Why this exists
I started looking at graduate programs between jobs, weighing an MBA against an engineering master's, and hit the problem this site solves. I was past most deadlines. I had a limited number of recommendation letters lined up. I hadn't sat the GRE or GMAT and didn't plan to. I needed every program still accepting applications, that didn't require a test I hadn't taken, and that would accept the letter count I already had.
That question sounds narrow. It isn't. Nothing on the open web answers it without opening dozens of tabs, reading each school's admissions page, and building a spreadsheet by hand. I built the spreadsheet, then turned it into a site.
Who I am
I'm Antoine P., a software engineer. I'm not an admissions consultant and I don't take money from schools. GradsMatch is every public master's program I could find, normalized into the same fields: tuition, modality, credits, deadlines, test requirements, GPA thresholds, recommendation letter counts, prerequisites, and post-study work rights. You can filter on the constraints that actually narrow the list, so "master's programs still open, no GRE, two rec letters" becomes a one-minute query instead of a two-week research project.
What's different here
- Normalized data. Every program uses the same fields and units. "GPA: 3.2 minimum" means the same thing on every page, even when the school's own site buries it in a PDF.
- Side-by-side comparisons. Stack any two programs and see where they differ on the fields that matter.
- Sourced. Every data point links back to the school's official page.
- Dated. Tuition and deadlines change each cycle. Every page shows when we last verified.
How we make money
GradsMatch has a free tier (program names, locations, modality, tuition, descriptions) and a paid tier covering the data most useful when you're applying: exact GPA thresholds, GRE and TOEFL minimums, deadlines, recommendation letter counts, essay prompts, and prerequisite courses. Schools don't pay to rank higher. We don't sell application data.
Contact
Incorrect data, program requests, or questions: hello@gradsmatch.com. Methodology details are on the methodology page.