Admission

Our students come from a variety of academic backgrounds including health services, psychology, business, natural sciences and general studies. We are pleased to consider applications from students who hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Our application deadline is June 1.

• Application formincluding recommendation forms and the transcript request form.
• Submit your application online.

• International applicants please visit Xavier's international graduate student admissions page for more detailed information about applying as an international graduate student.

  Please note- the deadline for international applications is January 1. All completed applications must be received in our office at that time. Please email xumhsa@xavier.edu for a list of the required documents. Provisional acceptances will not be granted an I-20.

  NOTE: Forms in a PDF format require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print. You can download the program for free at Adobe's web site.

Your application to the Xavier University graduate program in health services administration is carefully reviewed by our admissions committee. We consider each student's application on a case-by-case basis with personal attention given to all your application materials.

Admission criteria include, but are not limited to:

• preferred undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
• Preferred GMAT or GRE scores of 20th percentile or higher in the quantitative section and 50th percentile or higher in the verbal section.
• recommendation forms completed by two references
• current resume
• statement of intent: a 1,000 - 1,200 word essay
• personal interviews with Admissions Committee members

All entering students must complete both an accounting course and a basic statistics course and receive a "C" or better from an accredited university before the start of the fall semester.

The following courses are also highly recommended:

• microeconomics
• computer literacy with working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software