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Admissions

2009 Admission Statistics

MPP CLASS PROFILE - Fall 2009

Class Composition:

81- 40 females, 41 males
Underrepresented: 31
PPIA Fellows: 6
International: 7***
Out-of-State: 31
California Resident: 43

Average Age:

26.8 (age range 22-45)

Average years of work experience:

3.5 years

Average GPA:

3.6 (range: 2.9-4.0)

Average GRE Scores

Quantitative 710 (range: 530-800)
Verbal 630 (range: 330-790)
Analytical Writing: 4.5- (2.0- 6.0)

Average TOEFL Scores

108 (range: 101-120)
(computer-based)

Undergraduate Institutions Attended:

American University	Pontifica Univ Catolica de Chile
Barnard College	Princeton University—3
Brown University	Reed Collage—2
California State University, East Bay	San Diego State University
Claremont McKenna College	Santa Clara University
College of William and Mary	Seoul National University
Colorado College	Sonoma State University
Columbia University—2	Stanford University—4
Cornell University—3	Tulane University of Louisiana
Dartmouth College	University of Melbourne
Davidson College	University of Arizona
DePaul University	University of California, Berkeley—4
ENPC-Ecole Nal de Ponts et Chaussees	University of California, Los Angeles—3
Florida State University	University of California, San Diego
George Washington University	University of California, Santa Barbara
Georgetown University	University of California, Santa Cruz
Gonzaga University	University of Florida—2
Harvard University—2	University of Oregon
Hebrew University of Jerusalem	University of Pennsylvania—2
Humboldt State University	University of Texas-Austin—3
Jacobs University Bremen	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lady Shri Ram College For Women	Virginia Tech
Michigan State University	Washington University—2
Morehouse College—2	Wellesley College
Northwestern University—3	Wesleyan University
Notre Dame de Namur University	Whitman College
Peking University	William Marsh Rice University
Pennsylvania State University	Yale University—2
Pomona College

Major Fields:

Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, Architectural Engineering, Arts/Law, Asian Studies, Business Administration, Business Honors & Marketing, Chinese Literature, Civil Engineering—3, Communications, Economics—12, Engineering, English –4, English Literature-2, Environmental Engineering, Genetics, Geography, Geology, Global Economics, Government—2, History—7, Human Development, International Politics, International Relations—2, International Studies, Linguistics, Literary Arts, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy –2, Policy Analysis and Management, Political Science—15, Politics—2, Psychology—3, Public Health, Public Policy –2, Religious Studies, Sociology—6, Spanish—2, Urban Studies—3, Women’s Studies—2

Underrepresented Profile:

African-American: 9, Bi-Racial: 6, Chicano: 4, Chinese-American: 3, East Indian/Pakistani: 2, Filipino: 1, Latino: 1, Other: 5

***International Profile:

Australia, China, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Korea