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Recent Class Profile

School Enrollment Profile – Fall 2011

Total Enrollment:		984
	PhD Enrollment	151
	Master's and Certificate Enrollment	785
	Non-degree Students	48
Gender:		47% Male
		53% Female
Enrollment Status:		34% Full-time
		66% Part-time
Domicile*:		72% In-State
		28% Out-of-State
Ethnicity:		22% Minority**
		8% Non-Resident Alien

Fall 2011 Entering Class Profile

PhD in Public Policy

Enrolled Students:		20
Applications Received:		127
Mean GPA – Master's Degree:		3.67
Mean GPA – Undergraduate Degree:		3.44
GRE – Mean Scores:
	Quantitative	684
	Verbal	603
	Analytical Writing	4.45
Mean TOEFL (Internet-Based):		107

Master's Degrees and Certificate Programs

Enrolled Students:		265
	Master of Public Policy	116
	Health and Medical Policy	8
	International Commerce and Policy	74
	Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics	11
	Organizational Development & Knowledge Management	29
	Peace Operations	24
	Graduate Certificate Programs	3
Total Master's Applications Received:		671
Mean GPA – Undergraduate Degree:		3.33
Mean TOEFL (Internet-Based):		96

*Domicile reflects tuition rate designation, not necessarily state of residency.

**Includes those students who identify themselves as African American, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, or Pacific Islander.

Reflecting Mason's diversity, the School of Public Policy's student body comes from numerous countries including Argentina, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, and Venezuela.

Students are taught by a world-renowned faculty who are leading researchers in their field as well as top-notch practitioners in the world of public policy.

Each year, the Graduate Admissions Office recruits students from a wide geographic pool, traveling to at least 15 different states and multiple countries to attract the best and brightest applicants.

SPP students experience a first-class education at a very competitive cost.