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The application process and the admission criteria

Applications to the program may be procured by contacting the Program Office in person, by phone, by fax or by email. Completed applications are to be returned as directed thereon to the Graduate School. 

Electronic applications may be accessed by contacting the Graduate School page at the university's web site. http://www.wright.edu/academics/gradcatalog/

Three letters of recommendation are also required for admission along with official copies of all undergraduate college transcripts. (If the student intends to request a transfer of graduate credits from another regionally accredited college or university, official copies of those transcripts should also be sent.)

Regular admission to the Program normally requires a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university with a minimum 2.7 (on a 4-point scale) cumulative undergraduate grade point average (or the equivalent from a foreign university).

Students with lower grade point averages may be conditionally admitted upon certain circumstances. 

Students approaching their undergraduate graduations may receive provisional admittance. Generally, admitted students have completed their undergraduate degree with a major in a social science (e.g. sociology or psychology), criminal justice, social work or a related field. Other majors will be considered on a case-by-case basis, especially when the applicant has work experience in a criminal justice field.

Admission is generally for Fall term (when the core course sequences begin), but students wishing to start with program workshops may be admitted for other terms. The Criminal Justice and Social Problems track admits approximately twenty new students each year. All new students are required to attend an orientation prior to the start of fall quarter classes. Students who do not take classes for four consecutive quarters must apply for readmission.