Admission Statistics of Students admitted into the UCSD Political Science PhD Program

 

Our program attracts very high quality students, as indicated by these data. Please note that these "quantifiables" are but one part of admission decisions - letters of recommendation and student statements also weigh heavily.

 

GRE Scores (Mean/Std dev.)

  

Year	Verbal (mean/std. dev.)	Quantitative (mean/std. dev.)	Analytical (mean/std. dev.)	Analytical Writing (mean/std. dev.)
2003	677/72	729/57	735/82	--
2004	657/86	743/54	744/40	5.6/0.44
2005	680/64	744/52	755/74	5.4/0.46
2006	693/53	753/44	-	5.4/0.58
2007	657/63	754/39	-	5.8/0.59

 

 

Admission Ratios

 

Year	Admitted/Applications	Number of New Students
2003	17%	27
2004	13%	21
2005	15%	19
2006	17%	16
2007	20%	22