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Admissions

2008 Admission Statistics

MPP CLASS PROFILE - Fall 2008

Class Composition:

75- 41 females, 34 males
Underrepresented: 14**
PPIA Fellows: 2
International: 23***
Out-of-State: 21
California Resident: 31

Average Age:

26.6 (age range 21-35)

Average years of work experience:

3.3 years

Average GPA:

3.6 (range: 2.8-4.0)

Average GRE Scores

Quantitative 730 (range: 430-800)
Verbal 630 (range: 350-790)
Analytical Writing: 4.5 (3.0- 6.0)

Average TOEFL Scores

270 (range: 247-290)
(computer-based)

Undergraduate Institutions Attended:

All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences	Southern New Hampshire University
American University	Spelman Collage
Arizona State University	St. Thomas University
Beijing Foreign University	SUNY College
Brown University - 2	Texas A & M University
California Polytechnic State University	Univ of Chile
Carleton University	Univ de Los Andes Bogota
Cornell University - 2	Univ del Pacifico, Lima
Denison University	Univ of Cambridge-Downing College
Emory University	University of London
Ecole Natl des Ponts et Chaussees	University of the Punjab Lahore
Grinnell College	University of Tokyo
Hankuk Univ of Foreign Studies Seoul	University of California, Berkeley - 5
Harvard & Radcliffe College	University of California, Los Angeles
Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico	University of California, San Diego – 2
John Hopkins University	University of California, Santa Barbara – 2
Keio University	University of California – Santa Cruz
Lahore Univ of Management Sciences- 3	University of Georgia
Murdoch University	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
New York University	University of Missouri-Columbia
Northeastern University - 2	University of Notre Dame
Oberlin College	University of Pennsylvania
Peking University	University of Southern California – 2
Pomona College	University of Virginia
Punjab Engineering College	Vassar College
Regional Engineering College	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Renmin University of China	Visvesvaraya Technological University
Saint John’s University	Washington University
Sarah Lawrence College	Wesleyan University - 2
Scripps College - 2	Williams College
Smith College	Yonsei University Seoul

Major Fields:

American History and Literature, Anatomy, Anthropology -2, Applied Mathematics, Area Studies, Biological Studies, Biology, Broadcast Journalism, Business Economics, Chemical System Engineering, City and Regional Planning, Civil Engineering – 2, Communications, Computer Science 3, Criminal Justice, Developmental Studies – 2, Economics – 10, Electrical Engineering, English, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Finance, History – 2, Humanities, Industrial and Labor Relations, Interdisciplinary Studies – 4, Journalism, Law, Political Economy of Industrial Societies, Philosophy, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Physics, Pol. Philosophy, Policy, and Law, Policy Analysis and Law, Political Science – 9, Politics – 2, Print Journalism, Psychology - 2, Public Affairs and Policy Management, Public Policy Analysis, Religious Studies, Social Sciences, Sociology - 5, Spanish, Transport Environment Urban policy

**Underrepresented Profile:

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

***International Profile:

*** Canada, Chile, China (3), Colombia, Ecuador, France, India (3), Japan (2), Korea (2), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan (4), Peru