Consumer Science
Supported Degree Objectives
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Master of Science (MS)
Required Supporting Documents
- Transcripts
- Recommendation Letters
- Three letters: One must be a professional affiliation and two must be academic affiliation. Must be on official letterhead.
- Academic Statement of Purpose
- Personal History Statement
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or GMAT (Optional. Strongly encouraged for departmental assistantship consideration)
- Resume
English Proficiency Requirements
Master's Degree Program Requirements
- Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred degree:
- 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
- 6 months to 1 year work experience
Doctoral Degree Program Requirements
- Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred degree:
- 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
- Master's degree required
- Minimum of 1 year work experience, instructor/trainer roles preferred
Application Deadlines
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Program Fall Spring Summer Doctorate January 15 No Entry No Entry Masters March 5 September 20 No Entry
Program Contact Information
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Department Consumer Science Name Dr. Jonathon Day, Director Phone 765-496-2084 Email gjday@purdue.edu Email htm@purdue.edu Web Program Website Address Consumer Science
Purdue University
900 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
MRRT Hall, Room 206D
West Lafayette, IN 47907
USA
Additional Information
- Early application is encouraged. Program capacity is limited and it is recommended that students apply early to maximize opportunity for program consideration.
- PhD Applications: While it’s not required to secure admissions, you should make contact with appropriate faculty members well in advance of submitting an application. This enables you to better understand the emphasis of our programs, expectations of particular faculty, whether a faculty member is taking on new students, and what you would be spending your time doing if admitted. This also enables you to specify your preferred faculty advisor(s) and write an appropriately targeted academic statement of purpose and personal history statement in your application. Applications that are not tailored in this way are generally not successful. Please click here for a listing of the graduate faculty advisors in each of our Research Areas.
- English Proficiency is the Grad School's minimums, but applicants looking for assistantships are encourage to take one of the proficiency tests and score higher than the minimum.
