Admission to the program is based on the student’s prior academic record, graduate record exam (GRE) scores, recommendations and prior experience. Minimum requirements include a GRE score (verbal plus quantitative) of 850, an undergraduate grade point average of 2.6 on a 4.0 scale, and, in the case of international students for whom the primary language is not English, a score of 80, with at least 20 on the speaking and writing portions, on the Internet Based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).