Admissions Requirements

How to Apply

• Complete the online Graduate Admission application
• A non-refundable application fee of $50.00 (U.S. dollars) is required for all degree-seeking applications (master's, educational specialist, and doctoral).
• A non-refundable application fee of $25.00 (U.S. dollars) is required for all new non-degree, unclassified, and certificate applications. (Note: SEVIS requires all F1 visa holders to be enrolled in a degree-seeking program. Stand-alone graduate certificates, non-degree, and unclassified status are typically not eligible for an F1 visa.)
• If currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate UNO course, the application fee will be $25.00 (U.S. dollars).

More information can be found on the Graduate Studies website

Application Review

Application Deadlines (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Fall 2024)

• Fall: Review begins March 1
• Spring: Review begins October 1st
• Summer: April 15

Note: Applications will still be received and reviewed until term begins If you are applying for a graduate assistantship, both admissions and assistantship application materials must be completed by March 1 (for Fall Semester) and October 1 (for Spring Semester) for priority consideration.

Applying for a Graduate Teaching Assistantship

If you are applying for a graduate teaching assistantship, both admissions and assistantship admissions and assistantship application materials will start being reviewed March 1.

Please submit all graduate teaching assistantship application materials to:

UNO School of Communication
ATTN: Graduate Program Chair

The materials can be sent as an attachment to rsubramanian@unomaha.edu as well.

Find information on graduate teaching assistantships

Application Requirements

• Three (3) Letters of Recommendation
  • A minimum of one letter from a faculty member of the applicant’s undergraduate program should be included if at all possible. Other letters should address an applicant’s ability to do advanced-level academic work.
    
    
• Statement of Purpose: the Statement of Purpose should be 500 words in length and should answer the following questions:
  • Why have you chosen the UNO School of Communication master’s degree program?
  • What are your areas of scholarly interest and research?
  • What are your personal or professional plans after you complete the master’s degree?
    
    
• Writing Sample - An academic or otherwise-demonstrative writing sample (e.g., term paper, senior thesis, or research paper) that demonstrates the applicant's strengths as a writer and researcher
  
  
• Résumé or CV
  
  
• Identify Major and Minor field(s) of study, overall GPA, and GPA within major, as well as all relevant experience

Regarding the language proficiency scores, we currently accept the TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, and Duolingo. Learn more on the Entrance Exams webpage.

Unconditional/Provisional Admission

Unconditional admission may be granted to a student, after reviewing their complete admission application, whose record includes at least the following:

Certification of a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution; documentation through the official transcript using a 4.0 grade point scale of having earned at least a 3.5 in communication undergraduate work, and either a 3.0 overall undergraduate average or a 3.25 average in the last half of undergraduate credit hours, and inclusion of at least 15 undergraduate semester hours of appropriate courses in communication arts and sciences, including sufficient advanced upper division preparation in the area of graduate concentration.

Provisional Admission may be granted for reasons of experience, maturity, or other circumstances to a student who does not meet the unconditional admission standards.

In no case may a student be admitted who does not meet UNO Graduate College provisional admission standards. If granted provisional admission, the student must complete a graduate-level communication seminar during the first 12 hours of coursework with a grade of "B" (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) or higher.