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Graduate Students - Admissions

Effective Spring 2005, the College of Education will begin requiring passing scores on either the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TEST (GKT) or COLLEGE LEVEL ACADEMIC SKILLS TEST (CLAST) for admission to a TEACHER PREPARATION GRADUATE PROGRAM for those applicants with a GRE combined verbal and quantitative score of less than 1,000, as mandated by the Florida legislature. This is in addition to the GPA requirement of 3.0 in the last 60 hours of the undergraduate (earned bachelor’s degree) program and having a GRE score on file at the university.

Admission Requirements for a Masters Degree

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required of all graduate students.

For teacher preparation programs (generally, the Master of Arts), minimum requirements are a 3.0 GPA (last 60 semester hours of the undergraduate degree) AND a GRE score of at least 840 AND passing scores on the CLAST (College Level Academic Skills Test) or GKT (General Knowledge Test).

If the undergraduate GPA (last 60 semester hours of the undergraduate degree) is below a 3.0, a GRE score of at least 1000 is required for admission purposes.

For non-teacher preparation programs (generally, the Master of Education), minimum requirements are a 3.0 GPA (last 60 semester hours of the undergraduate degree) AND GRE score of 840. If you have below a 3.0 GPA (last 60 hours of the undergraduate degree), a score of at least 1000 is required for admission purposes.

A student seeking a Master of Education degree must show evidence that all coursework has been completed for the basic bachelor's level State of Florida teaching certificate. Master of Arts programs, available in some specialties, may be pursued without the student having previously completed certification courses.

For additional information about our graduate programs or to apply, please consult the Graduate Studies website at www.graduate.ucf.edu. The current Graduate Catalog is also available.

Students who have been formally admitted to a graduate program will be assigned a faculty advisor. The student will receive a letter identifying their assigned faculty advisor and is encouraged to make an appointment within the first nine (9) semester hours of graduate coursework.