In fall 2002, 3,267 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, 2,724, 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. Fall 2002’s
completed applications increased by 19 percent from last fall’s figures.
Forty-six percent of the applications were for
degree-seeking programs; 41.2 percent applied as non-degree students; 10.2
percent as certification students; and 3.0 percent as certificate students.
The University accepted 79.6
percent of all applicants. Of those
accepted, 64.6 percent, or 1,401 students enrolled in classes this fall.
The average verbal and math Graduate Record Exam
(GRE) test scores, for enrolled masters degree-seeking students, were 441 and
507, respectively. The average score
for the Miller Analogies Test was 41, for the GMAT exam, 508 and for the
(computer) TOEFL, 225.
The average undergraduate
GPA for enrolled degree-seeking graduate students was 3.17.
Seventy-two percent of first-time enrolled graduate
students were female. A racial/ethnic
profile of this group shows that, for those with this information listed, 3.8
percent were Asian; 11.8 percent were African American; 6.6 were Latino/a; and
65.0 percent were White. An additional 3.8 percent were international
(non-resident alien) students and 9.0 percent were missing this information.
Sixty-eight percent of the first-time enrolled
graduate students came from four counties: Bergen, 19.8 percent; Essex County,
25.2 percent; Passaic County, 13.5 percent and Morris County, 9.8 percent. Slightly less than 7.1 percent reported
out-of-state addresses.