GEOG Program Metrics

Geography – Admissions Data

PHD	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Applications	77	113	74	65	56	62	83	61	70	80
Offers (% selectivity)	12 (16%)	21 (19%)	14 (19%)	12 (18%)	13 (23%)	17 (27%)	20 (24%)	13 (21%)	15 (21%)	13 (16%)
Accepts (% yield)	10 (83%)	13 (62%)	7 (50%)	7 (58%)	7 (54%)	9 (53%)	14 (70%)	7 (54%)	13 (87%)	8 (62%)

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Applications	67	75	48	56	43	41	28	28	25	28
Offers (% selectivity)	3 (4%)	5 (7%)	8 (17%)	3 (5%)	2 (5%)	4 (10%)	2 (7%)	2 (7%)	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
Accepts (% yield)	3 (100%)	1 (20%)	4 (50%)	2 (67%)	1 (50%)	4 (100%)	2 (100%)	2 (100%)	1 (100%)	-

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Geography – Average GRE Scores for New Enrollees*

PHD	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Analytical (P) †	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	TBD	-
Verbal (P) †	-	TBD	-
Quantitative (P) †	-	TBD	-
Analyt Writing (P) †	-	TBD	-

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Analytical (P) †	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	TBD	-
Verbal (P) †	-	-	TBD	-
Quantitative (P) †	-	-	TBD	-
Analyt Writing (P) †	-	-	TBD	-

*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

PHD	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
GPA	TBD	-

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
GPA	TBD	-

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Geography – Demographics for New Enrollees

PHD	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Total New Enrl	10	13	7	7	7	8	14	7	12	TBD
Domestic	7 (70%)	6 (46%)	5 (71%)	4 (57%)	4 (57%)	7 (88%)	5 (36%)	5 (71%)	2 (17%)	TBD
Total URM *	2 (20%)	-	1 (14%)	-	1 (14%)	-	1 (7%)	-	1 (8%)	TBD
Black/Afr. Amer.	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 (7%)	-	1 (8%)	TBD
Am. Ind./AK Native	-	-	1 (14%)	-	-	-	-	-	-	TBD
Hawaiian/Pac. Is.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	TBD
Hispanic/Latino	2 (20%)	-	-	-	1 (14%)	-	-	-	-	TBD
Asian	-	-	1 (14%)	-	-	-	-	2 (29%)	-	TBD
White	4 (40%)	5 (38%)	3 (43%)	3 (43%)	2 (29%)	6 (75%)	3 (21%)	3 (43%)	1 (8%)	TBD
Two or More †	-	-	-	1 (14%)	-	1 (13%)	1 (7%)	-	-	TBD
Unknown ‡	1 (10%)	1 (8%)	-	-	1 (14%)	-	-	-	-	TBD
International	3 (30%)	7 (54%)	2 (29%)	3 (43%)	3 (43%)	1 (13%)	9 (64%)	2 (29%)	10 (83%)	TBD

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Total New Enrl	3	1	4	1	1	4	8	2	3	TBD
Domestic	c	c	c	c	c	c	6 (75%)	c	c	TBD
Total URM *	c	c	c	c	c	c	2 (25%)	c	c	TBD
Black/Afr. Amer.	c	c	c	c	c	c	1 (13%)	c	c	TBD
Am. Ind./AK Native	c	c	c	c	c	c	-	c	c	TBD
Hawaiian/Pac. Is.	c	c	c	c	c	c	-	c	c	TBD
Hispanic/Latino	c	c	c	c	c	c	1 (13%)	c	c	TBD
Asian	c	c	c	c	c	c	-	c	c	TBD
White	c	c	c	c	c	c	4 (50%)	c	c	TBD
Two or More †	c	c	c	c	c	c	-	c	c	TBD
Unknown ‡	c	c	c	c	c	c	-	c	c	TBD
International	c	c	c	c	c	c	2 (25%)	c	c	TBD

*URM: Underrepresented Minorities
†Two or More: Applicant selected more than one race/ethnicity.
‡Unknown: Applicant chose not to disclose race/ethnicity information.
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"-" indicates n=0

PHD	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Female	8 (80%)	6 (46%)	5 (71%)	4 (57%)	5 (71%)	5 (63%)	8 (57%)	5 (71%)	8 (67%)	33 (62%)
Male	2 (20%)	7 (54%)	2 (29%)	3 (43%)	2 (29%)	3 (38%)	6 (43%)	2 (29%)	4 (33%)	20 (38%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	10	13	7	7	7	8	14	7	12	53

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Female	c	c	c	c	c	c	4 (50%)	c	c	5 (100%)
Male	c	c	c	c	c	c	4 (50%)	c	c	-
Nonbinary or other legal identity	c	c	c	c	c	c	-	c	c	-
Total	3	1	4	1	1	4	8	2	3	5

