Applicants must have earned a four-year undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution or a recognized institution in another country whose requirements for the bachelor's degree are substantially equivalent to an American four-year bachelor's degree.
Admission to the program is based primarily on the applicant's grade point average (GPA) and background in economics.
For admission to full standing, applicants must have a GPA of at least 2.750 on a 4.000 scale overall and for all courses in economics and required mathematics.
Applicants must have completed principles of macro- and microeconomics, plus one course in statistics and one in calculus. Additionally, students must have completed (or complete within one year of admission) intermediate level macro- and microeconomics. (An approved course in money and banking may be substituted for intermediate macroeconomics.) A minimum grade of C+ (2.300 grade points) is required for the two intermediate level classes as well as statistics and calculus.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required.
Non-native speakers of English must have received a minimum score of 550 on the paper-based, or 79 on the internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or a minimum overall band score of 6.5 on the IELTS, or have attended another U.S. university as a full-time student enrolled in academic courses for a minimum of one year, or have earned a bachelor's degree (or higher) from a U.S. university within two years of their proposed semester of admission.