Graduate College Policy
Minimum GPA Requirements by Program
All graduate students must meet the minimum degree GPA specified by the degree program in order to have the degree certified and to graduate. Below are the current GPA requirements by program. Students admitted in an earlier term may have a different requirement. See the Program of Study for your term of entry. The Graduate College Probation Policy also contains more information.
| Program or Major | Minimum GPA |
| Accountancy | 3.0 |
| Advertising | 2.75 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 3.0 |
| African Studies | 3.25 |
| Agricultural and Applied Economics | 3.0 |
| Agricultural and Biological Engineering | 3.0 |
| Agricultural and Consumer Economics | 3.0 |
| Agricultural Education | 2.75 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 3.0 |
| Agricultural Production | 2.75 |
| Animal Biology (see Biology) | |
| Animal Sciences | 3.0 |
| Anthropology | 3.0 |
| Architecture (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Art and Design (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Asian Studies | 2.75 |
| Astronomy | 3.0 |
| Atmospheric Sciences | 3.0 |
| Biochemistry | 3.0 |
| Bioenergy | 2.75 |
| Bioengineering | 3.0 |
| Bioinformatics (Animal Sciences, Computer Sciences, Crop Sciences, Library and Information Science) | 3.0 |
| Bioinformatics (Chemical and Biological Engineering) | 2.75 |
| Biology (all programs) | 3.0 |
| Biophysics and Computational Biology | 3.0 |
| Business Administration | 2.75 |
| Business Administration MBA | 2.75 |
| Business Administration Executive MBA | 2.75 |
| Cell and Developmental Biology | 3.0 |
| Chemical Engineering | 2.75 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Chemistry (all programs) | 3.0 |
| Classics (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Communication (LAS) | 2.75 |
| Communications (ICR) | 3.0 |
| Communications & Media | 3.0 |
| Community Health | 3.0 |
| Comparative Biosciences | 3.0 |
| Comparative Literature | 3.25 |
| Computer Science | 3.0 |
| Curriculum and Instruction (all programs) | 3.0 |
| Creative Writing | 2.75 |
| Crop Sciences | 3.0 |
| Dance | 2.75 |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | 2.75 |
| East Asian Studies | 2.75 |
| Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology | 3.0 |
| Economics | 3.0 |
| Educational Organization and Leadership | 3.0 |
| Educational Policy Studies | 3.0 |
| Educational Psychology | 3.0 |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | 3.0 |
| English | 3.0 |
| English as a Second Language, Teaching of | 3.0 |
| Entomology | 3.0 |
| European Union Studies | 2.75 |
| Finance | 3.0 |
| Financial Engineering | 2.75 |
| Food Science and Human Nutrition | 3.0 |
| French | 2.75 |
| General Engineering | 2.75 |
| Geography | 3.0 |
| Geology (all programs) | 3.0 |
| Germanic Languages and Literatures | 3.0 |
| Health Communication | 2.75 |
| History (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Human and Community Development | 2.75 |
| Human Factors | 3.0 |
| Human Resource Education | 3.0 |
| Human Resources and Industrial Relations | 3.0 |
| Industrial Engineering | 3.0 |
| Informatics | 2.75 |
| Journalism | 2.875 |
| Kinesiology | 3.0 |
| Landscape Architecture | 3.0 |
| Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 3.25 |
| Law (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Library and Information Science, M.S. | 2.75 |
| Library and Information Science, C.A.S. and Ph.D. | 3.25 |
| Linguistics | 2.75 |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 3.0 |
| Mathematics (all master's programs) | 3.0 |
| Mathematics, Ph.D. | 3.25 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 3.0 |
| Microbiology | 3.0 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology | 2.75 |
| Molecular and Integrative Physiology | 2.75 |
| Music (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences | 3.0 |
| Neuroscience | 3.0 |
| Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Nutritional Sciences | 3.0 |
| Pathobiology | 3.0 |
| Philosophy | 3.25 |
| Physics (all programs) | 2.75 |
| Plant Biology | 3.0 |
| Political Science | 3.0 |
| Psychology | 2.75 |
| Public Health | 2.75 |
| Recreation, Sport and Tourism | 3.0 |
| Regional Planning | 3.0 |
| Rehabilitation | 3.0 |
| Religion | 2.75 |
| Russian and East European Studies | 3.25 |
| Slavic Languages and Literature | 2.75 |
| Social Work | 3.0 |
| Sociology | 3.25 |
| South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | 3.25 |
| Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese (all programs) | 3.0 |
| Special Education | 3.0 |
| Speech and Hearing Science (all programs) | 3.0 |
| Speech Communication | 2.75 |
| Statistics (Applied and Economic) | 3.0 |
| Statistics (Analytical, MS and PhD) | 2.75 |
| Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering | 3.25 |
| Taxation | 3.0 |
| Technology Management | 2.75 |
| Theatre | 3.0 |
| Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | 3.0 |
| Urban Planning | 3.0 |
| Veterinary Biosciences | 3.0 |
| Veterinary Clinical Medicine | 3.0 |