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Anthropology

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
with Financial Aid

Dec 15

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
without Financial Aid

April 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Must indicate specialization: Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic or Physical (Biological) Anthropology. Writing sample (30 pp. max) and CV including all post-secondary degrees, degree date, and GPAs (both cumulative and in your major), required for Cultural Anthropology applicants.

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Art History

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
with Financial Aid

Feb 1

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
without Financial Aid

April 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

Nov 15

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing Sample Required (15 pp  maximum)

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Audiology

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  

Feb 1  

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

AuD offered

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Biochemistry

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Jan 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

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Biology

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Jan 1  

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Applicants wishing to work with mentors based at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) must also apply to the Collaborative Ph.D. Program at AMNH by December 15.

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Business

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
with Financial Aid

Jan 15 

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

No

Additional Requirements

GMAT and writing sample required (15 pp maximum).

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Chemistry

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
with Financial Aid

Apr 1  

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Subject test recommended.

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Classics

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
PhD with Financial Aid

Jan 7  

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Feb 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing sample required. PhD and MA offered.

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Comparative Literature

Deadline for Fall Enrollment
PhD with Financial Aid

Feb 1  

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Feb 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

PhD and MA offered.

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Computer Science

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
with Financial Aid

Jan 15

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
without Financial Aid

April 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Program recommends GRE subject exam.

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Criminal Justice

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Jan 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing sample required (15 pp maximum)

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Earth and Environmental Sciences

Deadline for Fall Enrollment
with Financial Aid

Jan 15

Deadline for Fall Enrollment
without Financial Aid

May 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

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Economics

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
with Financial Aid

Feb 1

Deadline for Fall Enrollment  
without Financial Aid

March 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

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Educational Psychology

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Jan 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

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English

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Dec 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

GRE subject exam, writing sample (15 pp maximum) and CV required.

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French

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Feb 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing sample required: One sample for applicants with BAs and two samples or MA thesis for applicants with MAs; current CV required.

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Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Jan 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing sample required (25 pp maximum)

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History

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Jan 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing sample required (15 pp maximum)

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Journalism

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Jan 4

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

MA only. Three letters of recommendation required.

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Liberal Studies

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

June 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

Nov 15

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

MA only.

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Linguistics

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Jan 15

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

PhD and MA offered.

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Mathematics

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Feb 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

Nov 15

GRE Requirement

Yes

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Middle Eastern Studies

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

April 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

Nov 15

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

MA only.

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Music

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Dec 1 for DMA performance
Jan 1 for all others

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Applicants should contact the program before applying.

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Nursing Science

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
with Financial Aid

Feb 1

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
without Financial Aid

Feb 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

DNS offered. Applicants must have an MA in Nursing.

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Philosophy

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Jan 15

Spring Enrollment Date

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

PhD and MA offered.

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Physical Therapy

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Nov 1- College of Staten Island

Deadline for Summer Enrollment

Nov 1- Hunter College

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

DPT offered.

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Physics

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Jan 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Program recommends GRE subject exam.

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Political Science

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 

Jan 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

PhD and MA offered. Program financial awards are for PhD students only.

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Psychology

Sub-Program

Deadline for Fall Enrollment

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

GRE

Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience

Feb 1

N/A

Yes

Clinical General

Dec 1

N/A

Yes,
Subject test required

Clinical Forensic

Dec 1

N/A

Yes, Subject test required

Clinical Neuro

Dec 1

N/A

Yes, Subject test recommended

Cognition, Brain and Behavior

Feb 14

N/A

Yes

Cognitive Neuroscience

Dec 15

N/A

Yes

Developmental

Dec 15

N/A

Yes, Subject test recommended

Environmental

Dec 15

N/A

Yes

Forensic Experimental

Dec 1

N/A

Yes, Subject test required

Industrial/
Organizational

Jan 1

N/A

Yes, Subject test required

Learning Processes and Behavior Analysis

Jan 1

N/A

Yes

Neuropsychology Basic Track

Dec 1

N/A

Yes, Subject test recommended

Social Personality

Dec 15

N/A

Yes, Subject test recommended

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Public Health

Deadline for Fall Enrollment
with Financial Aid

Feb 1

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
without Financial Aid

March 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

DPH offered. Applicants must have a master's and at least three years of work experience in the area of public health.

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Social Welfare

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
with Financial Aid

Feb 1

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
without Financial Aid

March 31

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

No

Additional Requirements

Applicants must have an MA degree and at least 3 years of post-master’s social work experience. GRE not required. Professional writing sample required (15 pp maximum).

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Sociology

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
with Financial Aid

Dec 15

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing sample required (30 pp maximum).

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Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Deadline for Fall Enrollment
with Financial Aid

March 1

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
without Financial Aid

April 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

Nov 15

GRE Requirement

Yes

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Theatre

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
with Financial Aid

Jan 1

Deadline for Spring Enrollment

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

Additional Requirements

Writing sample required (15 pp maximum).

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Urban Education

Deadline for Fall Enrollment 
with Financial Aid

Jan 15

Spring Enrollment Date

N/A

GRE Requirement

Yes

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