1. Standard Admission:
Applicants must have a bachelor's
degree with at least a 3.0 GPA from a recognized college or university.
Undergraduate courses in statistics and research methodology are
recommended. Typical admitted students have at least a 3.5 GPA and those who have taken the GRE
have 1100 verbal + quantitative scores (old GREs) or 310 total verbal plus
quantitative for new GREs. Applications may be submitted online at the Rutgers Graduate School Camden Admissions and Aid website.
2. Admission following the B.A./M.A. Accelerated Degree Program: Undergraduates who are already enrolled at Rutgers University-Camden may seek acceptance into the B.A./M.A. accelerated degree program when they have completed 80 credits, with at least a 3.5 GPA in psychology courses taken at our campus. To be accepted into this program students must ask a member of the Rutgers-Camden Psychology Department faculty to send a brief recommendation to the psychology graduate program director. If approved they can take one graduate course in the fall semester of their senior year as an undergraduate and two graduate courses in the spring semester. Those credits are paid for at the undergraduate tuition rate, and are counted toward both the undergraduate and master's degrees. Completion of graduate classes does not guarantee admittance into the M.A. program; students must still apply for admission to the M.A. program following the above procedure for standard admission.
Admission decisions for the fall semester will be made beginning March 1 for the following semester, but earlier consideration may be requested by an applicant (e.g., if the applicant has an offer of admission from another program). Applications will continue to be accepted as long as places remain available in the graduate program. Applications should be submitted by March 15 for the fall semester if the applicant wishes to ensure full consideration for available financial aid fellowships. Students who wish to be considered for all forms of financial aid should file financial aid forms by March 1 (even if you have not yet applied for admission or have not yet been accepted).
Due to typical course sequences, students are only admitted to begin the program in the fall semester. In exceptional circumstances (e.g., having taken comparable graduate research methods courses at another university), a student may be admitted to begin in the spring semester. Applicants seeking admission for the spring semester should contact the Graduate Director.
Applicants to the program must submit the following:
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework
- Three letters of recommendation addressing the applicant's potential for graduate study in psychology. Preferably the letters should come from college professors who are familiar with the applicant's work, but if an applicant has been out of school for some years, letters from nonacademic professionals such as work supervisors may be acceptable.
- A statement about the applicant's personal and professional goals (including whether the applicant is interested in the Thesis Track or the Content Track of the program). For the Thesis Track, applicants should indicate which areas of research and which faculty members they might want to work with. To see Work-in-Progress and major research interests for Master's Thesis supervising faculty, please visit https://psychology.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty.
- A sole-authored writing sample (e.g., a paper that the applicant has written, without co-authors, for an undergraduate course).
- Scores from the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) are not required, but submitting GRE scores may give greater access to scholarships. Submission of GRE scores is encouraged if they are available.
Applications may be obtained and submitted online at the Rutgers Graduate School Camden Admissions and Aid website https://graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/admissions/