PSU 2018 Facts and Figures
(Graduating Class of 2020)
Applications and Interviews
Applications received: 4,786
Class size: 30
Students from Early Assurance partnership program: 1
Applicants interviewed: 113 (2.4%)
Applicants offered admission: 39
Demographic Profile
Women: 15
Men: 15
Underrepresented or disadvantaged students: 19 (63%) - Underrepresented students include veterans, educationally disadvantaged, economically disadvantaged, and/or underrepresented minorities in healthcare.
Average age: 26
Pennsylvania residents: 12
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 18 (Countries represented: China, Colombia, Poland and Vietnam. States represented: California (2), Idaho, Iowa, Maryland (3), Michigan (3), New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Vermont.)
Academic Profile
Overall cumulative GPA: 3.66 average (range 3.17 to 3.98)
Overall science GPA: 3.61 average (range 3.0 to 4.0)
Average healthcare hours: 3,238 average (range 500 to 16,800)
Average GRE total: 317 (range 300 to 330)
GRE quantitative: 158 average, 69th percentile (range 149 to 168)
GRE verbal: 159 average, 83rd percentile (range 148 to 167)
GRE writing: 4.3 average, 72nd percentile (range 3.5 to 6.0)
MCAT average: 515 (new scoring method)
Class members entering with advanced degree: 3: two master's, one doctorate
See admission requirements for GRE waiver eligibility.
PITT
Admitted Applicant Profile
The successful applicant averaged a cumulative GPA of 3.61 overall and a science GPA of 3.60 in the required science courses. They averaged 60 hours of shadowing a PA and 2,532 hours of direct patient care. There were 20 different majors represented with biology being the most popular followed by health science.
