Page 1 of 5 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 or GRE) Chemical Engineering - PhD, MS, MR (GRE) Chemistry - PhD, MS (GRE) Civil Engineering - PhD, MS, MR (GRE; TOEFL (or IELTS)) Climate Change and Society - MR (GRE) 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)
Page 2 of 5 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))
Page 3 of 5 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) Nanoengineering - MR 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)
Page 4 of 5 Fields Offering Minors 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 Fields Offering Graduate Certificates 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
Page 5 of 5 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 Fields Offering Courses or Other Support to Graduate Programs offering graduate courses or in some other capacity: Biological Sciences Education Multidisciplinary Studies Philosophy and Religious Studies