Early Admission to Graduate Program Policy

Applicants must have at least a 3.0 GPA to be considered for early admission and must have completed at least 15 credit hours in their undergraduate major. Students may apply in the semester in which they will earn their 60th credit.

In addition to the requirements above, students who have transferred into IUP and wish to be considered for early admission must complete one full-time semester of undergraduate coursework at IUP prior to applying for Graduate Early Admission.

Applicants will be considered according to the existing criteria of each graduate program, with the single exception that they need not have finished their undergraduate degree. Students are allowed to earn up to 40 percent of graduate program credits (rounded to the nearest whole number) that may be applied to satisfy the requirements for the undergraduate degree. Upon completion of their undergraduate degree, students will automatically become graduate students if they maintain a 3.0 undergraduate G.P.A., are in academic good standing as a graduate student, and fulfill any undergraduate requirements specified by the department and listed in the admissions letter.