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MPA ACADEMIC PROFILE

The entering class of Fall 2023 have the following profile:

Entering class of 65 students

Average GPA 3.09

Females represent 73% of the class

Males represent 27% of the class

Ethnicity% of class
African American20%
American Indian/Native Alaskan/Native Hawaiian2%
Asian8%
Hispanic52%
White15%
Two or More Ethnicities2%
Decline to State2%


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 Fall 2023 class:

  • Arizona State University
  • Ashford University
  • CSU Dominguez Hills (35%)
  • CSU East Bay Lagos State University
  • CSU Long Beach (3%)
  • CSU Northridge
  • CSU Polytechnic Pomona (3%)
  • CSU Sacramento
  • CSU Stanislaus
  • Herat University
  • Montclair State University
  • Pepperdine University
  • UC Davis
  • UC Irvine (4%)
  • UC Los Angeles
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • University of Guam
  • University of Wyoming
  • University of Oregon
  • SUNY Farmingdale State College

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


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-oriented 3
Private Sector12
Unemployed (seeking employment) 1
Unemployed (not seeking employment) 3

 
For the Spring 2019 and Fall 2019 semesters, there were 78 MPA graduates.

Alumni Job Placement Data:
Alumni responses 25

National or central government in the same country as the program 0
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program 2
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program10
Government (all levels) or international quasi-governmental 1
Nonprofit domestic-oriented 10
Private Sector 2


Graduation Statistics

For the academic calendar year of 2016-2017, 77%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 104 people who graduated, 11 graduated in two years or less and 73 graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2017-2018, 66%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 63 people who graduated, 9 graduated in two years or less and 50 graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2018-2019, 66% of the entering class graduated. Of the 69 people who graduated, 8 graduated in less than two years and 53 graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2019-2020, 79% of the entering class graduated. Of the 64 people who graduated, 12 graduated in two years or less and all graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2020-2021, 56% of the entering class graduated. Of the 64 people who graduated, 14 graduated in two years or less and all graduated in 3 years or less.

Last updated October 19, 2023