Fall 2012 Applications

Apply online before February 1 at www.grads.vt.edu.

Admissions 2012 - STATUS UPDATES

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 Ph.D. Program Application Requirements

  • All applicants must submit the following:
    • Original Undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts - 2 original copies are required -
      • You may send both to the Department at the address below, we will then forward one to the Graduate School
    • GRE scores (submit directly to Virginia Tech-ETS code 005859)
    • 3 recommendation letters (online or by mail)
  • Minimum Entry requirements:
    • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
    • Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale) for the last two years (60 semester credit hours) of undergraduate studies
    • GRE: No set minimum on Verbal, 600 on Quantitative (700 preferred)
    • TOEFL: International students whose primary language is not English must submit a TOEFL score with the following minimums:
      • Paper Version (PBT) 600 Total with no Sub score below 55, especially Listening and Writing
      • Computer Version (CBT) 250 Total with no Sub score below 22
      • Internet Version (IBT) 80 minimum to be considered.
        • If your total score is below 100, you are advised to have your recommendation letters explicitly address the issues of your oral and written fluency in English.
        • Preferred Score: 100 Total with no Sub score below 21 and at least 24 on the Speaking sub test
      • TOEFL Waiver: ONLY International students who earn an undergraduate or graduate degree in a country where English is the primary language can waive the TOEFL requirement.
      • The TOEFL is the preferred English Language Proficiency test however, the IELTS can substitute for the TOEFL with an overall Band 6.0 being the required minimum.
  • Prerequisites:
    • All graduate courses presume the student has had intermediate microeconomic theory and intermediate macroeconomic theory.
    • Students are assumed to have a working knowledge of basic statistics, differential and integral calculus, and analytic geometry.

Mail recommendation letters and transcripts to:
Graduate Program Committee
Department of Economics
3016 Pamplin Hall (0316)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Admission and financial assistance (stipends and tuition remission) are
awarded on a competitive basis.

The Economics department does NOT offer a free standing terminal master's program. The MA degree in Economics is intended to serve advanced VT undergraduate students who participate in the 5th year B.S./M.A. program and those Ph.D. students who begin their studies, but are unable to complete the program.

 A more detailed description of our Ph.D. program can be found here.