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Terms and Deadlines

Degree and GPA Requirements

Additional Standards for Non-Native English Speakers

Additional standards for international applicants.

For the 2025-2026 academic year

See 2024-2025 requirements instead

Fall 2025 quarter (beginning in September)

Priority deadline: December 2, 2024

Final submission deadline: June 16, 2025

International submission deadline: May 5, 2025

Priority deadline: Applications will be considered after the Priority deadline provided space is available.

Final submission deadline: Applicants cannot submit applications after the final submission deadline.

Degrees and GPA Requirements

Bachelors degree: All graduate applicants must hold an earned baccalaureate from a regionally accredited college or university or the recognized equivalent from an international institution.

Masters degree: This program requires a masters degree as well as the baccalaureate.

University GPA requirement: The minimum grade point average for admission consideration for graduate study at the University of Denver must meet one of the following criteria:

A cumulative 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for the baccalaureate degree.

A cumulative 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for the last 60 semester credits or 90 quarter credits (approximately two years of work) for the baccalaureate degree.

An earned master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution or the recognized equivalent from an international institution supersedes the minimum GPA requirement for the baccalaureate.

A cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all graduate coursework completed for applicants who have not earned a master’s degree or higher.

Official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), C1 Advanced or Duolingo English Test are required of all graduate applicants, regardless of citizenship status, whose native language is not English or who have been educated in countries where English is not the native language. Your TOEFL/IELTS/C1 Advanced/Duolingo English Test scores are valid for two years from the test date.

The minimum TOEFL/IELTS/C1 Advanced/Duolingo English Test score requirements for this degree program are:

Minimum TOEFL Score (Internet-based test): 80

Minimum IELTS Score: 6.5

Minimum C1 Advanced Score: 176

Minimum Duolingo English Test Score: 115

Additional Information:

Read the English Language Proficiency policy for more details.

Read the Required Tests for GTA Eligibility policy for more details.

Per Student & Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) regulation, international applicants must meet all standards for admission before an I-20 or DS-2019 is issued, [per U.S. Federal Register: 8 CFR § 214.3(k)] or is academically eligible for admission and is admitted [per 22 C.F.R. §62]. Read the Additional Standards For International Applicants policy for more details.

Application Materials

Transcripts, letters of recommendation.

Required Essays and Statements

Other Required Materials

We require a scanned copy of your transcripts from every college or university you have attended. Scanned copies must be clearly legible and sized to print on standard 8½-by-11-inch paper. Transcripts that do not show degrees awarded must also be accompanied by a scanned copy of the diploma or degree certificate. If your academic transcripts were issued in a language other than English, both the original documents and certified English translations are required.

Transcripts and proof of degree documents for postsecondary degrees earned from institutions outside of the United States will be released to a third-party international credential evaluator to assess U.S. education system equivalencies. Beginning July 2023, a non-refundable fee for this service will be required before the application is processed.

Upon admission to the University of Denver, official transcripts will be required from each institution attended.

Three (3) letters of recommendation are required.  Letters should be submitted by recommenders through the online application.

Essays and Statements

Personal statement instructions.

The Higher Education Department understands equity, diversity, and social justice as essential and fundamental concerns in the study, practice, and leadership of post-secondary education.  Please provide a personal statement of academic and professional goals (1-2 pages, double-spaced).  Include in your statement: (1) Research interests and professional objectives in the study of higher education. (2) Any personal, educational, and employment experiences that have shaped your research and professional interests in the study of higher education. (3) Expectations for how the PhD in Higher Education at the University of Denver specifically will support your research interests and professional objectives.  Note: if there is a specific faculty member with whom you would like to work, based on your research interests, please mention and discuss in this statement.

Diversity Statement Instructions

Please provide a statement of equity, diversity, and social justice (1-2 pages, double-spaced). Include in your statement: (1) Your thoughts on the roles and opportunities for equity, diversity, and social justice in postsecondary institutions and/or higher education policy. (2) Any personal, academic, and/or professional experiences that have shaped your understanding and commitment to equity, diversity, and social justice in higher education.

Résumé Instructions

The résumé (or C.V.) should include work experience, research, and/or volunteer work.

Additional requirements for this program:

Virtual interview may be required.

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Your submitted materials will be reviewed once all materials and application fees have been received.

Our program can only consider your application for admission if our Office of Graduate Education has received all your online materials and supplemental materials by our application deadline.

