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Admission Requirements

The applicant for the doctor of philosophy in Nursing (PhD) degree must meet the general requirements of the Graduate School and have a Master of Science in Nursing degree from a program accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or proof of equivalent education at a foreign institution.

Foreign students whose native language is not English must take, in addition to the Test of English as a Foreign Language (minimum score of 550), the Test of Spoken English. The foreign student must also possess a current Texas RN license for admission.
 
Detailed admissions requirements: BSN to PhD, MSN to PhD

Admission Status Options The admission status options are defined below. 

Unconditional Admission Applicants must meet all criteria for unconditional admission
 
Probationary Admission

Criteria for probationary admission status are designated in the following table. *Students not meeting requirements will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee which is chaired by the Associate Dean for PhD Programs.  The committee will review the following:  GPA; TOEFL (if applicable); Goal Statement; and Interview scores.  An applicant who performs successfully on a majority of these criteria will be admitted on probation.  The committee will make a final admission decision and document that decision for the student record.  When on probation, students can make no grade lower than a 3.0 in their first 12 semester hours of graduate coursework.
 

Provisional Admission An applicant unable to supply all required documentation prior to the admission deadline but who otherwise appears to meet admission requirements.
 
Deferred Status Deferred decision is granted when a file is incomplete or when a denied decision is not appropriate.
 
Denial of Admission An applicant will be denied admission if he/she has less than satisfactory performance on a majority of admission criteria listed in the table below.  The PhD Admissions Committee will make a recommendation for denial.
 
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