Admission Requirements
- Graduate School application and $40 fee
- Submission of all postsecondary academic transcripts
- Successful completion of a bachelor's degree prior to enrollment
- Minimum GPA of 2.50
- Eligibility for GRE/GMAT waivers are listed below. To request a GRE/GMAT waiver, contact the Graduate Program Director. The decision to grant a GRE/GMAT waiver rests with the Graduate Program Director.
- Applicants for admission to the MSA program who have earned an undergraduate accounting degree from a program with AACSB accreditation and an overall GPA of 3.2 or higher (A=4.0) are eligible to apply to waive the GRE/GMAT requirement.
- Applicants with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher and a minimum of three years of full-time professional accounting work experience can apply to waive the GRE/GMAT requirement.
- All applicants for admission to the MSA program who are not granted a waiver must complete the GMAT or the GRE. GMAT scores must meet a minimum of 500 total and 25 on both the verbal and quantitative portions. GRE scores will be converted to comparable GMAT scores using the GRE Comparison Tool for Business Schools, and converted scores must meet the GMAT minimum score standards.
- Personal history information
- International Applicants: Proof of English Proficiency, minimum requirements are TOEFL (79), IELTS (6.5) or equivalent
- Applicants with undergraduate degrees in majors other than accounting are welcome and can satisfy the graduate course prerequisites by completing appropriate undergraduate accounting courses.
Program application materials may be uploaded during the application process, but official transcripts must be sent directly from the school attended, and test scores must be verifiable with the appropriate testing service. Please contact the Graduate Admissions office with questions regarding the application submission process at graduateadmissions@siue.edu.
Review the SIUE Admissions Policy for more information.
Undergraduate Prerequisite Courses
Applicants can satisfy the program’s prerequisite requirements by completing the following admission prerequisite courses, or their equivalent, with a GPA of 2.7 or better:
- ACCT 200 or 524
- ACCT 301
- ACCT 302
- ACCT 303
- ACCT 311
- ACCT 312
- ACCT 315
- ACCT 321
These courses do not carry credit toward the MSA. Prerequisite courses taken prior to admission to the MSA program ordinarily must have been taken within six years of the date the applicant is admitted. An MSA student undertaking prerequisite courses may be terminated from the program if the student's GPA calculated over all prerequisite courses taken at SIUE falls below 2.7 for more than one semester, the student receives a grade of less than C in any prerequisite course, or the student fails to make satisfactory progress.
