Completion of Econ 201, Econ 202, Econ 210, Econ 303, Econ 308, Econ 309 and Math 146, or equivalents, with grades of “B” or better in each course, is required.

An overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or greater is required.

Qualified applicants for the combined program must have completed at least 90 semester hours in a bachelor’s program. (The combined option allows outstanding undergraduates to enter the MSAE prior to receiving their bachelor’s degrees, making it possible to complete both a bachelor’s degree and the MSAE in five years.)

Applicants who already hold bachelor’s degrees are required to submit official scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test taken within the last three years.

All MSAE applications must be completed through the Graduate School of the University of North Dakota. The MSAE Committee will select the most qualified applicants for admission.

Econ 410 and Econ 411 are the two courses that students in the combined program are permitted to count toward both a UND bachelor’s degree and the MSAE degree, but only if these courses are declared for graduate credit. All other courses taken for credit in the combined program must satisfy only bachelor’s program requirements, or only MSAE program requirements.

A minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 for the paper-based or 213 for the computer-based test for all applicants whose native language is not English. International applicants who have received their bachelor's or master's degree in the United States or English-speaking Canada are not required to submit the TOEFL.