Graduate Studies FAQs
For Fall semester
- Applications submitted by January 10 will receive priority consideration.
- If space is available, applications submitted after January 10 may be considered for fall enrollment.
For Spring semester
- Applications are due by September 10.
A limited number of waivers are available for domestic students from underrepresented groups or who are DACA designees. Request details at mathstat.gradinfo@wsu.edu.
- Letters of recommendation are important indicators of a strong candidate; three are required for your application.
- Two or more proof-oriented courses:
- For math degrees: discrete math or an introductory course on mathematical proofs, introduction and intermediate real analysis (sometimes called advanced calculus), abstract algebra, and linear algebra.
- For statistics degrees: mathematical statistics (sometimes called statistical theory and a mathematical probability course.
- Research experience in your area of interest can help you find connections and mentors in the department.
For fall semester, April 15 is your deadline to accept an offer of admission from Washington State University.
Students who submit all of the materials required for admission to the graduate program will automatically be considered for financial support, usually in the form of a graduate teaching or research assistantship.
No. Graduate students may be admitted with or without funding. See Funding & Benefits for more details.
In accordance with the policies of the WSU Graduate School, continuance of financial support is dependent upon adequate performance as a teaching assistant or research assistant and normal progress in the program.
Students who are admitted with funding into a PhD program directly after earning their undergraduate degree typically receive funding for 10 semesters or until they complete their PhD, whichever is shorter.
About 20 hours per week. The usual duties of a teaching assistantship include teaching, student hours, prep, and grading.
Some departmental summer funding is available through teaching assistantships, summer dissertation fellowships, and research assistantships.
All incoming graduate students are required to take a one-credit Proseminar course the week before classes begin in the fall semester.
You must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) to be considered for admission.
A student in good academic standing must have a 3.0 GPA in all WSU courses as a graduate student.
Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for the application, but official transcripts will be required if you are admitted.
For Fed Ex, UPS, or DHL, use the following:
Graduate School Staff
WSU Graduate School
410 Dairy Road
French Administration 324, MS-1030
Pullman, WA 99164-1030
For the U.S. Postal Service, use the following:
Graduate School Staff
WSU Graduate School
P.O. Box 641030
Pullman, WA 99164-1030
No, the GRE test is optional, but you are welcome to include your score if you have taken the test wthin the last five years. The WSU institutional code is 4705 (do not include a departmental code).
Self-reported scores are accepted for the initial application review; however, you may need to submit official scores for the final application review by the Graduate School.
International applicants need a minimum English proficiency.
If you are accepted into a math/stats graduate program with a teaching assistantship, you will be required to take the International Teaching Assistantship exam at the beginning of your first semester. Your score will used to determine what courses you may be assigned to support.
Review information about international student admission requirements, as well as visas and fees and orientation.
Graduate students and faculty members mutually agree to a working relationship. Usually the match is formalized during the student’s second year.
First year students are encouraged to attend research seminars so that they can get acquainted with WSU faculty members and their research interests.
Yes! Students are encouraged to participate in such activities.
See our page on travel support for more information.
Pullman is a small town with recreational trails, golf (driving range, 3 courses, frisbee golf), a bowling alley, multi-screen movie theater, a Farmer’s Market each week May-October, community gardens, dog parks, trivia nights at local bars, local theatre performances, festivals, community fitness classes, and many coffee shops and restaurants.
On campus, many events are arranged by the WSU Student Entertainment Board. The CUB student union includes a food court, banking, meeting rooms, a quiet study area, art displays, and, of course, the Student Bookstore, better known as The Bookie. There are sports as well as comedy and music entertainment performances at the Beasley Coliseum,
Moscow, Idaho is eight miles east across the Washington border and home to the University of Idaho. With two universities within eight miles, there are many activities available for students to be entertained while taking a break from their studies.
Pullman is also within a 30-minute to six-hour drive of snowboarding, alpine and cross-country skiing, rock climbing, fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, river rafting, boating, biking trails, Glacier National Park (Montana), Hells Canyon (northeastern Oregon and western Idaho), the Washington coast, and Canada. Outdoor recreational gear is available to rent through the Outdoor Recreation Center.
Need a little city life? Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, are each less than two hours to the north, and Seattle is about a five-hour drive west.