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Energy and Mineral Engineering – Admissions Data

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Applications 91 68 97 97 103 72 51 71 66 84
Offers (% selectivity) 23 (25%) 31 (46%) 34 (35%) 12 (12%) 22 (21%) 17 (24%) 16 (31%) 26 (37%) 18 (27%) 26 (31%)
Accepts (% yield) 13 (57%) 12 (39%) 14 (41%) 7 (58%) 13 (59%) 10 (59%) 9 (56%) 13 (50%) 13 (72%) 18 (69%)
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Applications 178 158 245 224 162 93 84 61 58 47
Offers (% selectivity) 41 (23%) 58 (37%) 50 (20%) 21 (9%) 27 (17%) 23 (25%) 39 (46%) 36 (59%) 10 (17%) 15 (32%)
Accepts (% yield) 25 (61%) 40 (69%) 21 (42%) 17 (81%) 17 (63%) 15 (65%) 25 (64%) 13 (36%) 9 (90%) 8 (53%)

(Last updated 07/20/2022)


Energy and Mineral Engineering – Average GRE Scores for New Enrollees*

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Analytical (P) - - - - - - - - - -
Verbal (P) 151.36 (54%)
n=11
152.20 (51%)
n=10
151.35 (51%)
n=14
153.16 (58%)
n=6
149.33 (44%)
n=9
149.00 (43%)
n=9
152.50 (58%)
n=6
153.80 (62%)
n=10
151.31 (53%)
n=13
151.20 (50%)
n=10
Quantitative (P) 164.18 (90%)
n=11
164.70 (90%)
n=10
163.21 (86%)
n=14
165.66 (90%)
n=6
161.44 (78%)
n=9
161.56 (78%)
n=9
165.00 (87%)
n=6
164.50 (85%)
n=10
165.08 (86%)
n=13
162.10 (76%)
n=10
Analyt Writing (P) 3.50 (31%)
n=11
3.60 (35%)
n=10
3.70 (43%)
n=14
3.70 (46%)
n=6
3.22 (25%)
n=9
3.28 (34%)
n=9
4.08 (57%)
n=6
3.60 (43%)
n=10
3.62 (43%)
n=13
3.85 (50%)
n=10
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Analytical (P) - - - - - - - - - -
Verbal (P) 150.26 (48%)
n=19
150.72 (47%)
n=29
149.37 (45%)
n=16
148.23 (39%)
n=17
148.71 (43%)
n=7
148.18 (43%)
n=11
151.50 (54%)
n=10
151.14 (52%)
n=7
c c
Quantitative (P) 160.42 (83%)
n=19
162.72 (85%)
n=29
163.18 (84%)
n=16
162.17 (80%)
n=17
162.86 (84%)
n=7
162.00 (79%)
n=11
164.90 (88%)
n=10
165.14 (87%)
n=7
c c
Analyt Writing (P) 3.70 (40%)
n=19
3.30 (27%)
n=29
3.30 (28%)
n=16
3.30 (33%)
n=17
3.57 (41%)
n=7
2.95 (23%)
n=11
3.35 (34%)
n=10
3.21 (29%)
n=7
c c

(Last updated 07/20/2022)

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


Energy and Mineral Engineering – Jr/Sr GPA for New Enrollees

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
GPA 3.67
n=5
3.40
n=7
3.64
n=9
c 3.45
n=9
3.44
n=8
3.87
n=6
3.68
n=10
3.49
n=13
3.51
n=18
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
GPA 3.40
n=19
3.36
n=18
3.45
n=16
3.50
n=10
3.60
n=14
3.54
n=16
3.68
n=15
3.42
n=7
3.56
n=7
3.60
n=6

(Last updated 07/20/2022)

