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Homeland Security – Admissions Data

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Applications 387 375 375 361 310 337 257 273 220 164
Offers (% selectivity) 309 (80%) 297 (79%) 280 (75%) 267 (74%) 241 (78%) 263 (78%) 194 (75%) 236 (86%) 158 (72%) 121 (74%)
Accepts (% yield) 296 (96%) 289 (97%) 265 (95%) 240 (90%) 216 (90%) 233 (89%) 174 (90%) 213 (90%) 128 (81%) 102 (84%)


Homeland Security – Average GRE Scores for New Enrollees*

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Analytical (P) - - - c - - - - - -
Verbal (P) 152.81 (56%)
n=11
151.80 (53%)
n=15
154.57 (66%)
n=14
152.88 (57%)
n=17
152.08 (56%)
n=12
154.00 (62%)
n=5
c c c -
Quantitative (P) 150.27 (45%)
n=11
148.53 (40%)
n=15
151.85 (54%)
n=14
152.18 (50%)
n=17
147.25 (28%)
n=12
151.60 (48%)
n=5
c c c -
Analyt Writing (P) 3.80 (45%)
n=11
3.90 (50%)
n=15
3.90 (51%)
n=13
3.94 (55%)
n=16
3.83 (50%)
n=12
3.70 (43%)
n=5
c c c -

*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


Homeland Security – Average GMAT Scores for New Enrollees

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Total (P) * - c - c c - - c - -
Verbal (P) * - c - c c - - c - -
Quantitative (P) * - c - c c - - c - -
Analyt Writing (P) * - c - c c - - c - -

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


Homeland Security – Average MAT Scores for New Enrollees

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Score c c - - - - - - - -

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


Homeland Security – Jr/Sr GPA for New Enrollees

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
GPA 3.40
n=205
3.35
n=203
3.35
n=207
3.35
n=186
3.30
n=187
3.30
n=204
3.27
n=147
3.30
n=186
3.33
n=102
3.32
n=92


Homeland Security – Demographics for New Enrollees

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Total New Enrl 217 230 220 202 188 204 147 186 102 92
Domestic 217 (100%) 228 (99%) 217 (99%) 200 (99%) 187 (99%) 204 (100%) 147 (100%) 186 (100%) 102 (100%) 92 (100%)
  Total URM * 41 (19%) 47 (20%) 46 (21%) 44 (22%) 36 (19%) 36 (18%) 28 (19%) 48 (26%) 21 (21%) 26 (28%)
    Black/Afr. Amer.   12 (6%)   22 (10%)   24 (11%)   20 (10%)   17 (9%)   17 (8%)   19 (13%)   17 (9%)   13 (13%)   9 (10%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native -   1 (0%) -   5 (2%)   2 (1%) - -   3 (2%) -   2 (2%)
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is.   1 (0%)   1 (0%)   3 (1%) -   1 (1%)   2 (1%) -   4 (2%) - -
    Hispanic/Latino   28 (13%)   23 (10%)   19 (9%)   19 (9%)   16 (9%)   17 (8%)   9 (6%)   24 (13%)   8 (8%)   15 (16%)
  Asian 5 (2%) 10 (4%) 4 (2%) 5 (2%) 2 (1%) 4 (2%) 6 (4%) 8 (4%) 6 (6%) 4 (4%)
  White 156 (72%) 154 (67%) 158 (72%) 142 (70%) 144 (77%) 159 (78%) 108 (73%) 125 (67%) 68 (67%) 58 (63%)
  Two or More 7 (3%) 9 (4%) 6 (3%) 6 (3%) 2 (1%) 4 (2%) 3 (2%) 4 (2%) 3 (3%) 3 (3%)
  Unknown 8 (4%) 8 (3%) 3 (1%) 3 (1%) 3 (2%) 1 (0%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%) 4 (4%) 1 (1%)
International - 2 (1%) 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%) - - - - -

*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

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Female 75 (35%) 73 (32%) 81 (37%) 68 (34%) 76 (40%) 80 (39%) 59 (40%) 85 (46%) 36 (35%) 38 (41%)
Male 142 (65%) 157 (68%) 139 (63%) 134 (66%) 112 (60%) 124 (61%) 88 (60%) 101 (54%) 66 (65%) 54 (59%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 217 230 220 202 188 204 147 186 102 92

