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Catalog 2024-2025 > Section VI: Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines > Institute Academic Policies > Admission Policies and Procedures > Basic Admission Requirements > Baccalaureate Degree

Baccalaureate Degree

• Admission to all post-baccalaureate programs at the MGH Institute requires the completion of a baccalaureate degree (BS or BA) from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or equivalent foreign institution. This must be documented by an official transcript showing the conferral of a baccalaureate degree. Students who cannot provide official evidence of completing a baccalaureate degree upon matriculation are permitted to enroll for a maximum of one semester, during which time official evidence of a completed baccalaureate degree must be provided. Sufficient documentation must be provided by the end of the first term, or admission may be revoked and the student may be removed from the program.

• Applicants that have earned a degree from a non-US institution are required to submit a course-by-course credential evaluation from one of the following NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) members: Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., SpanTran: The Evaluation Company, World Education Services (WES), or the Center for Educational Documentation. If you earned your bachelor’s degree outside the U.S. this credential evaluation must document minimum equivalency of a US baccalaureate degree or higher. 

• The baccalaureate-granting institution must have been accredited at the time the degree was awarded. Applicants must have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from an institution that is regionally accredited by an organization recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or from an accredited foreign institution that is recognized by the MGH Institute of Health Professions in it's sole discretion.