Average Acceptance Rate

Graduate School
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<p>Does anyone know what a ballpark average acceptance rate is for graduate school? To narrow it down a bit, I'm mostly concerned with universities like Michigan and UCLA, as well as the "second tier" PHD granting institutions in states, like UW-Milwaukee or UIC.</p>

<p>If statistics are only available by progam, I would be interested in history (PhD).</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Universities will sometimes publish graduate applicant/accepted stats broken down by department and major. You can find these reports in the universities’ registrar websites. Acceptance rates are highly dependent on schools/programs, there is no universal average.</p>

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<p>You wouldn’t happen to have a link to an example of such a report would you? I’ve looked at a couple school’s websites and I haven’t been able to find any reports on acceptance rate for graduate programs. I’m probably just missing them or something.</p>

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<p>I was at Michigan for my MA related to history (not directly in the department) so I hear from my history professors there.</p>

<p>Statistics for last 2 years (per year)
350-375 applications
18-20 spots offered
Likely another 20 people on waitlist.</p>

<p>Many history programs across rankings generally have very low acceptance rates (Less than 15%) for full funding spots due to budget cuts and the vast majority of applicants actually being quite qualified for admissions. Many of them have become more committed to funding students for 4-5 years, making all of this more difficult than if they weren’t so concerned about their graduates finishing in a timely manner.</p>

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<p>[Duke</a> Graduate School: Statistics](<a href=“http://gradschool.duke.edu/about/stats.php]Duke”>http://gradschool.duke.edu/about/stats.php)</p>

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<p>[University</a> of Washington](<a href=“http://www.grad.washington.edu/about/statistics/admissions/index.shtml]University”>http://www.grad.washington.edu/about/statistics/admissions/index.shtml)</p>

<p>Do a Google search for “[school of interest] 2009 graduate admission report” and if they’ve been posted online you should be able to find them.</p>

<p>Here’s [UCLA’s</a> 2008 graduate report](<a href=“http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/report/arentire.pdf]UCLA’s”>http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/report/arentire.pdf). History had 329 applicants and offered spots to 96, 34 of whom accepted. Mind that this data is 2 years old, and they will probably accept fewer people this year due to budget concerns.</p>