MS/MBA Admission Requirements

MS/MBA Admission Requirements

Minimum Admissions Requirements:

  • U.S. bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university (or comparable foreign degree).
  • Good academic standing with all colleges attended.
  • TOEFL IBT (80+), IELTS Academic (6.5+), Duolingo English Test (110+), MET (55+), PTE Academic (67+), or iTEP (3.9+) scores (only required for visa holders without U.S. degrees).

*Please use school code 006868 (University of Dallas, Graduate Business Admissions) when requesting official test scores to be submitted to our institution.

Program Prerequisites

Some graduate programs require prerequisite courses in order to ensure that students enter with the skills necessary to be successful. Academic transcripts will be automatically evaluated to confirm completion and added to the student's degree plan where required. 

Accounting students must meet the following prerequisites: 
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting, OR
  • Complete ACCT 5325 Intermediate Financial Accounting I during first semester of enrollment.

Finance students must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Financial Accounting OR ACCT 5325 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
  • Programming (Python) OR BANA 6360 Programming I 

Students admitted without three (3) undergraduate credits in the listed prerequisites will be required to complete the equivalent in the first two semesters. 

Financial Planning students must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Financial Accounting OR ACCT 5325 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
  • Programming (Python) OR BANA 6360 Programming I 
  • Managerial Finance OR ACCT/FINA 6310 Financial Intelligence OR FINA 6305 Managerial Finance

Students admitted without three (3) undergraduate credits in the listed prerequisites will be required to complete the equivalent in the first two semesters. 

Degree Granting Programs

Degree Programs Credit Hours Required † STEM Designation Format F1 Eligible
100% Online Blended ‡
MBA 36   check check check
MBA, Accounting Concentration 39   check    
MBA, Business Analytics Concentration 39   check   check
MBA, Cybersecurity Concentration 39   check    
MBA, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Concentration 39   check   check
MBA, Finance Concentration 39   check   check
MBA, Financial Planning Concentration 39   check   check
MBA, Leadership Concentration 39   check    
MBA, Marketing Concentration 39   check    
MS Accounting 36 check check    
MS Business Analytics 30 check   check check
MS Cybersecurity 30 check check    
MS Data Science & Artificial Intelligence 36     check  
MS Financial Planning 30     check check

 Specific MBA and MS programs might have program-specific requirements which could mean an additional three to six hours for those without a business education background. Please contact your adviser for more details
 Almost all classes are offered on the Irving campus or in a hybrid format (partly online, partly on campus). This allows a wide range of face-to-face collaborative opportunities with other students and professors.