Who is Applying to Graduate Schools and Programs of Public Health?
Who is Applying to Graduate Schools and Programs of Public Health? Using 2015 data from SOPHAS, the centralized application service for public health, the ASPPH Data Center has created a profile of applicants.
Highest Degree Earned ASPPH schools and programs of public health use holistic admissions processes to assess applicants’ abilities through experience and academic metrics in order to recognize and value the dimensions that shape each individual. These processes ensure flexible and individualized assessment of each applicant.
71.8%
16.6% Bachelor’s Degree
Average GRE
Master’s Degree
10.9%
0.7%
Doctoral Diploma or Degree Other & Associate Degree
Average GPA 3.35
Undergraduate
153
152
4
Verbal
Quantitative
Writing
3.63
Graduate
Gender
71.3%
Average Age 26 28
28.7%
In 2015, nearly 30% of U.S. applicants identified as an
underrepresented minority,
which includes those applicants identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Citizenship Non-U.S. Citizens
24%
ASPPH Data Center [email protected] http://www.aspph.org/connect/data-center
U.S. Citizens
76%
Highest Degree Earned ASPPH schools and programs of public health use holistic admissions processes to assess applicants’ abilities through experience and academic metrics in order to recognize and value the dimensions that shape each individual. These processes ensure flexible and individualized assessment of each applicant.
71.8%
16.6% Bachelor’s Degree
Average GRE
Master’s Degree
10.9%
0.7%
Doctoral Diploma or Degree Other & Associate Degree
Average GPA 3.35
Undergraduate
153
152
4
Verbal
Quantitative
Writing
3.63
Graduate
Gender
71.3%
Average Age 26 28
28.7%
In 2015, nearly 30% of U.S. applicants identified as an
underrepresented minority,
which includes those applicants identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Citizenship Non-U.S. Citizens
24%
ASPPH Data Center [email protected] http://www.aspph.org/connect/data-center
U.S. Citizens
76%