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


Energy and Mineral Engineering – Demographics for New Enrollees

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Total New Enrl 11 10 15 6 9 9 6 10 13 18
Domestic 2 (18%) 3 (30%) 2 (13%) - 2 (22%) 1 (11%) 1 (17%) 1 (10%) - 3 (17%)
  Total URM * 1 (9%) - 1 (7%) - - - - - - 2 (11%)
    Black/Afr. Amer.   1 (9%) - - - - - - - -   2 (11%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - - - - - - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino - -   1 (7%) - - - - - - -
  Asian - 1 (10%) - - 1 (11%) - - - - -
  White 1 (9%) 1 (10%) 1 (7%) - - 1 (11%) 1 (17%) - - 1 (6%)
  Two or More - - - - - - - - - -
  Unknown - 1 (10%) - - 1 (11%) - - 1 (10%) - -
International 9 (82%) 7 (70%) 13 (87%) 6 (100%) 7 (78%) 8 (89%) 5 (83%) 9 (90%) 13 (100%) 15 (83%)
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Total New Enrl 22 31 21 17 15 16 15 7 7 6
Domestic 5 (23%) 7 (23%) 3 (14%) 2 (12%) 6 (40%) 2 (13%) 2 (13%) 1 (14%) 3 (43%) 3 (50%)
  Total URM * - 2 (6%) - 1 (6%) - - - 1 (14%) 1 (14%) -
    Black/Afr. Amer. -   1 (3%) - - - - -   1 (14%) - -
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - - - - - - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino -   1 (3%) -   1 (6%) - - - -   1 (14%) -
  Asian - - 1 (5%) - - - 1 (7%) - - -
  White 4 (18%) 5 (16%) 2 (10%) 1 (6%) 6 (40%) 2 (13%) 1 (7%) - 2 (29%) 3 (50%)
  Two or More - - - - - - - - - -
  Unknown 1 (5%) - - - - - - - - -
International 17 (77%) 24 (77%) 18 (86%) 15 (88%) 9 (60%) 14 (88%) 13 (87%) 6 (86%) 4 (57%) 3 (50%)

(Last updated 07/20/2022)

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

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Female 1 (9%) 2 (20%) 4 (27%) 2 (33%) 2 (22%) - 1 (17%) 1 (10%) 2 (15%) 4 (22%)
Male 10 (91%) 8 (80%) 11 (73%) 4 (67%) 7 (78%) 9 (100%) 5 (83%) 9 (90%) 11 (85%) 14 (78%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 11 10 15 6 9 9 6 10 13 18
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Female 7 (32%) 3 (10%) 3 (14%) 5 (29%) 3 (20%) 3 (19%) 6 (40%) 1 (14%) - 2 (33%)
Male 15 (68%) 28 (90%) 18 (86%) 12 (71%) 12 (80%) 13 (81%) 9 (60%) 6 (86%) 7 (100%) 4 (67%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 22 31 21 17 15 16 15 7 7 6

(Last updated 07/20/2022)

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Energy and Mineral Engineering – Total Enrollments by Advisor/Reporting Department and Degree

EME 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 * 2017/18 * 2018/19 * 2019/20 * 2020/21 * 2021/22 *
PHD 106 105 110 96
MS 71 78 69 61
Other 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 * 2017/18 * 2018/19 * 2019/20 * 2020/21 * 2021/22 *
PHD - - - -
MS - 1 - -
Total 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
PHD 106 105 110 96 88 84 68 69 71 72
MS 71 79 69 61 53 48 45 37 27 15

(Last updated 07/20/2022)

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*Advisor/Reporting Department data is unavailable for this year.


Energy and Mineral Engineering – Total Enrollments by Demographic

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Total Enrl 106 105 110 96 88 84 68 69 71 72
Domestic 17 (16%) 15 (14%) 16 (15%) 13 (14%) 14 (16%) 14 (17%) 10 (15%) 11 (16%) 10 (14%) 13 (18%)
  Total URM * 5 (5%) 3 (3%) 2 (2%) 1 (1%) 2 (2%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 2 (3%) 4 (6%)
    Black/Afr. Amer.   4 (4%)   2 (2%)   1 (1%) -   1 (1%) - - -   1 (1%)   3 (4%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - - - - - - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)
  Asian - 2 (2%) 2 (2%) 2 (2%) 3 (3%) 2 (2%) 2 (3%) 2 (3%) 2 (3%) 2 (3%)
  White 9 (8%) 6 (6%) 8 (7%) 7 (7%) 5 (6%) 8 (10%) 6 (9%) 6 (9%) 5 (7%) 7 (10%)
  Two or More - - - - - - - - - -
  Unknown 3 (3%) 4 (4%) 4 (4%) 3 (3%) 4 (5%) 3 (4%) 1 (1%) 2 (3%) 1 (1%) -
International 89 (84%) 90 (86%) 94 (85%) 83 (86%) 74 (84%) 70 (83%) 58 (85%) 58 (84%) 61 (86%) 59 (82%)
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Total Enrl 71 79 69 61 53 48 45 37 27 15
Domestic 19 (27%) 19 (24%) 10 (14%) 10 (16%) 11 (21%) 11 (23%) 8 (18%) 6 (16%) 7 (26%) 6 (40%)
  Total URM * 4 (6%) 4 (5%) 1 (1%) 1 (2%) 2 (4%) 1 (2%) - 1 (3%) 2 (7%) 1 (7%)
    Black/Afr. Amer.   2 (3%)   3 (4%) - - -   1 (2%) -   1 (3%)   1 (4%) -
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - - - - - - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino   2 (3%)   1 (1%)   1 (1%)   1 (2%)   2 (4%) - - -   1 (4%)   1 (7%)
  Asian 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 3 (4%) 2 (3%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 2 (4%) 2 (5%) 2 (7%) -
  White 11 (15%) 12 (15%) 6 (9%) 7 (11%) 8 (15%) 9 (19%) 6 (13%) 3 (8%) 3 (11%) 5 (33%)
  Two or More - - - - - - - - - -
  Unknown 3 (4%) 2 (3%) - - - - - - - -
International 52 (73%) 60 (76%) 59 (86%) 51 (84%) 42 (79%) 37 (77%) 37 (82%) 31 (84%) 20 (74%) 9 (60%)

