Graduate Retention Standards

Graduate students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in both their required courses and a cumulative 3.0 GPA to graduate. Students who fall below a 3.0 GPA are placed on academic probation and will have an 8-credit probationary period in which to raise their grades to a 3.0 GPA. Students failing to do so will be dismissed. See the respective degree programs for additional graduate retention standards specific to the program.  Dismissed students who feel due process was not followed should contact the associate dean, Office of Graduate and Continuing Studies, in writing.

Graduate-level courses do not affect the grade point average for the bachelor’s degree. Likewise, undergraduate-level courses do not affect the grade point average calculated for the graduate degree program.