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Geography – Admissions Data

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Applications 86 77 113 74 65 56 62 83 61 70
Offers (% selectivity) 9 (10%) 12 (16%) 21 (19%) 14 (19%) 12 (18%) 13 (23%) 17 (27%) 20 (24%) 13 (21%) 15 (21%)
Accepts (% yield) 6 (67%) 10 (83%) 13 (62%) 7 (50%) 7 (58%) 7 (54%) 9 (53%) 14 (70%) 7 (54%) 13 (87%)
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Applications 76 67 75 48 56 43 41 28 28 25
Offers (% selectivity) 6 (8%) 3 (4%) 5 (7%) 8 (17%) 3 (5%) 2 (5%) 4 (10%) 2 (7%) 2 (7%) 1 (4%)
Accepts (% yield) 5 (83%) 3 (100%) 1 (20%) 4 (50%) 2 (67%) 1 (50%) 4 (100%) 2 (100%) 2 (100%) 1 (100%)


Geography – Average GRE Scores for New Enrollees*

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Analytical (P) - - - - - - - - - -
Verbal (P) -
Quantitative (P) -
Analyt Writing (P) -
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Analytical (P) - - - - - - - - - -
Verbal (P) - -
Quantitative (P) - -
Analyt Writing (P) - -

*GRE tests taken on or after August 1st, 2011 are scored according the following scale:
    Verbal Reasoning: 130 - 170, 1 point increments
    Quantitative Reasoning: 130 - 170, 1 point increments
    Analytical Writing: 0 - 6, half point increments
  For tests taken prior to August 1st, 2011, scores were converted to the new scale accordingly.
P = Percentile Ranking
"-" indicates n=0


Geography – Jr/Sr GPA for New Enrollees

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
GPA
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
GPA


Geography – Demographics for New Enrollees

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Total New Enrl 6 10 13 7 7 7 8 14 7 12
Domestic 5 (83%) 7 (70%) 6 (46%) 5 (71%) 4 (57%) 4 (57%) 7 (88%) 5 (36%) 5 (71%) 2 (17%)
  Total URM * 1 (17%) 2 (20%) - 1 (14%) - 1 (14%) - 1 (7%) - 1 (8%)
    Black/Afr. Amer. - - - - - - -   1 (7%) -   1 (8%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - -   1 (14%) - - - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino   1 (17%)   2 (20%) - - -   1 (14%) - - - -
  Asian - - - 1 (14%) - - - - 2 (29%) -
  White 3 (50%) 4 (40%) 5 (38%) 3 (43%) 3 (43%) 2 (29%) 6 (75%) 3 (21%) 3 (43%) 1 (8%)
  Two or More 1 (17%) - - - 1 (14%) - 1 (13%) 1 (7%) - -
  Unknown - 1 (10%) 1 (8%) - - 1 (14%) - - - -
International 1 (17%) 3 (30%) 7 (54%) 2 (29%) 3 (43%) 3 (43%) 1 (13%) 9 (64%) 2 (29%) 10 (83%)
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Total New Enrl 5 3 1 4 1 1 4 8 2 3
Domestic 4 (80%) c c c c c c 6 (75%) c c
  Total URM * - c c c c c c 2 (25%) c c
    Black/Afr. Amer. - c c c c c c   1 (13%) c c
    Am. Ind./AK Native - c c c c c c - c c
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - c c c c c c - c c
    Hispanic/Latino - c c c c c c   1 (13%) c c
  Asian - c c c c c c - c c
  White 4 (80%) c c c c c c 4 (50%) c c
  Two or More - c c c c c c - c c
  Unknown - c c c c c c - c c
International 1 (20%) c c c c c c 2 (25%) c c

*URM: Underrepresented Minorities
Two or More: Applicant selected more than one race/ethnicity.
Unknown: Applicant chose not to disclose race/ethnicity information.
c = data not displayed because n is too small to protect confidentiality of the student data
"-" indicates n=0

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Female 4 (67%) 8 (80%) 6 (46%) 5 (71%) 4 (57%) 5 (71%) 5 (63%) 8 (57%) 5 (71%) 8 (67%)
Male 2 (33%) 2 (20%) 7 (54%) 2 (29%) 3 (43%) 2 (29%) 3 (38%) 6 (43%) 2 (29%) 4 (33%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 6 10 13 7 7 7 8 14 7 12
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Female 3 (60%) c c c c c c 4 (50%) c c
Male 2 (40%) c c c c c c 4 (50%) c c
Nonbinary or other legal identity - c c c c c c - c c
Total 5 3 1 4 1 1 4 8 2 3

c = data not displayed because n is too small to protect confidentiality of the student data
"-" indicates n=0


Geography – Total Enrollments by Degree

2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
PHD 60 59 69 63 53 46 48 55 47 53
MS 18 12 6 14 7 3 6 19 17 11


