4.2 Master's Degrees

(Approved February 16, 1993) (Amended January 25, 2012) (Amended January 27, 2021)

An individual applying for admission to a master's degree program must possess a baccalaureate degree from an institutionally accredited educational institution—or in the case of foreign students, a recognized institution—with a minimum grade point average of 2.2 on a 4.0 system, of which 75 graded semester-hours or 112 graded quarter-hours must have been taken.

If the candidate does not possess an undergraduate degree the following are standards for admission to a program leading to a graduate degree:

1. A minimum of 100 semester-hours or 150 quarter-hours of undergraduate work must have been completed at a regionally accredited institution with an average grade of ''B''. Courses in which grades lower than ''C'' were earned will not be counted in the total. Courses which have been duplicated on various transcripts should be counted only once in arriving at the total number of hours to be credited.
2. The general education requirements prescribed for the Naval Postgraduate School baccalaureate degree must be satisfied. These requirements are outlined in section 5.1 of this Manual.
3. No more than 20 semester-hours may be credited for work done in non-degree granting service schools.
4. Final approval of the applicant will be made by the appropriate academic unit Chair.