Admission Requirements – Undergraduate programs
To attend ECPI University, all new applicants must do the following:
- Complete a Personal Admissions Interview
- Complete and submit an Application for Admission and an Enrollment Agreement
- Provide an official high school transcript or official General Educational Development (GED) test scores
- Achieve acceptable scores on the Admissions Assessment(s)
Certain programs have additional requirements for admission, acceptance, matriculation, or clinical or externship courses. Please see the program descriptions in this catalog for other program specific requirements.
Before beginning classes, each student must complete the required Financial Aid applications and/or complete all timely obligations of a Tuition Payment Plan.
Students who have attended a postsecondary education institution that is accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and who have completed an associate's degree or higher may use their official postsecondary school transcript to establish proof of high school graduation/GED.
Non-immigrant applicants must provide evidence of high school completion, or its international equivalent as certified by a credential evaluation organization which is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) http://www.naces.org/index.html. Examples of country-specific requirements can be found at https://www.ece.org/ECE/Individuals/Documentation-Requirements.
Applicants will receive notification of their application status.
All policies in the Official Catalog including student conduct, refund policies, and general University policies apply to graduate students unless specifically addressed for graduate students.
Admissions Interview
All applicants, including non-immigrant applicants, are required to take part in an Admissions Interview, conducted by an Admissions Advisor, who will discuss an applicant’s career goals, interests and needs, and financial planning. The student will learn about the educational opportunities, programs of study, student services, and career services’ assistance and will tour the facility. This interview assists the student and Admissions Advisor in determining which program of study offered at the University may be best suited to the student’s ability, interests, skills, and experience. This interview is typically conducted during a visit and tour of the ECPI campus or, in extenuating circumstances and for online students, by telephone.
Admissions Assessment
During the admissions process, ECPI University utilizes various standardized assessment tools to determine an applicant’s preparedness to undertake college-level coursework. The type of assessment is dependent upon the applicant’s program of interest. Applicants who have completed standardized military tests or who have certain previous college experience, may provide documentation in lieu of the admissions assessment. Applicants to most programs, excluding health science and the B.S. Cyber and Information Security Technology (Degree Completion) programs, who have completed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) with a combined arithmetic reasoning and paragraph comprehension (ARPC) score of 100 or greater; 50 or greater for Air Force GT or General (G); who have a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution; or who have earned an associate’s degree from ECPI, may provide official/certified test scores or official transcripts in lieu of the general ECPI admissions assessment. Test scores and transcripts identified as “issued to student” are not acceptable. Scores from ACT and SAT, other standardized exams, or undergraduate coursework may be considered in the admissions process; however, these do not substitute for the ECPI administered admissions assessments.
Regarding non-immigrant applicants, the standardized assessment tools do not test English language proficiency but rather test the applicant’s readiness for postsecondary-level English writing and literature courses (see English Language Proficiency Policy for additional admissions requirements concerning required skill and ability in the English language).
The Admissions Advisor has additional information regarding the assessments and the necessary scores for admissions.
Admissions Assessment, Retesting
Admissions assessments are valid for up to one year from the date of testing. Applicants who do not attend courses at ECPI University within one year of assessment will be required to retake all applicable assessments when applying for admission. A student who does not achieve scores acceptable for admission or provisional admission (see section on Provisional Acceptance in this catalog for more information) to ECPI University on the first attempt may retest at any time. If the student fails to achieve the acceptable scores for program entrance after the second attempt on any approved assessment, s/he must wait six months before reapplying to ECPI. If any retaken assessment is not passed after the third attempt, the applicant must wait for a period of one year from the most recent assessment date before reapplying to ECPI University.