Graduate Admission Requirements and Information
Loyola University Maryland information about applying
Graduate admission eligibility requirements
Applicants are required to have a bachelor's degree
Application deadlines
Must adhere to all deadlines. Applications which are not complete will not be considered.
Application fee information
Application fee waviers
Application fee non-refundable
Transcript/Academic Record requirements
U.S. colleges and universities
Applicants must submit official transcripts from any college or university where they have earned or will be earning a degree. If the graduate program requires prerequisite coursework, applicants must ensure that any transcripts which include those prerequisites are submitted, regardless of whether a degree was earned at that school. Applicants are also encouraged to submit transcripts for any other coursework relevant to the graduate program to which they are applying. The admission committee reserves the right to request official transcripts from colleges or universities where an applicant attended but did not complete a degree. Please note that not submitting all transcripts where courses have been completed could impact course waivers if applicable.
We strongly recommend that all applicants have their schools send us official electronic transcripts if possible. If your school uses an automated transcript request service, please select "Loyola University Maryland" as the receiving institution, and be sure to select "Graduate" or "Graduate Admission" as the receiving office. If your school does not use an automated transcript request service but will send an official transcript via email from their Registrar/Records office, have the transcripts sent to graduate@loyola.edu. Electronic transcripts sent to us by the applicant as email attachments are not considered official.
If your school is unable to provide electronic transcripts of any kind, your official transcript must be sent to us by mail in an envelope sealed by the school. Our mailing address can be found on the Graduate Admission webpage. Please note that it will take additional time for us to receive and process official transcripts sent to us by mail.
International Academic Records
Loyola University Maryland requires that all international (non-U.S.) academic records be evaluated by an academic record evaluation service and submitted to the Office of Graduate Admission and Financial Aid for review. The evaluation must be sent to our office directly and must be from one of the following evaluation services:
In addition to the international evaluation, applicants must also send scanned copies of all of their original international academic records (including diplomas, degree documents, and university verifications, etc.) to graduate@loyola.edu. Each college/university record must be scanned as a single PDF document - do not send separate attachments for each page. Be sure to include "International Academic Records" in the subject line of the email.
English Language Examination Requirements
Applicants are required to submit official English language examination scores unless they have earned or will be earning a bachelor's (or higher) degree from either:
*Applicants who attended a college or university in Puerto Rico are still required to take the exam.
**If English is not the sole language of instruction listed, or if no language of instruction is listed, or if your college/university is not included in WHED, you will be required to submit English language examination scores.
Note: Applicants to either of the M.Ed. in Literacy graduate programs are exempted from the English language examination requirements due to other admission requirements of the programs demonstrating English language fluency.
English Language Examination Options
Loyola University Maryland accepts any of the following English language exams. All English examination scores are considered valid for up to two years after the testing date.
Note: Although the minimum eligibility scores for each exam are listed below, graduate programs expect competitive applicants to have scores that exceed the university's minimum eligibility requirements. Please check the graduate program application instructions to see if the program has higher minimum or recommended scores.
TOEFL iBT (test center exam, home edition, or paper edition)
Minimum score required for eligibility: 80 overall score (Note: We do not accept TOEFL MyBest scores)
Website: http://www.ets.org/toefl
Scores must be submitted to Loyola University Maryland electronically using Institution Code 5370 (Exception: Applicants to the Speech-Language Pathology graduate program must submit their TOEFL scores to CSDCAS instead using Institution Code C122).
IELTS Academic (in-person exam)
Minimum score required for eligibility: 6.5 overall band score
Website: http://www.ielts.org
Scores must be submitted to Loyola University Maryland for review and verification. Contact graduate@loyola.edu for additional information.
IELTS Indicator (online exam)
Minimum score required for eligibility: 6.5 overall band score
Website: https://www.ieltsindicator.com
Scores must be submitted to Loyola University Maryland electronically. Make certain to select our university and "Graduate Admission" when sending your scores.
TOEFL Essentials (online exam)
Minimum score required for eligibility: 9.0 overall band score (Note: We do not accept TOEFL MyBest scores)
Website: https://www.ets.org/s/toefl-essentials/
Scores must be submitted to Loyola University Maryland electronically using Institution Code 5370.
Duolingo English Test (online exam)
Minimum score required for eligibility: 115
Website: https://englishtest.duolingo.com/
Scores must be submitted to Loyola University Maryland electronically.