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St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

HOW TO APPLY

Prospective Students should contact the School of Graduate Studies for application materials for the MS I-O graduate program.

Phone: (320) 308-2113 or 1-800-369-4260
Email: graduatestudies@stcloudstate.edu
Web address: www.stcloudstate.edu/graduatestudies

Applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the School of Graduate Studies are referred to the Psychology Department for an acceptance decision.

The School of Graduate Studies requires:

  • Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
  • Minimum of a 2.75 grade point average over the last half of undergraduate education
  • Verbal score of 480+ on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or a combined verbal and quantitative score of 1,000+
  • Score of 550+ (paper) or 213+ (computer) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), in addition to the GRE, if you are an international student
  • Three recommendation forms

Additionally, the Industrial-Organization Psychology program:

  • Recommends that prospective students complete the following courses before applying:
    1. Introductory Psychology
    2. Industrial-Organizational Psychology
    3. Statistics
    4. Research Methods or Experimental
    5. Social Psychology
  • Recommends that prospective students have a strong quantitative background
  • Encourages all interested individuals to apply but will give preference to applicants who have completed the recommended undergraduate curriculum
  • Has set an application deadline of March 1 for guaranteed full consideration