Admission to University of Minnesota Twin Cities is selective and competitive and is based on a holistic review of application materials. An undergraduate degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, business, computer science, statistics, or a related field is recommended, but not required. At least one college-level calculus course is required. At least one college-level statistics course is recommended, but not required. Full-time work experience is not required. We do strongly recommend having at least some related internship(s) involving analyzing data, using technical software, and/or applying computer programming languages (e.g., Python, R, SQL, C, C++, C#, VB, Java, PHP, etc.), in addition to having related academic or extracurricular experiences. GMAT or GRE scores is optional for those with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above.
