Candidates complete The Graduate Center’s Application for Admission and provide appropriate supplemental materials including transcripts and letters of recommendation.
Applicants to the M.S. in Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for admission:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in the United States, or its equivalent abroad, with a cumulative overall GPA of 3.0 (B average) or higher.
- Completion of an introductory statistical methods course at the undergraduate level and preferably a research methods course.
- Prior courses in sociology, psychology, educational psychology, or other social science fields beyond the introductory level are expected.
- Submit transcripts of all college and graduate work.
- Submit two letters of recommendation, preferably from academics.
- Submit a personal statement of up to 1,000 words, explaining why you want to obtain this degree and how your interests and academic/professional background are relevant to the degree; applicants are also encouraged to submit writing samples, but this is not required.
- Submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores* for the verbal, quantitative, and analytical parts of the exam.
- Submit Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores for students who have not earned a degree in an English-speaking country..
*Please note that the GRE requirement is currently suspended.
