Learn what you need to know about applying to Quinnipiac’s graduate programs. Still have questions? Contact graduate admissions.
Application Materials
Application Deadlines
Standardized Admission Tests
Application Review Process
Admissions Categories
Incomplete Applications
Application Materials
For your application to be considered complete, you must submit:
- The completed application form
- $45 application fee
- Resume or autobiography
- Two professional references
- Official postsecondary transcripts with confirmation of undergraduate degree
Additional materials may be required by your intended program. It is your responsibility to make sure you have submitted all the required application materials.
All application materials become part of the permanent student record at Quinnipiac and will not be returned. Access to this material is limited under the Family Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Applicants who are not admitted or who are admitted and do not register do not have access to their application file.
Printable Applications:
Printable version of the Graduate Application (Adobe PDF)
Printable version of the Sixth-Year Diploma in Educational Leadership Application (Adobe PDF)**
Apply Online:
Quinnipiac now offers easy electronic application over the Internet. Please follow the link below for information on applying to Quinnipiac over the Internet.
**Please note: applications for the Sixth-Year Diploma in Educational Leadership cannot be submitted online. Please use the downloadable version above.
Application Deadlines
Admission for most programs is rolling; decisions are made individually as an application becomes complete.
Strict deadlines apply only to the following:
- Physician assistant: October 1
- Pathologists’ assistant: December 15
- Nurse Practitioner: May 15 (part-time, July 30; Spring part-time, December 15)
- Law (See School of Law admissions)
- Master of Arts in Teaching: March 31
The following programs are all on rolling admissions, meaning that applications are reviewed and rendered a decision as they and all submitted documents are received.
Biomedical/Medical Laboratory Sciences
Business Administration (All Tracks)
Cardiovascular Perfusion
Computer Information Systems
Interactive Communications
Journalism
Molecular & Cell Biology
Radiologist Assistant
We will accept applications up to the start of classes, but suggest filing by July 30 for the fall term, December 15 for the spring term and April 30 for the summer term to ensure admission for accepted applicants. (For the summer term, applicants may not start the Journalism, Interactive Communications or Nursing program, but may take 1-2 courses towards the program, depending on the schedule). If your application is submitted after the suggested date, we will make every attempt to review your application before the start of the designated term.
Standardized Admission Tests
Quinnipiac requires the following standardized admission tests:
- MBA programs require the GMAT.
- MAT programs require Praxis I.
- Public Relations program requires the GRE.
- Law school programs require the LSAT. (If accepted to the School of Law, the GMAT is not required for application to the joint law/business programs.)
Application Review Process
All complete applications are carefully reviewed by faculty members of the appropriate program and the director of admissions.
The admissions committee makes a recommendation to the graduate admissions director. Once the final decision is made, the applicant is informed by graduate admissions.
Admissions Categories
Offers of admission to Quinnipiac’s graduate programs are made for a specific term and year. Offers made to students currently completing their undergraduate degrees are contingent upon the successful completion of those degree programs. An official final transcript must be sent to graduate admissions before the student may enroll in graduate classes.
Regular Admission
Regular admission is offered to students whose application files are complete.
Conditional Admission
This allows students to begin their graduate program while granting them an extension to submit a required document. Alternatively, some students may be granted a one- or two-semester period either to complete additional prerequisite courses specified by their program or to achieve the program’s regular curriculum.
Candidates offered conditional admission are given a deadline for the completion of their files. Failure to meet this deadline may result in suspension from student status.
Deferred Admission
Applicants who cannot enroll in the term for which admission was offered can request to have their admission deferred for up to one year. Such requests must be in writing and will be considered on an individual basis. Applicants who have had their admission deferred cannot register for courses at the school during the period of deferment.
Deferred admission is not offered for the physician assistant or pathologists’ assistant programs.
Incomplete Applications
Applications that are not complete by the specified date of the term for which admission is desired will be placed in an inactive status. A written request is needed to reactivate an application. Applicants whose files are more than one year old must reapply.
Materials received from applicants who do not complete their application, who are not admitted or who are admitted and do not matriculate are held for one year before being destroyed.