The Graduate School

The Graduate School, established in 1900, enrolled 2,010 degree candidates in 40 departments and programs in academic year 2005–06. By history and design, the Graduate School is relatively small and traditionally has emphasized Ph.D. programs in the arts, social and natural sciences, and engineering. In 2005–06, Princeton awarded 288 Ph.D.’s and 149 final master’s degrees. Princeton University has no business, law, or medical schools.

Thirty-nine percent of the Graduate School’s students are female, 38 percent are citizens of other countries, and 5 percent are members of U.S. minority groups. The approximate enrollment of graduate degree candidates by academic division for 2005–06 is given below.

Division	Number	%
School of Architecture	71	3.5
School of Engineering and Applied Science	449	22.3
Humanities	391	19.5
Natural sciences and mathematics	561	27.9
Social sciences	341	17.0
Woodrow Wilson School of Public     and International Affairs	197	9.8
Total	2,010	100

Admission 2006: All Master’s and Ph.D. candidates.

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                   Applicants              Admitted            Accepted
All            --------------        --------------      --------------
percentages              % of                  % of                % of     % of
rounded             #   Total        #   Applicants         #  Admitted    Class
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Total             8,631     —      1,134          13        581      51       —
   Men            5,455    63        708          13        354      50      61
   Women          3,176    37        426          13        227      53      39

International 
students          3,659    42        398          11        230      58      41

Underrepresented 
minorities          452     5         75          16         42      57       7

Women in science 
and engineering     958    11        184          19         86      47      15
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Graduate Admissions 2006

Of the 8,631 applicants to the Graduate School for 2006–07, 1,134 were admitted and 581 accepted the offer of admission.

While graduate candidates submit applications to the Graduate School, faculty members in the individual departments that will award the degrees review the applications and make recommendations for admission.

Division		Applications		Admits		%
School of Architecture		413		39		9%
School of Engineering and Applied Science		1,675		296		18%
Humanities		1,471		142		10%
Natural sciences and mathematics		1,795		310		17%
Social sciences		2,249		205		9%
Woodrow Wilson School of Public     and International Affairs		1,028		142		14%
Total		8,631		1,134		13%

GRE scores

The average standardized Graduate Record Examinations scores vary by discipline.

	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees
Verbal (average)
Architecture	525	603	606
Engineering	540	595	578
Humanities	616	678	661
Natural sciences	551	612	604
Social sciences	594	637	636
Woodrow Wilson School	575	633	635
Quantitative (average)
Architecture	670	693	681
Engineering	770	785	782
Humanities	633	673	679
Natural sciences	747	770	771
Social sciences	715	752	749
Woodrow Wilson School	680	711	710

The Graduate School participates in all major national fellowship programs. Graduate students win many of the following awards: Department of Defense Fellowships, Ford Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities, Hertz Fellowships in the Applied Sciences, Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies, National Science Foundation Fellowships, and U.S. Department of Edu-cation Fellowships (FLAS, GAANN, Javits).

Most degree candidates receive financial support for the duration of their degree program through some combination of University fellowships, assistantships in research or teaching, and non-University awards.

The median time from matriculation to receiving a Ph.D. at Princeton, including all departments, is 5.6 years (for 2005–06).