Students admitted to the Master of Public Administration Degree Program:
- Must have completed all requirements for the bachelor's degree in a
regionally accredited college or university. Admission to the program
requires a minimum cumulative grade average equivalent to 2.5 on a
4.0 scale.
- Must submit official scores on the Graduate Record Examination. The
GRE scores must be recent (applicant having taken the Graduate
Record Examination within the last five years).
- Must submit two letters of recommendation. The letters of recommendation
should come from persons familiar with the applicant's academic and/or
employment experience.
- Must provide a current resume for the application portfolio.
The applicant is responsible for having the materials located under Application
Procedure placed in an MPA admissions portfolio which is assembled
in the Admissions Office of Augusta State University. When the portfolio
is completed, the applicant's record will be sent to the MPA
Admissions Committee for review. The following formula will be applied:
GRE Verbal Score + (GRE Analytical Score x 100) + GRE Quantitative Scroe + (GPA x 100)
For regular admission, a student is expected to achieve a composite score of 1500 or higher.
Probationary admission may be granted for students scoring 1400-1499. Probationary
acceptance is not automatic. It rests with the Admissions Committee, which examines
the applicant's undergraduate transcripts, resume, and letters of recommendation in making
its determination.
Waiver of GRE Scores; Acceptance of GMAT Scores
The requirement for scores on the Graduate Record Examination will not be waived.
The only exceptions to this rule will be those persons who have completed a master's
degree in another field. Completion of a master's degree
indicates a competency and preparation for graduate level work which would compensate
for the lack of a GRE score as an indicator. This waiver would not apply to those
students who have been accepted into another graduate degree program, taken courses,
but not completed the degree.
Scores on the GMAT may be substituted for the requirement of scores on the Graduate
Record Examination. A minimum GMAT score of 400 is required.
Pre-requisites for the MPA Program
An applicant’s academic transcript must list a course in American Government. If it
does not, the student must either complete the POLS 1101 course (American Government)
offered by Augusta State University, complete a comparable course at another
institution, or take the CLEP test in American Government and achieve a score
of at least 46.
An incoming MPA student must demonstrate computer literacy to the extent that he or she
is capable of word-processing and using spreadsheet software and as called for in the
budgeting and research methods courses. A statement attesting to one’s competency
in basic computing skills is signed by the student at the beginning of the research
methods course. A skills assessment test may be administered by the course instructor
to those who are without formal training in word processing and spreadsheet management.
