Admissions

Review the admission requirements and application steps for prospective first-year students on ASU’s Admission Services webpage. If you’d like to speak to an ASU Admission Services representative, you can find your rep’s information at asu.edu/findmyrep.

For questions about the Cronkite School, contact our recruitment team at attendcronkite@asu.edu. 

Review the admission requirements and application steps for prospective transfer students on ASU’s Admission Services webpage. If you’d like to speak to an ASU Admission Services representative, you can find your rep’s information at asu.edu/findmyrep. 

Current students attending ASU who desire to change majors should go to the Changing Majors resource site. About halfway down, you will see several large maroon buttons; look and click on the one titled Change My Major and answer the questions. You’ll be contacted about scheduling an appointment.

For questions about the Cronkite School, incoming ASU transfer students can contact our recruitment team at attendcronkite@asu.edu.

Review the admission requirements and application steps for prospective international students on ASU’s Admission Services webpage. If you’d like to speak to an ASU Admission Services representative, you can find your rep’s information at asu.edu/findmyrep.

For questions about the Cronkite School, contact our recruitment team at attendcronkite@asu.edu. 

View the general admissions for graduate students page for the university requirements and application information. If you have questions about our graduate programs on the Downtown Phoenix Campus, go to our FAQ page.

If you have questions about graduate programs available at ASU’s California Center – Broadway, email cronkitegrad@asu.edu. 

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To be eligible for admission to the Cronkite School as a journalism and mass communication, sports journalism, digital audiences or mass communication and media studies major, entering first-year students must meet the general university first-year requirements. Eligible students are directly admitted to the school and do not need to submit any additional materials. For questions about the Cronkite School, contact our recruitment team at attendcronkite@asu.edu. 

Incoming ASU transfer students who would like to major in journalism and mass communication or sports journalism must have at least a 3.0 transfer GPA and 24 or more transferable credits. For our digital audiences and mass communication and media studies degrees, entering transfer students must meet the general university transfer student requirements. 

Transfer students can explore MyPath2ASU, a resource that provides a suite of self-service transfer tools that can help you save time and track your degree progress. For questions about the Cronkite School, contact our recruitment team at attendcronkite@asu.edu.

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Applicants must have earned a bachelor’s or master’s degree, in any field, from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = “A”) in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor’s degree program OR have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = “A”) in an applicable master’s degree program. 

Applicants whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency. These applicants must provide documentation of a TOEFL score of at least 100 for the internet-based TOEFL iBT, except for applicants of the Master’s of Arts in Narrative and Emerging Media program. Please review the other requirements of international graduate applicants on ASU’s graduate college webpage.

To be eligible for admission to the Cronkite School as an entering first-year or transfer student, applicants must meet minimum university requirements. Eligible students are directly admitted to the school and do not need to submit any additional materials. Graduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = “A”) in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor’s degree program, or applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = “A”) in an applicable master’s degree program.

To learn the estimated cost of tuition and fees at ASU, use ASU’s tuition estimator.

Visit ASU’s Office of Financial Aid website to explore some of the financial aid options available to ASU students.

Explore the Cronkite financial support options available to students on our scholarships site.