Student Profile

MPA ACADEMIC PROFILE

The entering class of Fall 2020 have the following profile:

Entering class of 100 students

Average GPA 3.03

Females represent 70% of the class

Males represent 30% of the class

Ethnicity	% of class
African American	15%
American Indian/Native Alaskan/Native Hawaiian	1%
Asian	7%
Hispanic	56%
White	13%
Two or More Ethnicities	4%
Decline to State	4%

The entering class of Spring 2021* have the following profile:

Format:
8 week: 19
12 week: 0
Total: 19

GPA:
Average: 3.09
Median (75%): 3.38
Median (50%): 3.22
Median (25%): 2.81

Average Years Work Experience:
General: 10
Public Sector: 7

Gender:
Females: 16
Males: 3
Total: 19

Ethnicity	% of class
African American	16%
Asian	11%
Hispanic	58%
White	0%
Two or more races	16%
Decline to State	0%

Undergraduate Feeder Schools

For the Fall 2020 class:

Columbus State University	CSU San Bernardino	San Jose State University
CSU Dominguez Hills	Dallas Baptist University	UC Berkeley
CSU East Bay	Georgia Institute of Technology	UC Davis
CSU Fresno	Kennesaw State University	UC Irvine
CSU Fullerton	Lincoln University	UC Los Angeles
CSU Long Beach	Loma Linda University	UC Merced
CSU Los Angeles	Loyola Marymount University	UC Riverside
CSU Monterey Bay	National University	UC Santa Barbara
CSU Northridge	Notre Dame De Namur University	University of Nevada - Las Vegas
CSU Polytechnic Pomona	San Diego State University	University of Phoenix
CSU Sacramento	San Francisco State University	University of Southern California

For the Spring 2021 class:

Ashford University	Holy Angel University	UC Irvine
Colorado State University	Mills College	UC Riverside (11%)
CSU Dominguez Hills (32%)	San Diego State University	UC San Diego
CSU Los Angeles * (16%)	San Francisco State University

* Institutions where more than one student graduated from.

Employment Statistics

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 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 program	10
Government (all levels) or international quasi-governmental	1
Nonprofit domestic-oriented	10
Private Sector	2

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 program	1
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 program	18
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 program	2
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 program	10
Foreign government	1
Nonprofit domestic-oriented	9
Nonprofit foreign	1
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 program	4
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 program	15
Government (all levels) or international quasi-governmental
Nonprofit domestic-oriented	2
Private Sector	7

Graduation Statistics

For the academic calendar year of 2014-2015, 62%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 80 people who graduated, 4 graduated in two years or less and 57 graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2015-2016, 68%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 85 people who graduated, 3 graduated in two years or less and 59 graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2016-2017, 67%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 93 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, 49%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 48 people who graduated, 9 graduated in two years or less and all graduated in three years.

For the academic calendar year of 2018-2019, 6%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 7 people who graduated, 6 graduated in two years or less and all graduated in three years.

*Students can finish the Program in two years. Students who need to take prerequisite courses typically finish the Program in three years. Students are allowed up to five years to graduate and this percentage is subject to change.

Last updated October 13, 2020