This page lists suggested GRE (Graduate Record Examination) program codes to use when reporting scores to OSU graduate programs. GRE scores are required by some programs as a requirement for admission.
The programs listed on this page may or may not require the GRE as part of their admissions requirements. Prospective students should review program information or contact the OSU graduate program if they have a question about if the GRE is required. An applicant should verify that the GRE or other admissions test is required prior to investing in the cost of the test.
Students can contact GRE directly to request score reports be sent to OSU. GRE's web address is www.ets.org/gre.
Using the suggested code for GRE score requests will insure the program will receive your score report.
| Program Name |
Preferred GRE Department Code |
| A |
| Accounting (MS) |
4001 |
| Agricultural Communications (MS) |
3908 |
| Agricultural Economics (MS, PhD) |
0101 |
| Agricultural Education (MS, PhD) |
3908 |
| Agriculture (MAG) |
0103 |
| AG - Ag Economics (MAG) |
0101 |
| AG - Ag Education (MAG) |
3908 |
| AG - Animal Sci (MAG) |
0105 |
| AG - Entomology (MAG) |
0209 |
| AG - Horticulture (MAG) |
0109 |
| AG - Plant & Soil SCI (MAG) |
0114 |
| AG - Plant Pathology (MAG) |
0209 |
| Animal Breeding & Reproduction (PhD) |
0105 |
| Animal Nutrition (PhD) |
0105 |
| Animal Science (MS) |
0105 |
| Applied Educational Studies (EdD) (all options) |
3999 |
| |
| B |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (MS, PhD) |
0202 |
| Biosystems & Ag Engineering (MS, PhD) |
1602 |
| Botany (MS) |
0205 |
| Business Administration |
|
| BADM - Accounting (PhD) |
4001 |
| BADM - Finance (PhD) |
4102 |
| BADM - Marketing (PhD) |
4305 |
| BADM - Management Information System (PhD) |
4303 |
| Business Geogrpahics (MS) |
2203 |
| |
| C |
| Chemical Engineering (MS, PhD) |
1001 |
| Chemistry (MS, PhD) |
0301 |
| Civil Engineering (MS, PhD) |
1102 |
| Communication Sciences & Disorders (MS) |
0620 |
| Computer Science (MS, PhD) |
0402 |
| Counseling (all options) |
3999 |
| Crop Science (PhD) |
0114 |
| |
| D |
| Design, Housing & Merchandising (MS) |
4404 |
| |
| E |
| Economics (MS, PhD) |
1801 |
| Education (all options) |
3999 |
| Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (PhD) (all options) |
3999 |
| Educational Leadership Studies (MS) (all options) |
3999 |
| Educational Psychology (PhD) (all options) |
3999 |
| Educational Technology (MS) |
3999 |
| Electrical Engineering ( MS, PhD) |
1299 |
| English (MA, PhD) |
2599
|
| Entomology (PhD) |
0209 |
| Entomology and Plant Pathology (MS) |
0209 |
| Environmental Engineering (MS) |
1103 |
| Environmental Science (MS, PhD) |
0502 |
| |
| F |
| Food Science (MS, PhD) |
0107 |
| |
| G |
| Geography (MS, PhD) |
2203 |
| Geology (MS, PhD) |
0504 |
| |
| H |
Health & Human Performance (all options)
|
3999 |
| Health, Leisure & Human Performance (all options) |
3999 |
Higher Education (EdD)
|
3999 |
History (MA, PhD)
|
2799 |
| Horticulture (MS) |
0109 |
| Hospitality Administration (MS) |
4208 |
| Human Development & Family Science (MS) (all options) |
4602 |
| Human Environmental Sciences |
|
| Design, Housing, & Merchandising (PhD) |
4404 |
| Hospitality Administration (PhD) |
4208 |
| Human Development & Family Science (PhD) |
4602 |
| Nutritional Sciences (PhD) |
0214 |
| |
| I |
| Industrial Engineering & Management (MS, PhD) |
1301 |
Interdisciplinary Studies (MS)
|
|
| IDS - Aviation & Space Science (MS) |
3999 |
| IDS - Health Care Administration (MS) |
0607 |
| International Studies (MS) |
1901 |
| |
| L |
Leisure Studies (all options)
|
3999 |
| |
| M |
Management Information Systems (MS)
|
4303 |
Mass Communications (MS)
|
4503 |
Mathematics (MS, PhD)
|
0703 |
Mechanical Engineering (MS, PhD)
|
1502 |
Microbiology, Cell & Molecular Biology (MS, PhD)
|
0212 |
| |
| N |
| Natural Resource Ecology & Management (MS, PhD) |
0115 |
| Nutritional Science (MS) |
0214 |
| |
| P |
Pedagogy & Performance (MM) (all options)
|
2404 |
| Philosophy (MA)
|
2801 |
| Photonics (PhD) |
0808 |
| Physics (MS, PhD) |
0808 |
| Plant Science (PhD) |
0112 |
| Plant & Soil Science (MS) |
0114 |
| Plant Pathology (PhD) |
0209 |
| Political Science (MA) |
1902 |
| Psychology (MS, PhD) |
2016 |
| PSYC - Clinical (PhD) |
2016 |
| PSYC - Lifespan Developmental Psychology (PhD) |
2016 |
| |
| S |
School Administration (EdD)
|
3999 |
| Sociology (MS, PhD)
|
2102 |
Soil Science (PhD)
|
0114 |
| Statistics (MS, PhD)
|
0704 |
| |
| T |
Teaching, Learning & Leadership (MS) (all options)
|
3999 |
| Telecommunications Management (MS)
|
4599 |
Theater (MA)
|
2403 |
| |
| V |
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (MS, PhD)
|
0622 |
| |
| Z |
Zoology (MS, PhD)
|
0220 |
| |