Graduate Degrees | Minors | Graduate
Certificates | Courses or Other Support to Graduate
Programs
Fields Offering Graduate Degrees
The Graduate School offers major programs of study in the following fields.
Except where noted by an exception in parentheses, these programs required the
Graduate Records Examination (GRE) scores and will not take action on
applications unless accompanied by scores for at least the GRE General
(Aptitude) Test (verbal, quantitative and analytical):
Accounting
- MR
(GMAT)
Adult and Community College Education
- EdD, MS, MEd
(GRE)
Aerospace Engineering
- PhD, MS
(GRE)
Agricultural and Extension Education
- EdD
(GRE)
Agricultural and Resource Economics
- MS
(GRE (required if requesting financial aid))
Agricultural Education
- MS, MR
(GRE)
Analytics
- MS
(None)
Animal Science
- MS, MR
(GRE)
Animal Science & Poultry Science
- PhD
(GRE)
Anthropology
- MA
(GRE)
Applied Mathematics
- PhD, MS
(GRE General Test (Subject Test not required but strongly encouraged))
Architecture
- MR
(GRE (required for track 3 applicants only))
Art and Design
- MR
(GRE (not required; strongly recommended if GPA is lower than 3.0))
Biochemistry
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Bioinformatics
- PhD, MR
(GRE)
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE (exceptions apply; contact program))
Biomanufacturing
- MS, MR
(GRE)
Biomathematics
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Biomedical Engineering
- PhD, MS
(GRE, TOEFL for internationals)
Business Administration
- MR
(GMAT)
Chemical Engineering
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Chemistry
- PhD, MS
(GRE)
Civil Engineering
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE; TOEFL (or IELTS))
Climate Change and Society
- MR
(None)
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- MS, MEd
(GRE or MAT)
College Counseling and Student Development
- MS, MEd
(GRE or MAT)
Communication
- MS
(GRE)
Communication Rhetoric and Digital Media
- PhD
(GRE)
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
- PhD, MS
(GRE)
Computer Engineering
- PhD, MS
(GRE; TOEFL)
Computer Networking
- MS
(GRE, GRE Subject Test recommended for aid)
Computer Science
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE, GRE Subject Test recommended for PhD and aid)
Counseling and Counselor Education
- PhD
(GRE or MAT)
Creative Writing
- MFA
(GRE)
Crop Science
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Curriculum and Instruction
- PhD, MS, MEd
(GRE (PhD); GRE or MAT (MEd and MS))
Design
- PhD
(GRE)
Economics
- PhD, MR, MS
(GRE)
Educational Administration and Supervision
- EdD
(GRE or MAT)
Educational Research and Policy Analysis
- PhD
(GRE)
Electric Power Systems Engineering
- MS
(GRE, TOEFL)
Electrical Engineering
- PhD, MS
(GRE; TOEFL)
Elementary Education
- MS, MEd
(GRE or MAT)
Engineering
- MR
(entrance exam not required)
English
- MA
(GRE general test; analytical writing)
Entomology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Environmental Assessment
- MR
Environmental Engineering
- MS, MR
(GRE; TOEFL (or IELTS))
Extension Education
- MS, MR
(GRE)
Family Life and Youth Development
- MS, MR
(GRE)
Fiber and Polymer Science
- PhD
(GRE)
Financial Mathematics
- MR
(GRE)
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Food Science
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Foreign Languages and Literature
- MA
(GRE required. Candidates must also prove fluency in French or Spanish.)
