommendations
personal statement outlining reasons for applying for doctoral study and career hopes and expectations

Successful applicants usually present:

undergraduate and graduate grade point averages of at least 3.0
a combined verbal/quantitative GRE score of 1,200 and a score of 5.0 or better on the analytical writing is expected, though exceptions have been made for applicants with unusually strong professional backgrounds or other evidence of outstanding professional and intellectual promise
a score of at least 600(250 - computer-based score or 100 - internet-based score) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for non-English speaking international applicants
at least one year, often much more, of experience as journalism/mass communication professionals

Doctoral students must have completed, or be in the final stages of, a master's degree. The master's need not be in journalism/mass communication, though a student whose master's is in another field may need additional coursework or equivalent credit before being admitted to doctoral candidacy, as determined by the faculty after evaluating the student's Qualifying Examination (see core).

Potential applicants who have questions about their qualifications for admission are encouraged to contact the Associate Director for Graduate Studies and Research.