Admission Requirements

  1. A completed application and $40 non-refundable applicaton fee.
  2. An official transcript verifying a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college/university, or equivalent. Cornerstone University graduates need not request a Cornerstone University transcript. Official transcripts from other schools are required only if course work will be transferred to meet prerequisites or other program requirements.
  3. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 in undergraduate course work at the institution from which the baccalaureate degree was received. Students not meeting this requirement may submit a written request to the admissions committee for acceptance to the graduate program explaining why they believe they can succeed in a master's program.
  4. Two letters of recommendation on forms provided. These forms should be completed by persons qualified to judge the applicant's professional expertise, character and captacity for graduate level study. One letter must be from the applicant's current employer (an individual with supervisory or managerial relationship to the applicant) and one from an individual who can comment on the applicant's academic ability.  
  5. Students whose primary language is not English must achieve a minimum TOEFL score of 577 (paper-based test), 233 (computer-based test), or 90-91 (Internet-based test).
  6. A professional resume demonstrating a minimum of one year of continuous  full-time work experience.*

* For an applicant with less than one year fulltime work experience, a G.P.A of 3.0 in previous college work is required.

A maximum of six master level (500 or higher course number) semester hours may be transferred to Cornerstone. Transfer courses must have been completed within the last seven years and deemed equivilent to a course in the program.