Application Deadline
- Full-time MPA: January 10
- Executive MPA: January 10
Decisions Communicated
- February
Program Start Times
- EMPA – Summer
- MPA – Fall
Admission Statistics
- Percent of Students Admitted
- MPA: 57.3
- EMPA: 84.8
- Average GPA of Admitted Students
- MPA: 3.77
- EMPA: 3.48
Application Requirements
- Commitment to BYU Honor Code
- Ecclesiastical endorsement
- Four-year undergraduate degree or its equivalent
- University transcript (must include foreign credential evaluation for international work)
- Résumé
- Three letters of recommendation
- Statement of intent
- Online digital interview
- LSAT is accepted for Joint MPA/JD applications
Minimum Scores on English Proficiency Tests
- E3PT
- Overall minimum score of 79 (with minimum speaking, reading, and listening scores of 21, and a minimum writing score of 16)
- IELTS
- Overall minimum band score of 7.0 (consisting of minimum band scores of 6.0 in each module)
- CAE
- 185 (or C grade)
- TOEFL (paper-based test)
- 580
- TOEFL iBT (internet-based test)
- Minimum sub-scores of 22 (Speaking) and 21 (Listening, Reading, and Writing, respectively) comprising an overall score of at least 85
Admitted Students
Students who are admitted into the program are required to take an online Excel prerequisite course before they begin their first semester. The cost of the course is $60.