Graduate Music Admissions

Graduate Entrance Exams

GRE/MAT Requirements
Doctoral applicants in Music Education and Composition must submit scores from either the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT). GRE/MAT scores are not required for Master's and Professional Studies applicants, nor for DMA applicants in Performance.

TOEFL Scores
Applicants for graduate music programs for whom English is not their primary language (except performance and music therapy) must submit a minimum score of 575 on the paper-based version or 230 on the computer-based version of the TOEFL examination in order to be considered for admission.

All graduate Music Therapy applicants must submit minimum scores of 600 on the paper-based version or 250 on the computer-based version of the TOEFL examination in order to be considered for admission.

Applicants for graduate Performance programs must submit a minimum score of 525 paper-based, or 197 computer-based TOEFL scores.

NOTE: Any student admitted with a TOEFL score below 600 on the paper-based or 250 on the computer-based examination must pass an English skills course or successfully pass the SPEAK test during the first semester of enrollment at Temple University.

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