From affordable costs to graduate programs that offer real-world skill-building opportunities, we understand the challenges adults face when they return to college. This is why we offer rolling admissions allowing students to apply at any time and start the next term. Our 16-month long programs are designed to prepare our graduate students effectively and efficiently.
We do encourage all students to submit applications as soon as possible to ensure they do not miss any important communications leading up to enrollment.
Contact us at (716)320-7900 or admissions@online.hilbert.edu to discuss your desire for graduate degree— it's your time, your turn, to create a better future.
Graduate Application Process & Requirements
The Application Process
- Complete Hilbert College’s graduate application on our website.
- To complete your application, first create an account and set a password.
- Provide the required materials in the application portal.
- Complete our free graduate application.
- Submit an updated resume.
- Submit our Statement of Intent/Reference Form.
- Send us your official transcripts from any other collegiate institutions where you’ve attended. Send transcripts to onlineadmissions@hilbert.edu or by mail to: Online Admissions, Hilbert College Global, 5200 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York, 14075
- There is no GRE or MAT requirement, but you may submit your scores if you completed them for extra consideration.
Do you have previous graduate credits? You may be eligible to transfer up to six graduate credit hours with grades of B or better into a Hilbert program at the discretion of program Chair. Credits must be from an accredited institution in graduate courses appropriate to the program being pursued.
4 + 1 Admission & Requirements
Graduate courses completed during the student’s senior year meet the academic requirements for the completion of the bachelor’s degree. Graduate course credits are then transferred to the graduate program when the student meets all admission requirements for the graduate program. This program rewards undergraduate students who have performed at the highest levels.
Admission into the graduate program is not automatic and students must adhere to the following criteria:
- All 4+1 students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 at the end of their junior year and require no more than 30 credits to complete their undergraduate degree at the start of the fall semester senior year to apply for provisional admission.
- During provisional admission 4+1 students are eligible to take up to a maximum of 5 classes or 15 graduate credits during their senior year (fall and spring semesters only).
- All 4+1 students must apply for and receive undergraduate degrees before they can be considered for matriculation into the graduate program. The degree must be completed by the end of the spring semester senior year in order to fulfill the graduate program requirements for admission. Failure to complete the undergraduate degree will result in the inability to matriculate into the graduate program. In the event that any student begins the summer graduate courses before the grades are completed for their spring semester, it is their responsibility to pay any tuition dues or payback any graduate loans for graduate courses they are not eligible for.
- Any graduate courses completed during a student’s senior year that meet academic requirements of the Master’s degree must have been completed with a grade of B or better. Failure to earn a B will result in the inability to matriculate into the graduate program.
- The student will be responsible to adhere to both the graduate and undergraduate student handbooks and academic calendars for both programs during their senior year.
- All 4+1 students are required to complete a registered formal internship prior to the start of their first matriculated semester of graduate school. The internship must be approved by the department of graduate studies. Internships may be completed as either undergraduate or graduate course credits. Failure to complete an approved internship will result in the inability to matriculate into the graduate program.