Admissions
Transfer Applicants
Who is a Transfer Applicant?
External Transfer Applicant
You are an external transfer if you have already graduated high school and completed 12 or more college credits at an accredited postsecondary institution.
Current or Former Rutgers University Applicant
You are an internal transfer applicant (School-to-School) if you are currently enrolled at another academic unit within Rutgers University: Camden, Newark, or New Brunswick.
You are a re-enrollment applicant if you have taken a leave of absence from any Rutgers academic unit and would like to return and enroll in a BFA or BM degree program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Transfer Credit Evaluation
To review the transfer credit evaluation process and policies of academic and artistic coursework completed elsewhere, visit here.
External Transfer
Deadlines
Regular Action
Dance, Music, and Theater
January 1: Rutgers University Application
January: Mason Gross Talent Assessment
Admissions Decision by no later than April 1
Art & Design and Filmmaking
February 1: Rutgers University Application
February 15: Mason Gross Talent Assessment
Admissions Decision by no later than April 1
Steps to Apply
Step 1:
Rutgers University Application OR Common Application – if you are interested in a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) or Bachelor of Music (BM) be sure to select Mason Gross School of the Arts as a school choice. If you are interested in a Bachelor of Arts (BA) be sure to select the School of Arts and Sciences as a school choice.
To learn more about the Rutgers Application process, please visit the Rutgers University Undergraduate website.
Step 2:
Mason Gross Talent Assessment – all applicants to the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of Music (BM) programs as well as Bachelor of Arts (BA) applicants to ART are required to complete a talent assessment. For more information on the talent assessment for the program you are applying to, please visit:
School-to-school/Re-Enrollment
Admission to our BFA/BM degrees require a talent assessment evaluation and an artistic application. After submitting this form, the admissions team will review your application and send you instructions on next steps in the process which will include the link to complete the talent assessment application, if required. Any questions about this form can be sent to admissions@mgsa.rutgers.edu.
Students applying for re-enrollment may be exempt from the talent assessment application if they are re-enrolling after a short leave of absence from Mason Gross (a single fall or spring term) and have previously been artistically admitted to the school.
Note: Many programs only allow for fall entrance. If you are submitting for spring enrollment the admissions team will let you know if your program isn’t open for spring and encourage you to reapply at later date.
Academic Criteria
From another Rutgers–New Brunswick school:
- 12 graded degree credits, excluding remedial courses
- A Rutgers cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.000
- College Writing (01:355:101) or an acceptable equivalent course with a grade of C or better
From another Rutgers–Camden or Rutgers–Newark school:
- At least two semesters, including the current semester, as a student in your present school or college at Rutgers University, also including at least 12 graded degree credits, excluding remedial courses
- A Rutgers cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.000
Deadlines
Spring Semester Start (open to Art & Design and Dance ONLY)
- Complete the S2S/Re-enrollment Interest form by November 1
- Submit Mason Gross Talent Assessment by November 15
Fall Semester Start (open to all programs)
- Theater: Acting, Dramaturgy, Design, and Production; Dance, Music
- Complete the S2S/Re-enrollment Interest form by January 1
- Submit Mason Gross Talent Assessment by January 15
- Art & Design and Filmmaking
- Complete the S2S/Re-enrollment Interest form by February 1
- Submit Mason Gross Talent Assessment by February 15
Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of Music (BM)
Students pursuing a BFA or BM must complete a minimum of 120 credits to graduate. Of the 120 credits, BFA and BM students complete a minimum of 85 credits at Mason Gross School of the Arts in their major field.
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Students pursuing a BA must complete a minimum of 120 credits to graduate. Of the 120 credits, BA students complete between 41-48 credits at Mason Gross School of the Arts in their major field.
BA Art: Students who have already been admitted and are enrolled in an academic unit at Rutgers–New Brunswick for a full year may apply to declare the BA in Art (i.e. SAS, SEBS, RBS, SOE, Nursing, Pharma, etc.). For more information on this process, click here!
The BA Music, BA Dance, and BA Theater programs do not require students to complete a Mason Gross talent assessment before the major can be declared.
Minor
We offer the following minors: art, dance, music, music technology, theater, and a variety of interdisciplinary minors. Mason Gross minors require students to complete between 18-25 credits at Mason Gross School of the Arts. Students who wish to declare the art minor must be approved by the Department of Art & Design. For more information, click here.