Undergraduate Admissions Requirements | DeVry University (2024)

Applicants to the Technical Management programs must have successfully completed at least 12 semester-credit hours at a recognized post-secondary institution or must hold a DeVry-recognized associate degree or higher³.

• Meet all general college admission requirements, including the college-level skills evaluation

• Own or have off-site access to a PC or laptop computer that meets location- or program-based requirements, including Internet access

• Check hardware/software requirements before registering for courses

• Computer requirements for students enrolled in online courses are specified

• Provide certified copies of acceptable documents demonstrating the required level of prior education

• Provide a notarized statement of financial support or a certified government sponsor letter indicating that tuition will be paid in advance of each semester and that a sponsor will provide all necessary living expenses for the international applicant (Form I-134 may be used)

• Meet requirements for admission of nonnative speakers of English, if applicable (see below)

• Meet all other DeVry admission requirements. International applicants residing outside the United States who must be accepted prior to entering the country must submit ACT/SAT scores, transcripts of prior college coursework or acceptable documentation of prior mathematics and overall educational performance deemed appropriate for placement into the intended program. DeVry-administered online math and verbal placement tests are available to international applicants who must test before entering the United States.

• Applicants should check with their consulate or embassy for other pertinent requirements.

• English is identified as the official/native language of the country in which the applicants completed all of their secondary education, or postsecondary, advanced or professional degree, as designated in theCIA's World Factbook.
  

• Applicants completed their secondary or postsecondary education in a country in which English is not the official/native language; however, English was the principal language of instruction at the institution⁴.

• Submission of a U.S. high school diploma or GED® certificate (completed in English)

• Submission of a high school diploma, or post-secondary degree or higher, earned at an institution in which the language of instruction was English.⁴

• Submission of a post-secondary transcript verifying completion of 12 semester-credit hours of baccalaureate-level (excluding remedial or developmental) courses with at least a C (70%) average from an institution in which the language of instruction was English.⁴

• Submission of an earned Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 500 on the paper-based TOEFL, 190 on the computer-based TOEFL or 61 on the Internet-based TOEFL

• Submission of an overall band score of at least 6.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam

• Submission of an overall score of at least 4.0 on the International Test of English Proficiency (iTEP) Academic-Plus exam

• Submission of an overall score of at least 58 on the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic

• Successful completion of an approved external Intensive English Program

• Submission of documents demonstrating successful completion of a DeVry-recognized intermediate-level English as a Second Language (ESL) course

• Completion of either of the following, with a grade of B (80 percent) or higher, from a DeVry-recognized post-secondary institution or community college:

• The equivalent of DeVry's freshman English composition course, or

• Two or more baccalaureate-level English writing or composition courses

• Documents verifying at least two years' service in the U.S. military

• Having attained acceptable scores on a DeVry-administered English-language-proficiency exam⁵.

If you were home-schooled or attended a high school not recognized by DeVry, you must provide one of the following:

• A transcript indicating you’ve met minimum high school core subject requirements as defined by the state governing board or province. Documentation should include course titles, duration of study (including dates of completion), grades or assessment of performance and credits earned. Information should be delineated by grade years 9, 10, 11 and 12.

• Documentation outlining courses you’ve completed, year by year, and all end-of-year evaluations of courses by a home-school evaluator or staff person assigned to the student by the local school board or state-approved home school organization. The minimum number of units required in each core subject is: English, three; mathematics, two; natural sciences, one; social sciences, one. Such information must be documented on the transcript.

• A three-year bachelor of commerce or bachelor of business administration degree in India. The credential, as well as the granting institution, must be recognized by the appropriate agency in India, and the applicants' overall average marks in the program must have been at an acceptable level, as defined by DeVry.

• A higher national diploma meeting the requirements of the Scottish Qualifications Authority or other approved authority. The credential, as well as the granting institution, must be recognized by the appropriate national agency.