Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Graduate Admissions


 


To enroll in a graduate program at Campbellsville University , the first step is to apply. An enrollment counselor will work with you to gather the necessary documentation that the school/college will use to deterine your eligibility and potential admission.

Graduate Enrollment Process

Application and Transcripts

All candidates must submit the following to the Office of Graduate Admissions.

  • Graduate Application - Online application available at https://campbellsville.edu/apply
  • Official Transcripts - An official copy of transcripts for any and all of the following:
    • The institution granting your bachelor’s degree.
    • The institution granting any master’s or doctoral level degrees.
    • Institutions where you did post-baccalaureate, graduate or doctoral level work.
    • Official transcripts must come directly from the academic institution and/or transcript service provider.

Additional Documentation

Each school/college determines the admissions requirements for their graduate programs. Additional documentation can include exam scores (such as the PRAXIS or GRE), reference letters, resume, statement of purpose, etc. These are required for an acceptance decision to be made.

An admissions counselor will work with prospective students to secure all required documentation.

Have all documentation sent to:

Campbellsville University
Attn: Graduate Admissions
1 University Drive UPO 805
Campbellsville, KY 42718

Transfer Credits

Transfer credits will be evaluated and granted upon by each school/college dean. No more than one-third, or 33%, of the degree program can be transferred in. The school/college reserves the right to refuse transfer credit.

No letter grade below a “B” will be considered for transferability into graduate programs.

The University does not accept transfer credit from non-regionally accredited institutions.

International Student Enrollment

English Proficiency Requirement

An international student is required to submit English proficiency test scores as part of their admissions requirements unless they are from an English-speaking country, hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college, or have completed at least 6 credit hours of graduate coursework at a regionally accredited college.

The following English proficiency exam results are accepted by Campbellsville University.  The minimum online proctored test exam score required is listed by each exam below.  Links to each testing agency’s webpage list also available:

English Proficiency Tests

Score Requirement

TOEFL

79

IELTS

6.0

Pearson

53

Duolingo

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If a student is applying for the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL), the following exams are accepted and test scores are required:

English Proficiency Tests

Score Requirement

TOEFL

80

IELTS

6.5+

TOEIC

750

Duolingo

110

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each test score report must be sent directly from the testing agency directly to Campbellsville University in order for the score report to be considered official.  Directions on how to send each report are located on each agency’s webpage.

 

Transcript Evaluations

Students who do not hold at least a bachelor’s degree from outside of the United States and do not have a degree from a regionally accredited college within the U.S. must submit a course-by-course transcript evaluation for the college they attended.  This requirement will allow Campbellsville University to see if the degree held by the applicant is equivalent to at least a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college in the United States with GPA minimums met.

The following transcript evaluations are accepted by Campbellsville University. Links to each testing agency’s webpage list also available:

Transcript Evaluation Organizations

WES - World Education Services

ECE - Educational Credential Evaluators

IEE - International Education Evaluations

SpanTran

Educational Perspectives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each transcript evaluation report must be sent directly from the agency directly to Campbellsville University in order for the evaluation to be considered official.  Directions on how to send each report are located on each agency’s webpage.

Financial Aid

Any US resident student seeking financial aid must complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). The FAFSA can be accessed at: https://fafsa.gov

Qualifying degree seeking graduate students can receive Federal Direct student loans.

Student Technology Services

Students are provided and encouraged to use a student email account. 

Students are provided a secure account on Tigernet, the online portal providing access to academic, financial, and other services. Access is gained through use of a personal identification number (PIN) that is issued during the admissions process.

Students taking online courses are provided a secure account on Moodle, the content management system (CMS) where course content is delivered. Credentials for accessing Moodle are the same as for Tigernet.

Financial Assistance

Federal regulations require that all students who receive any federal or state financial assistance make measurable academic progress toward a degree at Campbellsville University.  Progress is determined quantitatively (hours attempted versus hours earned and time frame) and qualitatively (GPA). Progress is monitored at the conclusion of spring and summer semesters. Those students readmitted to Campbellsville will be evaluated for SAP upon registering for classes.
 

Enrollment:

A minimum standard for full-time enrollment at the graduate level is six (6) credit hours per term. A minimum standard for part-time enrollment (at least half-time) at the graduate level is three (3) credit hours per term.  Part-time enrollment (at least half-time) at the graduate level requires a student to be taking at least half of the course load of a full-time student. The definition of full-time used for student financial aid purposes can differ from the definition used for other purposes at the institution, such as the definition used by the Office of the Registrar.

Quantitative:

Graduate programs at Campbellsville vary in length so an average of the program length for Master degrees is used. The maximum time frame in which a student must complete his/her degree cannot exceed more than 150% of the published length of the student’s program. Please refer to the information below for the correct calculation.  All terms and credit hours attempted are used toward the maximum time frame allowance regardless of whether the student received financial aid.  All repeated courses, failed courses, withdrawals, courses taken from a change of program and transferred hours will count as credit hours attempted toward the maximum time frame.
 
In order to complete the necessary number of credit hours to complete a degree at Campbellsville at an acceptable rate, students must complete two-thirds (2/3) of all hours attempted.  All attempted hours will be totaled and multiplied by 67% (.67) to determine the number of credit hours a student must have earned. Grades of W, I, and F and transfer hours are counted as attempted hours, however grades of W, I, and F will not be counted as earned hours. Retaking courses will add to the attempted total but will count only once as an earned credit.
 
Example:
 
Fall Hours Attempted
6
Spring Hours Attempted
6
Total Amount 12 x .67 (2/3)
Student Must Earn
8
3
3
6 x .67 (2/3)
4
 

Qualitative:

The minimum acceptable grade point average for graduate students is 3.0. Notification of Results:Students who do not meet the Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements will be notified via email within two weeks of the conclusion of the semester.

How to Regain Eligibility:

Quantitative-Maximum Time Frame
To regain eligibility, the student must graduate and advance to a new career level (graduate to doctoral).
Quantitative-Hours Attempted vs. Hours Earned
To regain eligibility, the student must take courses at their own expense in a subsequent term or terms and meet the standards according to the cumulative credit hour completion ratio outlined above under the heading Quantitative. Once the student has taken the courses and earned passing grades, he/she will need to notify the Office of Financial Aid to complete a clearance form.
GPA
To regain eligibility, the student must complete courses at their own expense at Campbellsville and raise their cumulative GPA to the acceptable standard. Once they have completed the courses and raised their GPA, they will need to notify the Office of Financial Aid to complete a clearance form.

Right to Appeal

If there were extenuating circumstances (injury, illness, death of a relative) that prevented the student from meeting the standards of the University’s Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy, then the student has a right to file an appeal with the Committee for Financial Aid Appeals. In this appeal, the student must explain the following items:
 
  1. The reason why he/she did not meet the Satisfactory Academic Progress; and
  2. What has changed not that will allow the student to make satisfactory academic progress at the next evaluation.
If the appeal is approved by the Office of Financial aid, the student will be placed on probation for one term and after the probationary period, the student must be making academic progress or successfully following an academic plan that has been developed for them.