MSc

Social Science: Criminology

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Key facts

  • Program
    Master's
  • Duration
    2 years
  • Program
    On campus
  • Pace
    Full-time
  • Annual tuition fee
    17,100USD
  • Start date
    Jan, Sep

Program overview

What Troy University says about their program:

Take your career to new heights and pursue grander professional opportunities by earning your master’s degree in social science from Troy University. Whether you are interested in pursuing a career as a political scientist, anthropologist/archaeologist, historian, professor, economist, sociologist, geographer, psychologist, etc., TROY can prepare you for success.

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Admission requirements

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.
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Fees and funding

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.

Fee information

  • Undergraduate tuition

    $22,050 per year

  • Graduate tuition

    $17,100 per year

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