Graduate Admission Information

A completed application includes the following:

• Completed online application
• Official transcripts for all credits earned, undergraduate and graduate
• Two letters of recommendation*
• Professional resume
• Personal statement
  • A well-organized essay answering the prompt: What are your career and educational goals?
• Application fee of $35 for masters, certificate and doctoral level programs
• Official GMAT or GRE score *for some programs (must be taken within last seven years, see below)

**Please note that Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology/Toxicology programs require three letters of recommendations.

There may be different or additional requirements for the following graduate programs:

Health Professions Programs

• Master of Occupational Therapy MOT
• Master of Physician Assistant Studies MSPAS
• Doctor of Occupational Therapy DrOT
• Doctor of Pharmacy PharmD
• Doctor of Physical Therapy DPT
   

Master's/ & PhD

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling MS 
• Pharmaceutics MS, PhD
• Pharmacology and Toxicology MS, PhD

Some programs require standardized test scores.

Graduate Business Program requirements and information: 

• Official GRE or GMAT score
• Must be taken within the last seven years 
• In lieu of GMAT/GRE scores, students may be waived based on 
  • professional work experience
  • academic excellence
  • licensed in the United States as a CPA, CFP, CFA, PMP 
  • earned a terminal degree (Ph.D., M.D., D.O., J.D., DBA, etc.) 
  • earned a master’s degree (M.S., M.A., etc.) from an accredited, not-for-profit institution.

Graduate Education programs requirements and information:

Some graduate education programs may require proof of teacher certification. Contact the program director or admissions office for more information. 

Transcripts should be sent to the Office of Graduate Operations:

Saint Joseph’s University
Office of Graduate Operations
5600 City Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19131

Official electronic documents can be sent to gradstaff@sju.edu (email copies from students are not considered official and can’t be accepted).

Those applying to our professional health programs as an incoming graduate student may need to submit their packet differently. Please refer to the appropriate program page.

Application deadlines for international applicants seeking an F1 visa differ from those for American citizens, and are as follows:

• Fall Semester: June 15
• Spring Semester: October 15

Saint Joseph’s University fall and spring semesters are 14 weeks long. Summer Semesters I and II are each six weeks long, with classes meeting twice a week. International students may begin graduate business programs in the spring or fall semester.

Applicants should take note that the minimum language scores are as follows:

• 80 on the TOEFL IBT* **
• 8.5 on the TOEFL Essentials Test
• 550 on the written TOEFL
• 6.5 overall on the IELTS
• 60 on the PTE
• 105 on the Duolingo English Test

*For entrance into the Master's of Health Administration, Health Informatics M.S. or Health Education M.S. programs, applicants must have a minimum TOEFL score of 90.

**For entrance into Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmacology/Toxicology programs, applicants must have a minimum TOEFL score of 90 or DuoLingo score of 120.

Completion of the ELS Language Center’s English Level 112, including a favorable letter of recommendation from an ELS Administrator, is accepted in place of a TOEFL, IELTS or PTE score. Click here for more information about the ELS Center at Saint Joseph’s University.

A completed application includes the following:

• Completed online application
• Official transcripts for all credits earned, undergraduate and graduate
• An official course-by-course evaluation of undergraduate and graduate education
  • Saint Joseph’s University receives the majority of credential evaluations through NACES members including World Education Services, Inc. (WES), Educational Credentials Evaluators (ECE) or Span Tran. Other Credential Evaluations will be accepted if accredited through NACES. 
• Official TOEFL, IELTS or PTE scores (test must be taken within the last two years)
• Proof of ability to pay educational expenses from a bank, and an affidavit of financial support
• Two letters of recommendation*
• Professional resume
• Personal statement
  • A well-organized essay answering the prompt: What are your career and educational goals?
• Application fee of USD $35 for all master’s, certificate and doctoral programs
• Official GMAT or GRE score *for some programs (must be taken within last seven years, see below)

*Please note that Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology/Toxicology programs require three recommendations.

There may be different or additional requirements for the following graduate programs:

Professional Health Programs

• Master of Occupational Therapy MOT
• Master of Physician Assistant Studies MSPAS
• Doctor of Occupational Therapy DrOT
• Doctor of Pharmacy PharmD
• Doctor of Physical Therapy DPT
   

Master's/ & PhD

• Pharmaceutics MS, PhD
• Pharmacology and Toxicology MS, PhD

Some programs require standardized test scores.

Graduate Business Program requirements and information:

• Official GRE or GMAT score
• Must be taken within the last seven years
• In lieu of GMAT/GRE scores, students may be waived based on
  • professional work experience
  • academic excellence
  • licensed in the United States as a CPA, CFP, CFA, PMP
  • earned a terminal degree (Ph.D., M.D., D.O., J.D., DBA, etc.)
  • earned a master’s degree (M.S., M.A., etc.) from an accredited, not-for-profit institution.

Graduate Education programs requirements and information:

Some graduate education programs may require proof of teacher certification. Contact the program director or admissions office for more information.

Transcripts, WES evaluations and language test scores should be sent to the Office of Graduate Operations:

Saint Joseph’s University
Office of Graduate Operations
5600 City Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19131

Official electronic documents can be sent to gradstaff@sju.edu (email copies from students are not considered official and can’t be accepted).

Those applying to our professional health programs as an incoming graduate student may need to submit their packet differently. Please refer to the appropriate program page.

For personalized admissions assistance, please contact graduate@sju.edu or 610-660-1101.