Forest Biomaterials
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE (exceptions apply; contact program))
Forestry and Environmental Resources
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Functional Genomics
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Genetics
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Geospatial Information Science and Technology
- MR
Global Innovation Management
- MR
(GMAT; TOEFL (or IELTS))
Graphic Design
- MR
(GRE (exceptions apply; contact program))
Higher Education Administration
- MS, MEd, EdD
(GRE)
History
- MA
(GRE)
Horticultural Science
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Human Resource Development
- MS
(GRE)
Immunology
- PhD, MS
(GRE)
Industrial Design
- MR
(GRE (exceptions apply; contact program))
Industrial Engineering
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Instructional Technology
- MS, MEd
(GRE or MAT (MEd and MS))
Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- MR
(GRE (exceptions apply; contact program))
International Studies
- MR
(GRE)
Landscape Architecture
- MR
(GRE (not required; strongly recommended if GPA is lower than 3.0))
Liberal Studies
- MA
(entrance exam not required)
Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
- PhD, MS
(GRE)
Materials Science and Engineering
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE (exceptions apply; contact program))
Mathematics
- PhD, MS
(GRE General Test (Subject Test not required but strongly encouraged))
Mathematics Education
- PhD, MS, MEd
(GRE)
Mechanical Engineering
- PhD, MS
(GRE)
Microbial Biotechnology
- MR
(GRE)
Microbiology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Natural Resources
- MS, MR
(GRE)
Nuclear Engineering
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE required for on-campus programs only)
Nutrition
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Operations Research
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
- PhD, MS, MR
(Please see program website)
Physics
- PhD, MS
(GRE and GRE Subject Test)
Physiology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Plant Biology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Plant Pathology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Poultry Science
- MS, MR
(GRE )
Psychology
- PhD, MS
(GRE. The GRE Subject Test is no longer required, but is strongly encouraged, especially for non-psychology majors. MAT not required but strongly encouraged.)
Public Administration
- PhD, MR
(GRE)
Public History
- MA
(GRE)
School Administration
- MR
(GRE or MAT)
School Counseling
- MS, Med
(GRE or MAT)
Science Education
- PhD, MS, MEd
(GRE or MAT (MS, MEd); GRE (PhD))
Social Work
- MR
(GRE or MAT (required under certain conditions; contact department))
Sociology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Soil Science
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE required for US students, recommended for internationals)
Special Education
- MS, MEd
(GRE or MAT)
Specialized Veterinary Medicine
- MR
(GRE)
Statistics
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Teaching
- MA
(GRE)
Technical Communication
- MS
(GRE)
Technology Education
- MS, MEd, EdD
(GRE or MAT)
Textile Chemistry
- MS
(GRE)
Textile Engineering
- MS
(GRE)
Textile Technology Management
- PhD
(GRE or GMAT)
Textiles
- MS, MR
(GRE)
Toxicology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Training and Development
- MEd
(GRE)
Zoology
- PhD, MS, MR
(GRE)
Departments not normally requiring GRE scores may in special instances require
their submission as additional information to be used in making a judgment of
the student's potential for success in a graduate program.
Fields Offering Minors
The following fields and units, while not offering graduate degrees, support
graduate education by offering graduate minors:
Biotechnology
Cognitive Science
Computational Engineering and Science
Ecology
Environmental Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
Food Safety
Geographic Information Systems
Interdisciplinary
Life Science Ethics
Plant Physiology
Water Resources
Women's & Gender Studies
Departments not normally requiring GRE scores may in special instances require
their submission as additional information to be used in making a judgment of
the student's potential for success in a graduate program.
Fields Offering Graduate Certificates
The following fields and units, while not offering graduate degrees, support
graduate education by offering graduate certificates:
Administration and Leadership - Family and Youth Programs
Agricultural Education
City Design
Community College Teaching
Consumer Textile Product Design and Development
Counselor Education
Design and Analysis of Environmental Systems: Watershed Assessment and Restoration
E-Learning
Energy and Technology in Architecture
Environmental Assessment
Family Life and Parent Education
Family Life Coaching
Feed Science
Geographic Information Systems
Gerontology
Horticultural Science
Mathematics
Medical Devices
Molecular Biotechnology
Nonprofit Management
Nonwovens Science and Technology
Program Development in Family Life Education
Public Policy
Renewable Electric Energy Systems
Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization
Textile Brand Management and Marketing
Textile Supply Chain Management
Training and Development
Volunteer Management and Administration
Youth Development and Leadership
Departments not normally requiring GRE scores may in special instances require
their submission as additional information to be used in making a judgment of
the student's potential for success in a graduate program.
Fields Offering Courses or Other Support to Graduate Programs
The following fields and units, while not offering graduate degrees, support
graduate education by offering graduate courses or in some
other capacity:
Biological Sciences
Education
Multidisciplinary Studies
Philosophy and Religious Studies