Admissions

Admission Requirements

As a University of Phoenix business or management student, you can earn your associate's, bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree from the largest private university in North America—and sooner than you may think. Best of all, you can earn your degree while still having time for your job, family and other commitments.

Following are the admission requirements for University of Phoenix bachelor's and master's degree programs. Click here for Associate Admissions Requirements or Doctoral Admission Requirements.

Bachelor Admission Requirements

Graduate Admission Requirements

Bachelor Admission Requirements

To enter a bachelor degree program, you must:

• have earned a high school diploma, GED, California High School Proficiency Examination certificate, or foreign secondary school equivalent.
• be currently employed. If you are not employed, you must have access to an organizational environment that allows you to apply the concepts you learn in our courses. Selected undergraduate programs require applicants entering with less than 24 transferable credits to have current employment or access to an organizational environment and one year of full-time work experience.
• be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if attending a campus located in the United States.
• complete all required forms for admission, submit high school graduation documentation, and submit official test scores and official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended.
• submit immunization documentation if you are a resident of Oklahoma enrolling in a campus-based program.
• pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Test of English as an International Communication (TOEIC), the Berlitz^® Online English Proficiency Exam or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) if a non-native speaker of English.

As part of your admission, and depending upon your grades and/or scores, prior coursework from regionally accredited or nationally accredited degree-granting institutions, or the credit earned through a national testing program such as CLEP, DANTES or Advanced Placement may be evaluated and considered for academic credit. If you have had professional training or served in the military, you may be able to convert your training into academic credits.

Graduate Admission Requirements

To enter a graduate degree program, you must:

• have an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited, or candidate for accreditation, or approved nationally accredited college or university, or a comparable degree from a recognized institution outside the United States, and a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) as shown on the undergraduate degree posted transcript.
• provide verification of a minimum of three years of significant full-time, post-high school work experience. Note: verification of work experience is not required for the Master of Science in Accountancy and certain Master of Business Administration programs.
• be currently employed. If you are not currently employed, you must have access to an organizational environment that allows you to apply the concepts you learn in our courses.
• be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if attending a campus located in the United States.
• complete all required forms for admission and submit an official undergraduate degree posted transcript.
• submit immunization documentation if you are a resident of Oklahoma enrolling in a campus-based program.
• pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL^®), the Test of English as an International Communication (TOEIC), the Berlitz® Online English Proficiency Exam or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) if a non-native speaker of English.

Certain graduate programs have additional admission requirements. Please contact a University of Phoenix Enrollment Representative for information.