(Last updated 07/20/2022)

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

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Female 23 (22%) 25 (24%) 23 (21%) 24 (25%) 21 (24%) 18 (21%) 15 (22%) 11 (16%) 13 (18%) 15 (21%)
Male 83 (78%) 80 (76%) 87 (79%) 72 (75%) 67 (76%) 66 (79%) 53 (78%) 58 (84%) 58 (82%) 57 (79%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 106 105 110 96 88 84 68 69 71 72
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Female 24 (34%) 17 (22%) 10 (14%) 11 (18%) 12 (23%) 9 (19%) 9 (20%) 8 (22%) 5 (19%) 2 (13%)
Male 47 (66%) 62 (78%) 59 (86%) 50 (82%) 41 (77%) 39 (81%) 36 (80%) 29 (78%) 22 (81%) 13 (87%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 71 79 69 61 53 48 45 37 27 15

(Last updated 07/20/2022)

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Energy and Mineral Engineering – Total Degrees Conferred by Degree

EME 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 * 2017/18 * 2018/19 * 2019/20 * 2020/21 * 2021/22 *
PHD 14 17 23 22
MS 29 29 24 33
Total 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
PHD 14 17 23 22 13 20 15 9 15 6
MS 29 29 24 33 15 18 18 17 13 6

(Last updated 07/22/2022)

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Energy and Mineral Engineering – Median Time to Degree (years)

PHD 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
In Major/Degree * 3.3 3.7 4 4 4 4 4 5.7 4.3 4.5
First Enrollment 5.2 4.3 4.4 5.2 6 6 5.7 6 5 6
Number (n) n=14 n=17 n=23 n=22 n=13 n=20 n=15 n=9 n=15 n=6
MS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
In Major/Degree * 2.4 2.4 2.2 2 2 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.3
First Enrollment 2.4 2.4 2.2 2 2 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.3
Number (n) n=29 n=29 n=24 n=33 n=15 n=18 n=18 n=17 n=13 n=6

(Last updated 07/21/2022)

*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.


Energy and Mineral Engineering – Degree Completion, UP Campus

PHD #Started 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years Total Completed % Completed
2012/13 Cohort 20 - - 5 5 1 2 1 - - 14 70%
2013/14 Cohort 23 - 2 3 7 2 2 - - 16 70%
2014/15 Cohort 24 - - 8 4 2 4 - 18 75%
2015/16 Cohort 14 - 1 5 1 1 1 9 64%
2016/17 Cohort 17 - 1 2 4 1 8 47%
2017/18 Cohort 16 - - 5 2 7 44%
2018/19 Cohort 10 - 1 1 2 20%
2019/20 Cohort 15 - - - -
2020/21 Cohort 17 - - -
2021/22 Cohort 19
MS #Started 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years Total Completed % Completed
2012/13 Cohort 29 7 13 3 1 - - - - - 24 83%
2013/14 Cohort 38 6 20 1 2 - - - - 29 76%
2014/15 Cohort 24 5 10 4 - - 1 1 21 88%
2015/16 Cohort 22 5 9 3 1 - - 18 82%
2016/17 Cohort 18 4 9 1 - - 14 78%
2017/18 Cohort 17 5 9 1 - 15 88%
2018/19 Cohort 16 5 8 - 13 81%
2019/20 Cohort 9 4 4 8 89%
2020/21 Cohort 7 1 1 14%
2021/22 Cohort 6

(Last updated 08/05/2022)

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