Geography – Total Enrollments by Demographic

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Total Enrl 60 59 69 63 53 46 48 55 47 53
Domestic 48 (80%) 48 (81%) 50 (72%) 46 (73%) 36 (68%) 28 (61%) 30 (63%) 31 (56%) 27 (57%) 26 (49%)
  Total URM * 3 (5%) 3 (5%) 4 (6%) 5 (8%) 4 (8%) 4 (9%) 2 (4%) 2 (4%) 2 (4%) 4 (8%)
    Black/Afr. Amer.   1 (2%)   1 (2%)   1 (1%)   1 (2%)   1 (2%)   1 (2%) -   1 (2%)   2 (4%)   4 (8%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native - -   2 (3%)   3 (5%)   2 (4%)   1 (2%) - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino   2 (3%)   2 (3%)   1 (1%)   1 (2%)   1 (2%)   2 (4%)   2 (4%)   1 (2%) - -
  Asian - - - 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 3 (6%) 3 (6%)
  White 41 (68%) 38 (64%) 40 (58%) 34 (54%) 27 (51%) 19 (41%) 22 (46%) 23 (42%) 18 (38%) 16 (30%)
  Two or More 2 (3%) 2 (3%) - - 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 2 (4%) 3 (5%) 3 (6%) 2 (4%)
  Unknown 2 (3%) 5 (8%) 6 (9%) 6 (10%) 3 (6%) 3 (7%) 3 (6%) 2 (4%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%)
International 12 (20%) 11 (19%) 19 (28%) 17 (27%) 17 (32%) 18 (39%) 18 (38%) 24 (44%) 20 (43%) 27 (51%)
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Total Enrl 18 12 6 14 7 3 6 19 17 11
Domestic 17 (94%) 9 (75%) 3 (50%) 11 (79%) 5 (71%) c 5 (83%) 16 (84%) 14 (82%) 11 (100%)
  Total URM * - 1 (8%) - - - c - 2 (11%) 2 (12%) 2 (18%)
    Black/Afr. Amer. - - - - - c -   1 (5%)   1 (6%)   2 (18%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - - - - c - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - c - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino -   1 (8%) - - - c -   1 (5%)   1 (6%) -
  Asian - - - 2 (14%) 2 (29%) c - - - 1 (9%)
  White 16 (89%) 7 (58%) 3 (50%) 8 (57%) 3 (43%) c 4 (67%) 12 (63%) 10 (59%) 7 (64%)
  Two or More - 1 (8%) - - - c 1 (17%) 2 (11%) 2 (12%) 1 (9%)
  Unknown 1 (6%) - - 1 (7%) - c - - - -
International 1 (6%) 3 (25%) 3 (50%) 3 (21%) 2 (29%) c 1 (17%) 3 (16%) 3 (18%) -

*URM: Underrepresented Minorities
Two or More: Applicant selected more than one race/ethnicity.
Unknown: Applicant chose not to disclose race/ethnicity information.
c = data not displayed because n is too small to protect confidentiality of the student data
"-" indicates n=0

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Female 34 (57%) 36 (61%) 42 (61%) 40 (63%) 32 (60%) 29 (63%) 30 (63%) 34 (62%) 32 (68%) 37 (70%)
Male 26 (43%) 23 (39%) 27 (39%) 23 (37%) 21 (40%) 17 (37%) 18 (38%) 21 (38%) 15 (32%) 16 (30%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 60 59 69 63 53 46 48 55 47 53
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Female 10 (56%) 5 (42%) 3 (50%) 6 (43%) 4 (57%) c 3 (50%) 9 (47%) 10 (59%) 10 (91%)
Male 8 (44%) 7 (58%) 3 (50%) 8 (57%) 3 (43%) c 3 (50%) 10 (53%) 7 (41%) 1 (9%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - c - - - -
Total 18 12 6 14 7 3 6 19 17 11

c = data not displayed because n is too small to protect confidentiality of the student data
"-" indicates n=0


Geography – Total Degrees Conferred by Degree

Total 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
PHD 8 6 10 11 9 8 3 15 7 5
MS 14 8 4 7 7 8 2 5 10 4

Geography – Median Time to Degree (years)

PHD 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
In Major/Degree * 5.7 5.2 4.7 5.7 5 5.2 5 5.3 6.3 4.7
First Enrollment 6 6.3 5.7 6 6.3 5.5 5 5.7 6.3 5.7
Number (n) n=8 n=6 n=10 n=11 n=9 n=8 n=3 n=15 n=7 n=5
MS 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
In Major/Degree * 1.7 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.7 2 2.1
First Enrollment 1.7 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.7 2 2.1
Number (n) n=14 n=8 n=4 n=7 n=7 n=8 n=2 n=5 n=10 n=4

*In Major/Degree: The median time to degree in graduating major and degree at Penn State.
First Enrollment: The median time to degree based on the first enrollment as a graduate student at Penn State.


Geography – Degree Completion, Campus

PHD #Started 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years Total Completed % Completed
2014/15 Cohort - - - - - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Cohort - - - - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Cohort - - - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Cohort - - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Cohort - - - - - - - -
2019/20 Cohort - - - - - - -
2020/21 Cohort - - - - - -
2021/22 Cohort - - - - -
2022/23 Cohort - - - -
2023/24 Cohort -
MS #Started 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years Total Completed % Completed
2014/15 Cohort - - - - - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Cohort - - - - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Cohort - - - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Cohort - - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Cohort - - - - - - - -
2019/20 Cohort - - - - - - -
2020/21 Cohort - - - - - -
2021/22 Cohort - - - - -
2022/23 Cohort - - - -
2023/24 Cohort -

"-" indicates n=0

Logic for Program Review Metrics

(Last updated 7/16/2024)