For admission consideration, all candidates must take either the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Ask the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send scores directly to Murray State University using our institution code: 1494. For more information, refer to the MSU Gradute Bulletin.

Unconditional Admission
TSM applicants will be unconditionally admitted if their undergraduate grade point average (GPA) is 3.0 or higher and they submit a Graduate Management Test (GMAT) score of at least 400 or submit a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score of at least 800. However, if the applicant’s GPA is less than 3.0 and they submit a GMAT score that satisfies the GMAT admission formula, or they submit a GRE score that satisfies the GRE admission formula, they will be fully admitted.

• GMAT formula: (200 x GPA) + (GMAT score) > 1,000
• GRE formula: (200 x GPA) + GRE > 1,400
  *Note: The GRE formula uses the combined score from the quantitative and verbal sections only.

In addition, candidates must take the TOEFL and score at least 550 on the paper-based exam (or 213 on the computerized version) if English is not their native language or they have not graduated from an accredited English speaking university.


Conditional Admission
TSM applicants may be admitted conditionally if their overall GPA is 2.75 or higher, or at least 3.0 for their last 60 hours of undergraduate study. The applicant could then be fully
admitted to the program if the applicant meets at least one of the following two conditions:

1. The applicant takes TSM 601, TSM 610 and one other core course (ACC 604, MGT 651, TSM 602, TSM 603, or TSM 630) as their first nine hours of the program and maintains a 3.33 GPA for these nine hours; or
2. the applicant takes the GMAT or GRE and meets the unconditional admission formula within their first semester in the program. If either of these conditions is not met, the applicant will be denied admission to the program even if the student has taken coursework in the program.

International Admission
Applicants, from any country where English is a second language, will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency. This can be done by taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam and score at least:

1. 550 pBT (paper-based test)
2. 213 cBT (computer-based test)
3. Minimum of 20 in each band iBT (internet-based test) Or take the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam and score 6.0 on the academic test (with no band<5.5) to be fully admitted into the program.