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Prospective Students
Prospective Graduate Students

Graduate Student Data

Graduate Enrollment (Fall 2024)

  • Terminal Masters: 281
  • PhD:  508

BY DEGREE & DEGREE AREA

  • Applied Mathematics: 39 Ph.D.s
  • Applied Physics: 111 Ph.D.s
  • Computational Science and Engineering: 54 Masters
  • Computer Science: 150 Ph.D.s
  • Data Science: 106 Masters
  • Design Engineering: 60 Masters
  • Engineering Sciences: 208 Ph.D.s
  • MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences: 61 Masters

BY GENDER (ALL DEGREES)

  • Women: 41%
  • Men: 59%

Degree Completion

  • Median years to complete degree: 6
  • Percent of PhD graduates who graduate within 8 years: 96%

Graduate Admissions Data (Fall 2024)

For the class of graduate students entering in Fall 2024, SEAS received nearly 6,500 applications across all PhD and masters programs; nearly 250 graduate students enrolled in Fall 2024. For enrolled students across all PhD and masters programs, the average undergraduate GPA was ~3.8 (on a 4.0 scale).  Due to the interdisciplinary nature of SEAS, students come with a variety of undergraduate majors. Common undergraduate majors include computer science, engineering (examples: mechanical, bio, electrical, and chemical), mathematics, physics, and chemistry.