Recommendation Requirements by Program
Recommendation Requirements by Program
A summary of letter of recommendation requirements for programs housed within the Graduate School is directly below. Applicants seeking admission to a specific program should carefully review this page for important information about each program's letter of recommendation requirements and the evaluator types accepted before applying via the online application link associated with that program (see summary below). Only completed applications, with supporting materials, will be forwarded by Howard's Office of Admissions (a separate Office from the Graduate School) to your prospective degree program, whose faculty will render a decision on your application. No applicant will be admitted without the recommendation of an academic unit. The Graduate School does not determine if you have sent the appropriate recommendation/reference type for a particular Graduate School program.
Letter of Recommendation/Reference Key:
- Accepted = This letter of recommendation evaluator type is accepted by the program
- Not accepted = This letter of recommendation evaluator type is not accepted by the program
- Required = Applicant must send at least one letter of recommendation from this SPECIFIC type of evaluator (refer to program guidance for the number of recommendations required for the SPECIFIC evaluator type)
Recommendation Requirements by Program (Evaluator Types)
| Program Entry Requirements Webpage | Degree | Program Details | Rec Letters Required | Faculty/ Professor/ Academic Advisor |
Supervisor/ Manager |
Coworker | Friend | Family Member |
Clergy | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Studies |
MA | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted | Accepted |
| African Studies |
PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted | Accepted |
| Online Applied Data Science & Analytics | MS | More Info | 2 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Atmospheric Sciences | MS | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Atmospheric Sciences | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Biology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Biomedical & Chemical Engineering | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Chemical Engineering | MS | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Chemistry | MS | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Chemistry | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Clinical Psychology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Communication, Culture, & Media Studies | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required (3 letters) | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Computer Science | MCS | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Computer Science | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Counseling Psychology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Developmental Psychology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Economics | MA | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Economics | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Educational Psychology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Electrical Engineering | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| English | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity | Cert | More Info | 2 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Graduate Certificate in Faculty Preparation | Cert | More Info | 2 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted | Not accepted |
| Graduate Certificate in International Studies | Cert | More Info | 2 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies | Cert | More Info | 2 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required (2 letters) | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted | Accepted |
| History | MA | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| History | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Mathematics | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Mechanical Engineering | MEng | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Mechanical Engineering | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Medical Physics | MS | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Neuropsychology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Nutritional Sciences | MS | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Nutritional Sciences | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Physics | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Political Science | MA | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Political Science | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Public Health | MPH | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| School Psychology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Accepted |
| Social Psychology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Social Work | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Sociology | MA | More Info | 3 letters | Required (3 letters) | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Sociology | PhD | More Info | 3 letters | Required (3 letters) | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |
| Speech-Language Pathology | MS | More Info | 3 letters | Required | Accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted | Not accepted |