Graduate Students

• Have completed an acceptable baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from an accredited or internationally recognized institution
• Are in good academic standing at the last college of university attended
• Have attained a grade-point average of at least 2.5 cumulative or in the last 60 semester (90 quarter units) attempted
• Satisfactorily meet the professional, personal, scholastic, and other standards for graduate studies, which may include qualifying examinations

Please refer directly to specific academic department website for additional admissions criteria and standardized test requirements (GMAT and/or GRE).

Final college transcripts will be due to Cal Poly Pomona as indicted on your Bronco Direct account "to-do" list.

Cal Poly Pomona is requesting that your send your Final Official Transcripts electronically. If your sending institution does not offer electronic transcripts, we recommend using the following services:

• National Student Clearinghouse
• Credential Solutions

If sending PDF transcripts, please indicate the recipient email is “verify@cpp.edu”

Should these services not be available for your sending institution, please mail to:

*Please do not open transcripts, otherwise they will be considered unofficial and we will not be able to accept them. Allow 2 week for transcripts to be processed and reflected on your “to-do” list.

International Students

All graduate and postbaccalaureate applicants, regardless of citizenship, whose preparatory education at the postsecondary level was principally in a language other than English, must demonstrate competence in English.

English Language Proficiency Tests

Required scores and exams accepted are:

English Proficiency Waiver

• If you possess a bachelor’s degree from a postsecondary institution where English is the principal language of instruction
• If you have studied at least 3 years of full‐time enrollment at a college/university where English is the principal language of instruction
• If you have completed and passed a level six from the Cal Poly English Language Institute (CPELI). This waiver is only applicable for graduate students. For more information regarding the CPELI program, please visit their official website
• Countries where English is the national language include: Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Canada (except Québec), Ghana, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, New Zealand, Nigeria, Scotland, South Africa, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, the United States, Virgin Islands and Wales