DeVry University offers various undergraduate degree programs in business, engineering, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences and media arts and technology. Admission to the undergraduate programs at DeVry depends upon a number of different factors including meeting a minimum grade point average. Requirements are the same for both online and on-campus degree programs. Transfer students must have maintained a minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 grade point scale. Students who attended schools with alternative GPA systems need to have maintained a "C" grade of 70 percent or higher in completed undergraduate courses. The required cumulative GPA for high school students applying to DeVry is a 2.70 on a 4.00 grade point scale. Students must also have maintained a "B" average in an Algebra I or higher course in high school.
Admission to the graduate school at DeVry University is much simpler than at other universities. Graduate degree admissions requires students to submit an application and submit proof of undergraduate graduation. Applicants need not submit GRE or GMAT scores as at some institutions, as long as they maintained a 2.70 GPA in undergraduate coursework. In college algebra and English composition, students must have made a grade of a "B" or higher (3.00 on a 4.00) scale in their undergraduate education in order to avoid being required to test.
DeVry uses what is known as the Pomona Grade Point System to calculate grade point averages of its own students. This is the system that is commonly used by most colleges and universities. In order to understand the system, you simply need to recognize that each letter grade represents an assigned point total. An "A" is equivalent to four points, a "B," three points, two point for a "C," and one for a "D." An incomplete "I" or a grade of "F" is worth zero points. GPA is calculated by taking the points received for the course and multiplying it times the number of credit hours for the course. Students must maintain a 2.00 or higher to remain in good standing while anything below a 2.00 GPA requires that the student go on academic probation.