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Early Admission to Graduate Programs

  1. Admissions
  2. How to Apply
  3. Early Admission to Graduate Programs

Early admission allows students to count approved graduate‑level courses toward both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. Once admitted to a master’s program, students can complete up to 40% of their graduate credits early, and those credits also fulfill upper‑level bachelor’s requirements. This “double counting” shortens the time needed to earn both degrees.

  1. Enrollment Requirements

    Students participating in Early Admission for Graduate Programs are required to have: 

    • A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
    • Completed at least 60 credits (junior status).

  2. Graduate Programs Eligible for Early Admission

  3. Before Applying

    Students participating in Early Admission for Graduate Programs are required to have: 

    • A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
    • Completed at least 60 credits (junior status).

    If you are interested in Early Admission:

    • Before applying for early admission, please contact your undergraduate program advisor and the graduate coordinator of your program of interest to discuss eligibility.
    • Visit our Graduate Program pages to review our graduate application requirements, as well as additional items required by some programs.
    • Please contact the Office of Financial Aid at financialaid@commonwealthu.edu to discuss how combining Undergraduate and Graduate enrollments may impact your eligibility for financial aid.

     

  4. How to Apply

    How to Apply for Early Admission:
    1. Complete the online graduate school application.
    2. Select Graduate/Doctoral as the Application Type.
    3. Select the start term in which you intend to begin taking graduate coursework.
    4. Important: Under the Academic Information section, please make sure to add Commonwealth University as your undergraduate institution and include your expected graduation date.
    5. You will then upload all of your supporting documentation through your application status portal.
    6. Once all supplemental items are received, the completed application will be sent to the graduate program coordinator/committee for a final graduate admission decision.

  5. Additional Information

    Please note that, should you exceed the first 9 credits of Graduate coursework at the Undergraduate rate, you will be billed for your additional Graduate coursework at the traditional Graduate rate. Our billing system bills at the level and if you are still at the Undergraduate level, you will initially be billed all Undergraduate rates. Final billing adjustments will be completed after add/drop to adjust your account to the Graduate rates.

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