Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree in a business field from a regionally accredited college or university with a minimum grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, and must have completed Microeconomics, Intermediate Accounting, Tax Fundamentals, Corporate Finance and Principles of Investment prior to starting the program. Non-business applicants may be required to complete additional coursework.
If you have already met, or will meet the above requirements prior to starting the program, please click below to apply. We will process your application after you pay the $65 application fee through the link provided in the application, and after you provide the following:
- Application for Virginia In-state Tuition Rates (only if seeking in-state tuition)
- A personal statement of no more than two pages long describing your reasons for applying to the program
- An interview, either in-person or virtual
- Official transcript(s) from institution(s) awarding the baccalaureate degree(s)
- Official transcript(s) for all graduate work taken at other institutions
- The names and email addresses of two recommenders, one a faculty member and one either a faculty member or an employer (a reference letter alone is not adequate); if a professor or reference requests a printed Recommendation Form, please contact gradadmit@cnu.edu.
- Resume (email as a .pdf to gradadmit@cnu.edu); please be sure to highlight your work experience and/or completion of an internship in accounting or finance
- If your undergraduate degree is from a non-U.S. institution, you must submit Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores