their senior year. Admission will be withdrawn if the credentials remain incomplete or do not meet the standards of the Graduate Studies or of the degree program by the start of the semester that the applicant seeks to enroll. Students submitting false or incomplete information when applying for admissions will be denied admission and may be barred from future applications and enrollment in Graduate Studies and Programs. Where the submission of false or incomplete information is discovered after a student has been admitted the student will be removed from Graduate Studies and Programs and may be subject to additional sanctions.

All documents provided for admission belong to the University and cannot be returned to the applicant.

TYPES OF ADMISSION

The following are the minimum standards for graduate admission at Kentucky State University. However, an applicant must be admitted into a specific graduate program in order to enroll in the program. The faculty of each graduate program may invoke additional requirements for admission to the graduate program. These additional requirements, higher than minimum requirements for graduate admission, or other variations are described in the descriptions of program requirements in the sections devoted to individual programs.

1. Regular Admission

General requirements for regular (unconditional) admission are:

• A.A baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or from a well-recognized foreign institution;
• B.An overall undergraduate grade-point-average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale), and each degree program may set higher minimum grade-point-average. The GPA requirement cannot be rounded up.
• C.Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work indicating all degrees awarded and courses taken. The baccalaureate degree must be verified with an official transcript.
• D.Graduate Admissions Test (GRE, GMAT, PRAXIS, etc.) minimum scores specified under the section above. See also information regarding exceptions and waivers.
• E.Additional evidence of appropriate work history or educational experience.

2. Provisional Admission

An applicant unable to supply all of the required application materials prior to admission consideration, but who otherwise meets the requirements for regular admission may be granted provisional admission. Complete and satisfactory credentials must be received by the Office of Graduate Studies before the end of the semester in which the student has registered in a provisional status. A student will not be permitted to enroll with a provisional status for more than one semester. Provisional admission