Applicants must also meet the following program requirements. Requirements may be more stringent than the minimum graduate school requirements.

A cumulative GPA of 2.75.
A well-written Personal Statement indicating background and purpose for applying.
An up-to-date resume.
GRE/GMAT requirement: ​The GRE/GMAT requirement is waived for Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 applicants (applicants must satisfy all other requirements). A score of 450 or greater in the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), with at least 20 in the verbal section and 24 in the quantitative, OR an overall score of 297 or greater in the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), including scores of at least 143 in verbal reasoning and 140 in quantitative reasoning. The GMAT/GRE requirement will be waived, by email request to the Graduate Programs Office (cob_graduate@emich.edu), for applicants who meet any one of the following five criteria:
Have a master's or terminal degree from universities with an AACSB accredited college/business school (degrees from other institutions must be approved by the MBA curriculum committee).
Have at least five years of managerial experience as determined by the MBA curriculum committee (e.g., experience with the responsibility of managing both people and budget).
Have earned a cumulative 3.5 GPA from all six courses in the Graduate Certificate of Business Administration and/or approved equivalent courses (maximum of two).
Have earned any other bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited university with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Have earned an AACSB-accredited Bachelor of Business Administration degree (minimum 60 credits)., with a Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and an average GPA of 3.0 in statistics, accounting, and finance courses.
Applicants whose native language is not English must submit a TOEFL score of 80 overall, with at least 20 in reading, writing, listening, and speaking sections, or an IELTS score of 6.5 overall, with at least 6.5 in reading, listening, and speaking, and at least 6.0 in writing.
TOEFL - 80
IELTS -6.5