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"-" indicates n=0

Geography – Total Enrollments by Demographic

PHD	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Total Enrl	59	69	63	53	46	48	55	47	53	53
Domestic	48 (81%)	50 (72%)	46 (73%)	36 (68%)	28 (61%)	30 (63%)	31 (56%)	27 (57%)	26 (49%)	20 (38%)
Total URM *	3 (5%)	4 (6%)	5 (8%)	4 (8%)	4 (9%)	2 (4%)	2 (4%)	2 (4%)	4 (8%)	4 (8%)
Black/Afr. Amer.	1 (2%)	1 (1%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	-	1 (2%)	2 (4%)	4 (8%)	4 (8%)
Am. Ind./AK Native	-	2 (3%)	3 (5%)	2 (4%)	1 (2%)	-	-	-	-	-
Hawaiian/Pac. Is.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic/Latino	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%)	2 (4%)
White	38 (64%)	40 (58%)	34 (54%)	27 (51%)	19 (41%)	22 (46%)	23 (42%)	18 (38%)	16 (30%)	12 (23%)
Two or More †	2 (3%)	-	-	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	2 (4%)	3 (5%)	3 (6%)	2 (4%)	2 (4%)
Unknown ‡	5 (8%)	6 (9%)	6 (10%)	3 (6%)	3 (7%)	3 (6%)	2 (4%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	-
International	11 (19%)	19 (28%)	17 (27%)	17 (32%)	18 (39%)	18 (38%)	24 (44%)	20 (43%)	27 (51%)	33 (62%)

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Total Enrl	12	6	14	7	3	6	19	17	11	5
Domestic	9 (75%)	3 (50%)	11 (79%)	5 (71%)	c	5 (83%)	16 (84%)	14 (82%)	11 (100%)	5 (100%)
Total URM *	1 (8%)	-	-	-	c	-	2 (11%)	2 (12%)	2 (18%)	1 (20%)
Black/Afr. Amer.	-	-	-	-	c	-	1 (5%)	1 (6%)	2 (18%)	1 (20%)
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%)	1 (20%)
White	7 (58%)	3 (50%)	8 (57%)	3 (43%)	c	4 (67%)	12 (63%)	10 (59%)	7 (64%)	2 (40%)
Two or More †	1 (8%)	-	-	-	c	1 (17%)	2 (11%)	2 (12%)	1 (9%)	1 (20%)
Unknown ‡	-	-	1 (7%)	-	c	-	-	-	-	-
International	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	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Female	36 (61%)	42 (61%)	40 (63%)	32 (60%)	29 (63%)	30 (63%)	34 (62%)	32 (68%)	37 (70%)	33 (62%)
Male	23 (39%)	27 (39%)	23 (37%)	21 (40%)	17 (37%)	18 (38%)	21 (38%)	15 (32%)	16 (30%)	20 (38%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	59	69	63	53	46	48	55	47	53	53

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Female	5 (42%)	3 (50%)	6 (43%)	4 (57%)	c	3 (50%)	9 (47%)	10 (59%)	10 (91%)	5 (100%)
Male	7 (58%)	3 (50%)	8 (57%)	3 (43%)	c	3 (50%)	10 (53%)	7 (41%)	1 (9%)	-
Nonbinary or other legal identity	-	-	-	-	c	-	-	-	-	-
Total	12	6	14	7	3	6	19	17	11	5

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Geography – Total Degrees Conferred by Degree

Total	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
PHD	6	10	11	9	8	3	15	7	5	5	-
MS	8	4	7	7	8	2	5	10	4	4	-

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Please note that 2024/25 Median Time To Degree values are being recalculated and should be published here soon.

Geography – Median Time to Degree (years)

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

MS	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
In Major/Degree *	2	2	2	2	2	2	1.7	2	2.1
First Enrollment †	2	2	2	2	2	2	1.7	2	2.1
Number (n)	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
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	-	-									-	-
2024/25 Cohort	-

MS	#Started	1 year	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 years	6 years	7 years	8 years	9 years	Total Completed	% Completed
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	-	-									-	-
2024/25 Cohort	-

"-" indicates n=0

The Graduate School at Penn State

GEOG Program Metrics

Geography (GEOG)
University Park
Earth and Mineral Sciences
Program Ended

Geography – Admissions Data

Geography – Average GRE Scores for New Enrollees*

Geography – Jr/Sr GPA for New Enrollees

Geography – Demographics for New Enrollees

Geography – Total Enrollments by Demographic

Geography – Total Degrees Conferred by Degree

Geography – Median Time to Degree (years)

Geography – Degree Completion, Campus

The Graduate School at Penn State

GEOG Program Metrics

Geography (GEOG) University Park Earth and Mineral Sciences Program Ended

Geography – Admissions Data

Geography – Average GRE Scores for New Enrollees*

Geography – Jr/Sr GPA for New Enrollees

Geography – Demographics for New Enrollees

Geography – Total Enrollments by Demographic

Geography – Total Degrees Conferred by Degree

Geography – Median Time to Degree (years)

Geography – Degree Completion, Campus

Geography (GEOG)
University Park
Earth and Mineral Sciences
Program Ended