Admissions Requirements

These materials are required for application to the master's programs:

  • A cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale)
  • 12 hours of undergraduate economics, including two intermediate theory courses, one in price theory (microeconomics), and one in macroeconomics
  • An introductory course in statistics
  • One semester of calculus
  • Applicants whose undergraduate GPA is lower than 3.0 are required to submit GRE scores. Students combined score on the verbal and quantitative sections must be at least an 1100 (300 on the new scale).
  • You do NOT need to complete the video portion of the online application

In addition to the above, applicants for the Law and Economics Track of the M.A. in Applied Economics degree program must be admitted separately into the J.D. program of the SMU School of Law and must have completed at least one year of the J.D. program before entering the M.A. in Applied Economics degree program. They can apply during their first year of law school.