Your degree need not be in Linguistics, but course work or experience relevant to Linguistics is strongly preferred. Applicants should at least have completed an undergraduate introductory survey course in Linguistics, or its equivalent.
Admission is highly competitive.
Successful applicants for the M.A. and Ph.D. programs typically have undergraduate GPAs well above 3.0. Applicants with graduate training are normally expected to have achieved at least a 3.5 GPA in previous graduate courses. While there is no official minimum score required for admission, successful applicants have normally achieved combined scores of over 1200 on the GRE verbal and math sections. Combined GRE verbal and math scores above 1300 are common, especially for students considered for research assistantships. While there is no official minimum score required for admission, successful applicants have normally achieved a score above 600.