Student Profile

MPA ACADEMIC PROFILE

The entering class of Fall 2021 have the following profile:

Entering class of 83 students

Average GPA 3.09

Females represent 81% of the class

Males represent 19% of the class

Ethnicity	% of class
African American	24%
American Indian/Native Alaskan/Native Hawaiian	1%
Asian	6%
Hispanic	50%
White	10%
Two or More Ethnicities	5%
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 2021 class:

Arizona State University
Autonomous University of Chiriqu
California Polytechnic State University Pomona
CSU Chico
CSU Dominguez Hills
CSU East Bay
CSU Fresno
CSU Fullerton
CSU Long Beach
CSU Los Angeles
Francis Marion University
Middle Tennessee State University
Pacific College
Sonoma State University
Talladega College
Texas A&M University
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Los Angeles
UC Merced
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UC Santa Cruz
University of La Verne
University of Phoenix

For the Spring 2021 class:

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

* 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 program	18
Nonprofit domestic-oriented	3
Private Sector	12
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 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 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.

For the academic calendar year of 2016-2017, 74%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 100 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, 62%* of the entering class graduated. Of the 60 people who graduated, 9 graduated in two years or less and 49 graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2018-2019, 47% of the entering class graduated. Of the 50 people who graduated, 7 graduated in less than two years and all graduated in three years or less.

For the academic calendar year of 2019-2020, 5% of the entering class graduated. Of the 4 people who graduated, 4 graduated in two years or less.

*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 28, 2021