MSPA Student Entry Characteristics

Demographics

• Age:  24 years
• Gender: 86% women
• California Residence: 62%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 48%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.83
• Science: 3.79

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 61    
• Verbal: 79
• Analytic: 79

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 2,455
• Research Experience: 1,404
• Volunteer Experience: 235

Demographics

• Age:  23 years
• Gender: 93% women
• California Residence: 52%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 31%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.83
• Science: 3.78

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 69
• Verbal: 76
• Analytic: 81

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 2,272
• Research Experience: 510
• Volunteer Experience: 362

Demographics

• Age:  24 years
• Gender: 83% women
• California Residence: 59%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 31%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.7
• Science: 3.7

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 70
• Verbal: 77
• Analytic: 84

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 3,048
• Research Experience: 744
• Volunteer Experience: 456

Demographics

• Age: 25 years
• Gender: 63% women
• California Residence: 81%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 41%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.64
• Science: 3.57

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 67.1
• Verbal: 76.6
• Analytic: 81.5

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 3,242
• Research Experience: 1,170
• Volunteer Experience: 419

Demographics

• Age: 25 years
• Gender: 83% women
• California Residence: 72%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 52%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.64
• Science: 3.58

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 71
• Verbal: 77
• Analytic: 74

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 3,422
• Research Experience: 1,777
• Volunteer Experience: 118

Demographics

• Age: 25 years
• Gender: 64% women
• California Residence: 60%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 18%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.6
• Science: 3.6

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 66
• Verbal: 73
• Analytic: 79

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 3,782
• Research Experience: 783
• Volunteer Experience: 411

Demographics

• Age: 23 years
• Gender: 89% women
• California Residence: 46%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 29%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.65
• Science: 3.70

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 68
• Verbal: 76
• Analytic: 82

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 2,274
• Research Experience: 999
• Volunteer Experience: 441

Demographics

• Age: 26 years
• Gender: 96% women
• California Residence: 55%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 37%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.69
• Science: 3.65

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 68
• Verbal: 75
• Analytic: 76

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours

• Patient Care Experience: 3,187
• Research Experience: 575
• Volunteer Experience: 489

Demographics

• Age: 26 years
• Gender: 81% women
• California residence: 52%
• Educationally/Economically Disadvantaged^#: 22%

^#Per Health Resources and Services Administration variables collected at time of application.

Academic Performance

GPA (mean)

• Overall: 3.62
• Science: 3.54

GRE (% mean)

• Quantitative: 76
• Verbal: 85
• Analytic: 76

Patient Care, Research, and Volunteer Experience Hours 

• Patient Care Experience: 2,941
• Research Experience: 899
• Volunteer Experience: 796