Admissions Information

The HCA Program accepts new students in the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.   To receive full consideration, completed applications should be submitted to the Office of Graduate Admissions by the following dates:

June 30 for students entering in the Fall Semester
October 31 for students entering in the Spring Semester
March 31 for students entering in the Summer Semester

Items Necessary for Application Process:

1. A properly filled-in and signed application form.
2. Official transcripts of prior university study.
3. An official record of the GMAT or GRE test.
4. Three letters of reference.
5. A current resume.
6. An application fee.

Unconditional Admission into the Health Care Administration program requires that the applicant's grade-point average (GPA) on the last 60 hours of undergraduate/graduate work and the total score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), or the verbal and quantitative scores on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), meet the following minimum index when inserted into the appropriate formula.

Minimum Index Requirements

GMAT-based Index Formula: (200 x GPA) + GMAT = 1,000 Minimum

GRE-based Index Formula: GPA x (GRE-Verbal + GRE-Quantitative) = 2,750 Minimum

If the index score fails to meet the minimum requirement, but attains at least 90% of the minimum, an applicant may be given an opportunity to submit additional documentation in support of the application for graduate study.

Provisional Admission into the Health Care Administration program is offered: (1) to applicants who fail to attain the minimum index score required for unconditional admission, but attain at least 90% of the minimum and are recommended by the HCA program admissions committee, and (2) to applicants who attain the minimum index score, but whose GPA is below 3.0 (B).  A student granted provisional admission will not be permitted to continue in the program if the student's GPA falls below 3.0, or a grade below B is earned, during the first 12 semester hours of enrollment.