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Software Engineering – Admissions Data

MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Applications 32 26 22 30 36 24 21 27 28 46
Offers (% selectivity) 22 (69%) 21 (81%) 13 (59%) 10 (33%) 23 (64%) 19 (79%) 15 (71%) 13 (48%) 23 (82%) 21 (46%)
Accepts (% yield) 20 (91%) 18 (86%) 12 (92%) 10 (100%) 22 (96%) 16 (84%) 10 (67%) 7 (54%) 17 (74%) 8 (38%)


Software Engineering – Average GRE Scores for New Enrollees*

MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Analytical (P) † - - - - - - - - - -
Verbal (P) † c c c c c c c - c c
Quantitative (P) † c c c c c c c - c c
Analyt Writing (P) † c c c c c c 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
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Software Engineering – Average GMAT Scores for New Enrollees

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

*P = Percentile Ranking
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Software Engineering – Jr/Sr GPA for New Enrollees

MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
GPA 3.41
n=14 		3.36
n=12 		3.36
n=8 		3.33
n=8 		3.25
n=20 		3.33
n=14 		3.30
n=9 		c 3.49
n=8 		3.40
n=5

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


Software Engineering – Demographics for New Enrollees

MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Total New Enrl 17 12 11 9 20 14 9 4 8 6
Domestic 13 (76%) 8 (67%) 7 (64%) 7 (78%) 19 (95%) 12 (86%) 6 (67%) c 6 (75%) 4 (67%)
  Total URM * - 1 (8%) - - 1 (5%) 1 (7%) 1 (11%) c 2 (25%) 2 (33%)
    Black/Afr. Amer. - - - -   1 (5%)   1 (7%)   1 (11%) c   1 (13%)   1 (17%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - - - - - - c - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - c - -
    Hispanic/Latino -   1 (8%) - - - - - c   1 (13%)   1 (17%)
  Asian 3 (18%) 1 (8%) 2 (18%) 2 (22%) 1 (5%) 3 (21%) 1 (11%) c - -
  White 8 (47%) 5 (42%) 5 (45%) 5 (56%) 16 (80%) 8 (57%) 3 (33%) c 4 (50%) 1 (17%)
  Two or More † 1 (6%) - - - 1 (5%) - 1 (11%) c - -
  Unknown ‡ 1 (6%) 1 (8%) - - - - - c - 1 (17%)
International 4 (24%) 4 (33%) 4 (36%) 2 (22%) 1 (5%) 2 (14%) 3 (33%) c 2 (25%) 2 (33%)

*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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MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Female 3 (18%) - 3 (27%) 2 (22%) 6 (30%) 3 (21%) - c 1 (13%) 1 (17%)
Male 14 (82%) 12 (100%) 8 (73%) 7 (78%) 14 (70%) 11 (79%) 9 (100%) c 7 (88%) 5 (83%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - c - -
Total 17 12 11 9 20 14 9 4 8 6

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Software Engineering – Total Enrollments by Degree

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
MSE 73 56 55 39 45 48 45 30 24 19


Software Engineering – Total Enrollments by Demographic

MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Total Enrl 73 56 55 39 45 48 45 30 24 19
Domestic 67 (92%) 48 (86%) 45 (82%) 31 (79%) 39 (87%) 44 (92%) 41 (91%) 26 (87%) 22 (92%) 15 (79%)
  Total URM * 5 (7%) 4 (7%) 4 (7%) - 2 (4%) 3 (6%) 3 (7%) 1 (3%) 3 (13%) 4 (21%)
    Black/Afr. Amer.   4 (5%)   3 (5%)   2 (4%) -   2 (4%)   3 (6%)   3 (7%)   1 (3%)   2 (8%)   2 (11%)
    Am. Ind./AK Native - - - - - - - - - -
    Hawaiian/Pac. Is. - - - - - - - - - -
    Hispanic/Latino   1 (1%)   1 (2%)   2 (4%) - - - - -   1 (4%)   2 (11%)
  Asian 11 (15%) 7 (13%) 8 (15%) 8 (21%) 5 (11%) 4 (8%) 5 (11%) 5 (17%) 3 (13%) 3 (16%)
  White 46 (63%) 34 (61%) 28 (51%) 22 (56%) 30 (67%) 37 (77%) 32 (71%) 20 (67%) 16 (67%) 7 (37%)
  Two or More † 2 (3%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) - - -
  Unknown ‡ 3 (4%) 2 (4%) 4 (7%) 1 (3%) 1 (2%) - - - - 1 (5%)
International 6 (8%) 8 (14%) 10 (18%) 8 (21%) 6 (13%) 4 (8%) 4 (9%) 4 (13%) 2 (8%) 4 (21%)

*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

MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Female 6 (8%) 5 (9%) 7 (13%) 9 (23%) 12 (27%) 14 (29%) 8 (18%) 4 (13%) 2 (8%) 2 (11%)
Male 67 (92%) 51 (91%) 48 (87%) 30 (77%) 33 (73%) 34 (71%) 37 (82%) 26 (87%) 22 (92%) 17 (89%)
Nonbinary or other legal identity - - - - - - - - - -
Total 73 56 55 39 45 48 45 30 24 19

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Software Engineering – 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
MSE 24 10 22 12 10 8 17 12 11 4


Software Engineering – Median Time to Degree (years)

MSE 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
In Major/Degree * 3.2 2.9 3 3.3 3.6 3 2.7 2.9 2.7 2
First Enrollment † 3.2 2.9 3 3.3 3.6 3 2.7 2.9 2.7 2
Number (n) n=24 n=10 n=22 n=12 n=10 n=8 n=17 n=12 n=11 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.


Software Engineering – Degree Completion, GV Campus

MSE #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 17 2 6 2 1 - - 1 - - 12 71%
2014/15 Cohort 14 4 2 1 1 - - - - 8 57%
2015/16 Cohort 11 3 3 2 1 1 - - 10 91%
2016/17 Cohort 9 1 3 1 - 1 - 6 67%
2017/18 Cohort 21 1 9 5 2 - 17 81%
2018/19 Cohort 15 2 2 5 - 9 60%
2019/20 Cohort 8 3 3 - 6 75%
2020/21 Cohort 4 - 2 2 50%
2021/22 Cohort 8 2 2 25%
2022/23 Cohort 6

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Logic for Program Review Metrics

(Last updated 8/5/2023)