<p>So according to US News Graduate School Rankings, Michigan's Master's acceptance rate is 87.1. I almost find this hard to believe. The number of applications received for master's programs is 348 and the total number of students enrolled in master's programs is 207. I know not everyone who is accepted enrolls, but doesn't the 87.1% acceptance rate seem very high for Michigan?</p>
<p>Rest of the stats:</p>
<p>Average undergraduate GPA 3.48
Percent submitting average GPA 98.0%
Average MAT N/A
Percent submitting MAT N/A
Average GRE verbal score 542
Percent submitting GRE (verbal) 89.0
Average GRE writing score 4.60
Percent submitting GRE (writing) 85.0
Average GRE quantitative score 608
Percent submitting GRE (quantitative) 89.0%</p>
<p>yes just by looking at the number, 87% does seem very high, but I remember when I applied grad school, MIT’s** grad school **acceptance rate was 35%, which also seems very high to me. Thinking every 3 people applying to MIT 1 of them can get in. (in comparison, Harvard was around 11% I think)</p>
<p>perhaps if you list other school’s master program acceptance rate so we can see the difference</p>
<p>Alright, so for comparison’s sake I’ll list the other schools that are closely ranked to Michigan in Schools of Education (graduate). The University of Michigan is #14 on the list. Here are the acceptance rates:</p>
<ol>
<li>Michigan State University - 57.8%</li>
<li>Ohio State University - 49.8%</li>
<li>(tie w/michigan) NYU - 55%</li>
<li>University of Penn - 77%</li>
<li>University of Washington - 51%</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin - 36%</li>
<li>University of Texas - 52.3%</li>
</ol>
<p>608 GRE quants average? The impression I often get around here is that anything under 700 will get you admission in very few colleges. UMich has such high acceptance rates? I will shoot higher henceforth</p>
<p>Over 700 Q scores are important for top Phd programs, particularly those that are quantitative in nature (the sciences, economics.) </p>
<p>It’s highly unfair to question a university’s selectivity based on master’s program in education. In general, education programs aren’t nearly as selective as other academic departments, and then you’ve thrown in a master’s program on top of it. </p>
<p>State universities, even top ones such as UMich, tend to have public school teachers in their master’s programs. These individuals may not have studied for their GREs and have probably been out of college for a while, making their undergraduate GPAs somewhat irrelevant.</p>
<p>I am currently a graduate student at the University of Michigan, and none of my master’s programs had an 87% acceptance rate. Their acceptance rates were lower, and departments varies across campus.</p>
<p>Yes, it is much easier to gain acceptance into a master’s program than the PhD. Master’s students are basically cash cows for universities (there really isn’t an enrollment cap and students spend no more than 3 years in school), whereas doctoral students receive full funding for their studies. Hence, that’s why many top universities have PhD acceptance rates below 25%. PhD programs also accept much fewer students.</p>
<p>No, although I have taken a course in the School of Education.</p>
<p>My affiliation is with the school of information and school of social work.</p>
<p>I believe the most competitive master’s programs (business, public policy) have acceptance rates above 20%. At the graduate level, the student population becomes more self-selective (specialization).</p>
<p>There is a certain amount of self-selection when applying to grad school in the first place. Most people won’t spend the time and effort needed to apply to a school if they don’t think they stand a decent shot at getting in. I would argue that most people who apply to MIT for graduate school are not a mixed bag of random applicant like at the undergraduate level.</p>