Application Fee: $65.00 Application Fee

International Degree Evaluation Fee: $50.00 Evaluation Fee for degrees (bachelor's or higher) earned from institutions outside the United States.

Applicants should complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by February 15. Visit the Office of Financial Aid for additional information.

2024-2025 University of Denver Graduate Bulletin

Thesis and dissertation publication options, embargoes and restrictions on accessing theses and dissertations.

Students should be advised that a thesis or dissertation may be considered to be “previously published” by some publishers if it is put into a searchable digital/electronic repository (e.g. ProQuest). However, it should be noted that the student, not ProQuest (UMI), retains the copyright.

Students should discuss their future thesis/dissertation publication goals with their advisor. Students planning to publish from their thesis or dissertation should consider requesting an embargo of their work.

The student will submit a petition for an academic exception explaining the reasons for the embargo.  The thesis or dissertation chair director will also submit a supporting statement to the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education at [email protected] explaining the issue and stating that access to the work needs to be restricted. The Senior Vice Provost must approve the final decision for permission to embargo the work.

During an embargo, ProQuest will completely restrict access to the document for a specified time period. The thesis or dissertation will be held in the ProQuest repository with no access until the embargo expires.

Reasons for Embargo

• The student is interested in pursuing the option of an academic or commercial press acquiring the rights to publish the dissertation or thesis as a book.
• The student is interested in submitting work from the thesis/dissertation to a peer-reviewed journal.
• There are patentable rights in the work for which disclosure may be detrimental to the rights or interests of the author.
• There is an ethical need to prevent disclosure of sensitive or classified information about persons, institutions, technologies, etc. for a time-limited period.

If a student believes that they will need to restrict access for a limited time period, the student can request a six month, one year, or two year embargo.

When an embargo expires, the thesis or dissertation will be automatically made available electronically by ProQuest.

Renewing an Embargo

If a student wishes to continue to restrict access for a limited time period, the student can request a six month, one year, or two year renewal on the embargo. The student and the thesis or dissertation chair director will submit an academic exception to the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education ([email protected]) explaining the issue and stating that access to the work stills needs to be temporarily restricted. The Vice Provost must approve the final decision for permission to renewal embargo. A student may only request two embargo renewals, for a maximum of a six year embargo period. Students with extenuating circumstances should consult with the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education.

If the embargo extension is approved, the student should contact ProQuest directly at 1-800-521-0600 x77020 or via email at [email protected] .

University Libraries

ProQuest makes the thesis/dissertation available electronically to the University Libraries. The level of access to the student’s work through the University Libraries depends upon embargo choices as described below.

• If the student does not embargo the work, the library will make the work available through the library’s online catalog, with links to both ProQuest and the library’s digital repository.

If the student embargoes the work for one of the following two reasons, University Libraries will make the work available only to the DU Community and through Inter-Library Loan in a PDF format. The work will not be made available outside the DU Community or over the internet:

If the student embargoes the work for one of the following two reasons, University Libraries will restrict access to the work until such time that they are notified by ProQuest that the embargo has been released, or when the author provides written permission directly to University Libraries:

• There are patentable rights in the work or other issues in which disclosure may be detrimental to the rights or interests of the author.

After the embargo period, the work will be made available through University Libraries online catalog with links to ProQuest and the library’s digital repository.

Opt Out Procedure   

In some instances a student may wish to use only University Libraries as the repository of their work. In such cases the student work will be submitted digitally to University Libraries, and it will be made available only to the DU Community and through Inter-Library Loan in a PDF format.

The student will submit a  petition for an academic exception  explaining the reasons why access to the work needs to be restricted.  The thesis or dissertation chair director will also submit a supporting statement to the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education at [email protected] explaining the issue and stating that access to the work needs to be restricted. The Senior Vice Provost must approve the final decision for permission to to restrict access to the work.

Permanently Suppress    

In rare cases, where the work includes proprietary information such as company data and records or confidential information that should never be made public, such as client records or interviews or some other serious condition that justifies such an action, it may be appropriate for a student to permanently suppress work. In such cases, the student work will be submitted electronically to University Libraries. The work will be retained by the library and listed in catalog system, but it will not be accessible without permission from the author.

The student will submit a  petition for an academic exception  explaining the reasons why access to the work needs to be restricted.  The thesis or dissertation chair director will also submit a supporting statement to the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education at [email protected] explaining the issue and stating that access to the work needs to be restricted. The Senior Vice Provost must approve the final decision for permission to restrict access to the work.

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