Economics: Financial Economics

Undergraduate academic requirements

• Minimum GPA must be equivalent to a United States GPA of 2.00 on a 4.00 scale.

Transfer Students:

• International students transferring from universities in the United States must submit the following documents

  An official transcript, including all work completed at other U.S. universities. Minimum GPA 2.00 (4.00 scale).

• International students transferring from universities outside the United States must submit the following documents

  An official transcript, including all coursework completed at all other universities attended, along with an official English translation.

Postgraduate academic requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, from a recognized college or university in an academic discipline relevant to the proposed field of study
• Graduate transfer students should consult the graduate bulletin for transfer hour limitations for your degree area. A Petition for Credit Form must be completed in order to apply credit.

English proficiency

Undergraduate

• TOEFL PBT

  500

• TOEFL iBT

  60

• TOEFL CBT

  173

• IELTS

  5.5

• SAT

  1050 (no band less than 480 on the Reading and Writing score)

• ACT English

  20

• iTEP

  3.5

• PTE

  46

• Duolingo

  85

Graduate

• TOEFL PBT

  523

• TOEFL iBT

  79

• TOEFL CBT

  193

• IETLS

  6.0

• Duolingo

  100

English proficiency waivers

• Students that come from selected countries listed below are exempt from providing proof of English proficiency with their application package

• Countries

  * American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Jersey, Liberia, Montserrat, New Zealand, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland).

• SAT or ACT score
• English Composition courses at a university or college in the U.S.
• IB
• Cambridge A/AS level English result

Documents required

Undergraduate Requirements

• Application form
• Application fee
• Academic transcripts
• Diploma of previous studies
• Bank statements

  Original bank statement and sponsor letter

• Passport identification page
• Proof of language proficiency
• Translations

Graduate Requirements

• Application form
• Application fee
• Academic transcripts
• Diploma of previous studies
• Bank statements

  Original bank statement and sponsor letter

• Passport identification page
• Proof of language proficiency
• Translations
• GMAT/GRE

  Test scores are required for specific academic program requirements

• Letter of Recommendation

  The recommender should address the individual's potential for success in the selected graduate program and his/her written and oral communication skills. Letters submitted to meet specific program requirements may be used for admission to the Graduate School to satisfy this admission requirement

Entry requirements

Postgraduate:

• You will need test score results for the GRE (verbal and quantitative scores), MAT or GMAT.
• College of Education students must submit a copy of all teaching certificates and an evaluation of teaching experience.

Fee information

• Undergraduate tuition

  $22,050 per year

• Graduate tuition

  $17,100 per year

Funding

Undergraduate Scholarships:

International Education Scholarship

- **Amount:** This scholarship will provide the student between $9,300 and $14,000 annually (two semesters). - **Requirements:** Scholarship for new undergraduate students who have elevated academic achievement and will be enrolled full-time in academic courses (minimum of 12 hours per semester). This scholarship is for one year only (two semesters) and will waive up to out-of-state tuition requirements. Students must meet all admission requirements and meet English proficiency requirements.

International Honors Scholarship

- **Amount:** This scholarship will provide the student between $9,300 and $14,000 annually (two semesters). - **Requirements:** Recognizes undergraduate students who have performed well in their first two semesters at Troy University by maintaining at least a 3.0 Cumulative Institutional GPA. The scholarship will waive up to out-of-state tuition as long as a Cumulative Institutional GPA of at least 3.0 is maintained continually until graduation.

International Trojan Opportunity

- **Amount:** This scholarship will provide the student between $9,300 and $14,000 annually (two semesters). - **Requirements:** The International Trojan Opportunity scholarship enables students who begin their undergraduate academic work with Troy University at an overseas TROY location to be eligible for an International Trojan Opportunity scholarship if they transition to an Alabama campus as unconditionally admitted students. This scholarship will waive out-of-state tuition requirements.

Graduate Scholarships:

Graduate Scholarships

- **Amount:** This scholarship will provide the student between $8,500 and $9,000 annually (two semesters). - **Requirements:** This scholarship is designed to encourage students from outside of Alabama to pursue graduate work at Troy’s Alabama campuses. Recipients must be “unconditionally” admitted to the graduate school including English proficiency requirements. The scholarship will waive out-of-state tuition. Students must maintain a 3.10 cumulative grade point average at the time of scholarship renewal to continue to receive the scholarship and must enroll in a minimum of nine hours per semester or six hours per term.

Graduate Assistantship

- **Amount:** Each student receives payments from their specific academic department, plus a tuition waiver of $2,500 per semester. - **Requirements:** These assistantships enable eligible graduate students to receive financial support in exchange for working twenty hours per week in an academic department. These Assistantships are extremely competitive and are awarded by departments throughout the University.