M.A. in Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership Admission Requirements

Requirements for All Students

1. Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited institution.
2. GPA 2.75 minimum.
3. Official Transcripts from all colleges where a degree was earned or is currently being earned.
   • E-transcripts preferred. Address them to nancy.crane@wheaton.edu.
   • Mail paper copies to Graduate Admissions Dept., Attn: Nancy Crane, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187.
   • Applicants who have earned more than 25% of their degree from institutions outside of their degree-conferring school will be required to supply official transcripts for those credits in the event they are not explicitly listed on their original transcript with course names and grades. Graduate Admissions will reserve the right to request additional transcripts as may be needed to meet departmental requirements or demonstrate proof of program-specific prerequisites.
4. Application Form.
• Includes two essays and affirmations of the Statement of Faith and Community Covenant.
5. Three Recommendations, which are online forms. Letters are accepted as supplements to the forms.
   • Academic. An instructor from whom you have taken a class preferred. Alternative: a college-level instructor from whom you have not taken a class or an acquaintance with a doctorate or master's.
   • Pastoral. Can be a Christian leader who is not a pastor.
   • Professional. A person with whom you have had a supervisor-employee relationship, which can be in a non-paid context.
   • Recommenders can upload an optional letter on their online recommendation page.
   • Recommendations from relatives not accepted.
6. Resumé. Chronological overview of professional and ministry/volunteer experience.
7. Application Fee: USD $30, non-refundable.

Additional Requirements for International Students 

International students, and permanent residents of the US whose native language is not English, are required to take either the TOEFL iBT Test, IELTS Academic Test or Duolingo English test with the minimal scores indicated below:

• TOEFL iBT Test: 80 with at least 18 in each category
• IELTS Academic Test: 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each category
• Duolingo English Test: 105

Applicants who wish to waive their English proficiency test, please refer to the English proficiency page for details.

An International Transcript Verification Report is needed for students who completed degrees outside of the United States.