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Admission Procedures

How to Apply

Interested individuals should submit the following directly to the Graduate Division:

  1. Completed application for admission including a $50.00 application fee (Check or Money Order made payable to Thomas College) or application fee waiver;

  2. Official transcripts of all post-secondary education;

  3. Proof of immunization (required by Maine state law) against measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) for students born after 1956 and against tetanus/diphtheria (TD) for all students.  The tetanus/diphtheria shot must have been received within the last ten years.

  4.  Two (2) letters of recommendation;

  5. Students applying for a master’s program must hold a bachelor’s degree and must submit satisfactory GMAT scores for the  Master of Business Administration or Master of Business Administation in Human Resource Management degree program. GRE or Miller Analogies Test scores may be submitted for the Master of Science in Education or Master of Science in Computer Technology in Education programs.  As an alternative to the GMAT, GRE, or Miller Analogies Test, a student may be accepted conditionally and complete three Thomas graduate courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or better.  Students who hold a CPA, MBA, MSB or JD do not need to submit GMAT scores.

Thomas College grants admission to qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, creed, ethnic background, marital status, or handicap.

Matriculation into a Masters programs at Thomas College is contingent upon one of the following:

  1. Applicant has successfully completed an advanced degree from another accredited college or university.

  2. Applicant holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and has completed the GMAT, GRE or Miller Analogies Test with a satisfactory score (as determined by the College's formula).

  3. Applicant holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and has completed three (3) Thomas College graduate courses within a specific program with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or better.

  4. Applicant is enrolled in a five-year program at Thomas College and has achieved a GPA of 3.0 (or higher) by the end of his/her third year of study.  Applicants enrolled in a five-year program who have not achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher by the end of their third year of study must take the GMAT, GRE, or Miller Analogies Test and receive a satisfactory score before they may take any graduate level courses.  Five-year students who fail to achieve satisfactory scores, or whose cumulative GPA drops below 3.0 will be dropped from the program.