Applicants must have earned a four-year baccalaureate degree or its full educational equivalent from a college or university accredited by a U.S. accreditation association holding membership in the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, in the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada, or from an institution which maintains similar academic requirements and standards.

General admission requirements include a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). MHGS recommends that an applicant's undergraduate degree contain a minimum of 40 term hours of the liberal arts and sciences, within the following specific areas:

6 credits: English (Composition and Literature)
2 credits: Philosophy
8 credits: Psychology (Growth and Development, Abnormal Psychology, Theories of Personality)
4 credits: History (Western Civilization)
2 credits: Speech
4 credits: Natural Science
4 credits: Social Science
4 credits: Foreign Language
7 credits: Additional Liberal Arts and Sciences