The College of Graduate Studies Requirements

Graduate Admission Requirements
College	Admission Status	GPA of 2.00 to 2.59	GPA of 2.60 to 2.99	GPA of 3.00 to 4.00
Agriculture, Natural Resources & Human Sciences, Arts & Sciences, and Engineering	Degree Status	1000 or higher on GRE (V+Q)		800 or higher on GRE (V+Q)
	Probationary Status		Less than 1000 on GRE (V+Q)
Education	Degree Status	1000 or higher on GRE (V+Q) -OR- 398 or higher on MAT		800 or higher on GRE (V+Q) -OR- 388 or higher on MAT
Education	Probationary Status		Less than 1000 on GRE (V+Q) -OR- Less than 398 on MAT
Business Administration	Degree Status	Overall GPA x 200 + GMAT score must equal at least 970 for Degree status -OR- GPA on last 60 hours x 200 + GMAT score must equal at least 1050 for Degree status

Note: The applicant is allowed into Graduate School when he/she meets the above requirements. Applicants with an overall undergraduate GPA between 2.00-2.59 must have a GRE score (Q+V) of 1000 or better to gain admission. To enter into a specific graduate program, the student must then meet the program’s specific requirements which are based on GRE/GPA sliding scales (i.e., engineering, business and agriculture). Most of the programs in education and the arts and sciences accept students who meet the minimal Graduate School admission standards.

Degree Status (unconditional)

This status is assigned to entering students who have earned a baccalaureate degree from a recognized college or university and who meet the following College of Graduate Studies minimum requirements:

a. Applicants will be assigned Degree Status when they have an overall undergraduate GPAs between 2.00 - 2.59 and a minimum GRE composite (Q+V) score of 1000 or MAT score of 398 (optional test to the GRE for Education majors, only).

Applicants with GPAs between 3.00 - 4.00 must have a minimum GRE composite (Q+V) score of 800 or MAT score of 388 (Education majors, only).

Applicants applying to the College of Business Administration will be assigned Degree Status when they have an overall GPA of 2.00 and above and when they meet the index score requirements for the College of Business Administration..

b. All applicants must be accepted by the department/college program coordinator into a particular program for which they are applying after they have been screened to meet the minimum entrance requirements to the College of Graduate Studies. Admission to the College of Graduate Studies does not guarantee admission to a particular program.

c. All prospective students wanting to attend Texas A&M-Kingsville must be proficient in the use of English. Students, regardless of immigration status, whose educational instruction has not been in the English language and/or whose first or native language is not English, must demonstrate English proficiency in one of the following ways:

TOEFL minimum score of 550 paper-based/ 213 computer-based/ 80 iBT for Engineering and Business majors. A TOEFL minimum score of 500 paperbased/173 computer-based/ 61 iBT for all other majors.

TOEFL exemptions:

• Institutional TOEFL from a recognized institution;
• 6 semester hours of lower-level English completed;
• Equivalent of at least 3 years of full-time study at a recognized secondary school, college or university whose primary language of instruction is English;
• Recommended for academic study by an English Language Instituterecognized by Texas A&M-Kingsville after completing the highestlevel of Intensive English study.

Probationary Status

Applicants not meeting the requirements for degree status may be considered for admission on probationary status if the applicant has at least a 2.6/4.0 undergraduate grade point average. Individual colleges may also have a minimum standardized test score requirement for admission to this category.

Students must satisfy this status by earning a “B” average on the first 12 semester credit hours before being recommended to Degree Status. An individual program may also have a minimum test requirement for admission to this status.

Students admitted under probationary status will be allowed to complete 12 semester hours of graduate work. Students who maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0/4.0 may apply for Degree Status. Students not achieving this requirement will be withdrawn from graduate school. The student must apply for degree status through the graduate program coordinator to the graduate dean before enrolling in additional course work. Any graduate course work taken beyond the 12 semester hours while on probationary status will not count toward a degree.

NOTE: Probationary status is not available to College of Business Administration students. Students who do not achieve the minimum index score are reviewed by the College of Business Administration Review Committee to determine whether they will be allowed to continue in the graduate program.

Conditional Admission
Conditional Admission means that an applicant’s standardized test results have not been received by the Office of Admissions by the time of registration for a given semester. A student will be allowed to enroll in a maximum of 9 semester hours when admitted conditionally. The student must submit standardized test scores during the first semester of enrollment and must be admitted to Degree Status or Probationary Status. Until this condition is met, the student may not enroll in subsequent semesters.

Applicants that are in their last semester of undergraduate course work may be admitted conditionally without the final degree posting on their transcript. An official transcript with the final degree posted must be submitted in order to register for classes.

Note: Applications to the graduate program are available at www.applytexas.org. Questions can be directed to the Office of Admissions, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, MSC 128, Kingsville, Texas 78363, phone (361) 593-2315, fax (361) 593-2195.