"-" indicates n=0


Homeland Security – Total Enrollments by Degree

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
MPS 597 642 673 643 591 571 512 501 408 328


Homeland Security – Total Enrollments by Demographic

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Total Enrl 597 642 673 643 591 571 512 501 408 328
Domestic 596 (100%) 639 (100%) 666 (99%) 635 (99%) 584 (99%) 571 (100%) 512 (100%) 501 (100%) 407 (100%) 327 (100%)
  Total URM * 94 (16%) 116 (18%) 119 (18%) 126 (20%) 112 (19%) 116 (20%) 100 (20%) 105 (21%) 89 (22%) 73 (22%)
    Black/Afr. Amer.   34 (6%)   48 (7%)   55 (8%)   54 (8%)   51 (9%)   49 (9%)   47 (9%)   46 (9%)   37 (9%)   29 (9%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native   1 (0%)   2 (0%)   1 (0%)   9 (1%)   5 (1%)   3 (1%)   5 (1%)   7 (1%)   2 (0%)   3 (1%)
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is.   1 (0%)   3 (0%)   5 (1%)   8 (1%)   5 (1%)   4 (1%)   3 (1%)   5 (1%)   3 (1%)   2 (1%)
    Hispanic/Latino   58 (10%)   63 (10%)   58 (9%)   55 (9%)   51 (9%)   60 (11%)   45 (9%)   47 (9%)   47 (12%)   39 (12%)
  Asian 13 (2%) 20 (3%) 20 (3%) 27 (4%) 17 (3%) 13 (2%) 15 (3%) 21 (4%) 16 (4%) 11 (3%)
  White 450 (75%) 461 (72%) 491 (73%) 458 (71%) 438 (74%) 426 (75%) 384 (75%) 362 (72%) 287 (70%) 231 (70%)
  Two or More 19 (3%) 22 (3%) 20 (3%) 13 (2%) 9 (2%) 11 (2%) 8 (2%) 8 (2%) 9 (2%) 8 (2%)
  Unknown 20 (3%) 20 (3%) 16 (2%) 11 (2%) 8 (1%) 5 (1%) 5 (1%) 5 (1%) 6 (1%) 4 (1%)
International 1 (0%) 3 (0%) 7 (1%) 8 (1%) 7 (1%) - - - 1 (0%) 1 (0%)

*URM: Underrepresented Minorities
Two or More: Applicant selected more than one race/ethnicity.
Unknown: Applicant chose not to disclose race/ethnicity information.

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Female 175 (29%) 196 (31%) 215 (32%) 215 (33%) 205 (35%) 215 (38%) 190 (37%) 214 (43%) 167 (41%) 118 (36%)
Male 422 (71%) 446 (69%) 458 (68%) 428 (67%) 386 (65%) 356 (62%) 322 (63%) 287 (57%) 241 (59%) 210 (64%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 597 642 673 643 591 571 512 501 408 328

"-" indicates n=0


Homeland Security – Total Degrees Conferred by Degree

Total 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
MPS 126 135 160 193 166 158 145 157 154 117


Homeland Security – Median Time to Degree (years)

MPS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
In Major/Degree * 2.1 2.3 2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
First Enrollment 2.2 2.4 2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
Number (n) n=126 n=135 n=160 n=193 n=166 n=158 n=145 n=157 n=155 n=117

*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.


Homeland Security – Degree Completion, WC Campus

MPS #Started 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years Total Completed % Completed
2013/14 Cohort 241 32 71 41 11 4 7 1 2 1 170 71%
2014/15 Cohort 254 42 86 30 15 6 1 - 2 182 72%
2015/16 Cohort 233 40 81 24 9 11 4 2 171 73%
2016/17 Cohort 205 33 58 25 16 4 2 138 67%
2017/18 Cohort 189 49 56 24 7 3 139 74%
2018/19 Cohort 206 40 67 27 17 151 73%
2019/20 Cohort 150 32 53 15 100 67%
2020/21 Cohort 189 58 50 108 57%
2021/22 Cohort 104 27 27 26%
2022/23 Cohort 94

"-" indicates n=0

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(Last updated 8/5/2023)