Student Profile

MPA ACADEMIC PROFILE

The entering class of Fall 2022 have the following profile:

Entering class of 76 students

Average GPA 3.09

Females represent 68% of the class

Males represent 32% of the class

Ethnicity% of class
African American13%
American Indian/Native Alaskan/Native Hawaiian0%
Asian12%
Hispanic50%
White16%
Two or More Ethnicities7%
Decline to State3%


The entering class of Spring 2023* have the following profile:

Entering class of 16 students

Average GPA 3.15

Females represent 81% of the class

Males represent 19% of the class

 

Ethnicity% of class
African American13%
Asian13%
Hispanic56%
White6%
Two or more races6%
Decline to State6%

 

Undergraduate Feeder Schools 

For the Spring 2023 class:

  • Colorado State University
  • CSU Dominguez Hills (38%) * 
  • CSU Fullerton
  • CSU Long Beach (19%)
  • CSU Polytechnic Pomona
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • UC Riverside
  • UC San Diego
  • UC Santa Barbara

    * Institutions where more than one student graduated from

For the Fall 2022 class:

  • CSU Chico
  • CSU Dominguez Hills
  • CSU East Bay
  • CSU Fullerton
  • CSU Long Beach
  • CSU Northridge
  • CSU Polytechnic Pomona
  • CSU Sacramento
  • CSU San Bernardino
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
  • Marymount California University
  • Philander Smith College
  • San Diego State University
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Irvine
  • UC Los Angeles
  • University of La Verne
  • University of Nevada - Las Vegas
  • University of Phoenix
  • University of Toronto Mississauga

    Employment Statistics – remove data from 2018 and older

Employment Statistics

For the Spring 2020 and Fall 2020 semesters, there were 83 MPA graduates.

Alumni Job Placement Data:
Alumni responses 32 

State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program    3
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program18
Nonprofit domestic-oriented3
Private Sector12
Unemployed (seeking employment)1
Unemployed (not seeking employment)3

 
For the Spring 2019 and Fall 2019 semesters, there were  MPA graduates.

Alumni Job Placement Data:
Alumni responses 25

National or central government in the same country as the program0
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program2
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program10
Government (all levels) or international quasi-governmental1
Nonprofit domestic-oriented 10
Private Sector2

For the Spring 2018 and Fall 2018 semesters, there were 87 MPA Graduates

Alumni Job Placement Data:
Alumni responses 33

National or central government in the same country as the program1
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program3
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program18
Nonprofit domestic-oriented 1
Private Sector  3
Unemployed (not seeking work)1

For the Spring 2017 and Fall 2017 semesters, there were 87 MPA Graduates

Alumni Job Placement Data:
Alumni responses 29

National or central government in the same country as the program2
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program2
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program10
Foreign government1
Nonprofit domestic-oriented 9
Nonprofit foreign1
Private Sector  4

For the Spring 2016 and Fall 2016 semesters, there were 67 MPA graduates.

Alumni Job Placement Data:
Alumni responses 35

National or central government in the same country as the program4
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program 4
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program15
Government (all levels) or international quasi-governmental
Nonprofit domestic-oriented2
Private Sector  

Graduation Statistics

For the academic calendar year of 2015-2016, 72%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 89 people who graduated, 3 graduated in two years or less and 59 graduated in three years or less.

Last updated May 16, 2023