Deadlines Costs Apply Online Basis for Admission Student selection is based on academic potential, without regard to race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, place of national origin, age, or handicap. A bachelor's degree granted by a college or university of recognized standing is requisite to admission but is not itself sufficient. Criteria for admission include the high probability of success in graduate study and in subsequent teaching, research, or professional careers, and the capacity to profit from the particular type of program available in a given subject area.
Departments vary somewhat in their criteria.
Prospective students are encouraged to ask about the specific admissions standards of a given department. In keeping with the philosophy of Claremont Graduate University, the admissions decision is individualized and based on a wide range of information about the applicant, rather than on rigid, preselected criteria. If an applicant has done graduate work at another institution, the record of that work will be considered. The dean of the University grants official admission on the basis of faculty review and recommendation. Participation in the University's summer session does not constitute admission to the University.