In fall 2001, 2,787 students began the admissions
process by sending an application to Montclair State University’s various
graduate degree, certification, certificate and non-degree programs. These students were not necessarily first
time to the University, but they were first time to these programs. This number
reflects complete and incomplete applications.
A somewhat smaller number, 2,289, completed the application process. Those with completed applications make up
the applicant base from which the numbers and percents in the accompanying
tables were drawn. Applications,
acceptances and enrollments were up only for non-degree programs.
Forty-six percent of the applications were for
degree-seeking programs; 42 percent applied as non-degree students; 10 percent
as certification students; and 3 percent as certificate students.
The University accepted 81
percent of all applicants. Of those
accepted, 66 percent, or 1,216 students enrolled in classes this fall.
The average verbal and math Graduate Record Exam
(GRE) test scores, for enrolled masters degree-seeking students, were 448 and
502, respectively. The average score
for the Miller Analogies Test was 39, for the GMAT exam, 513 and for the TOEFL,
543.
The average undergraduate
GPA for enrolled degree-seeking graduate students was 3.17.
Seventy-six percent of first-time enrolled graduate
students were female. A racial/ethnic
profile of this group shows that, for those with this information listed, 3.9
percent were Asian; 10.4 percent were African American; 7.5 were Latino/a; and
66.5 percent were White. An additional 3.0 percent were international
(non-resident alien) students and 8.6 percent were missing this information.
Seventy-one percent of the first-time enrolled
graduate students came from four counties: Bergen, 23.5 percent; Essex County,
24.2 percent; Passaic County, 12.7 percent and Morris County, 10.8
percent. Slightly less than six
percent reported out-of-state addresses.