MPA/ID Admission Rate

[sietval]

Is there any information on the Harvard MPA/ID admission rate out there? (It seems it's harder to get into than the general MPP degree..)

Thanks

Edited February 10, 2012 by sietval

[Nexpresso]

Some stats here, although a bit dated

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic210038.files/DiversityCommitteeBriefingBook.pdf

[maggieyyd]

no matter how i calculate, my rate to be accepted is low....

[Hanson's Fan]

Nexpresso.. log in require please. Thanks.

[Nexpresso]

Oh it wasn't there when I last posted! Guessed someone realized it was public...

Let me check if I saved it somewhere!

[Nexpresso]

Nexpresso.. log in require please. Thanks.

So for 2007 MPA-ID class (atest available), there were 270 applicants for 77 spots, so roughly 28.5% acceptance rate,

[Hanson's Fan]

Thank you very much.

[Revolution]

From what i've heard from friends at HKS, MPP is 20%, MPA is 25%, and MPA-ID is 15%. 

[fenderpete]

From what i've heard from friends at HKS, MPP is 20%, MPA is 25%, and MPA-ID is 15%. 

Edited December 21, 2012 by fenderpete

[ridofme]

So for 2007 MPA-ID class (atest available), there were 270 applicants for 77 spots, so roughly 28.5% acceptance rate,

 

If there were 77 spots and 270 applicants, that does not mean an acceptance rate of 28.5%, unless you're suggesting there is 100% yield! I think Princeton WWS has the highest yield because of its funding, and that is only around 70%. Even if you estimate a 70% yield for Harvard MPA-ID, which is probably too high, then that means that they would have to accept about 110 students to get a class of 77, which means an acceptance rate of about 40.7%.

[fenderpete]

The WWS acceptance rate is around 8%.

[MPAStudent]

Last year UPenn's (Fels) acceptance rate was about 35%

 

Source: http://www.fels.upenn.edu/sites/www.fels.upenn.edu/files/live_chat_link_sheet1.pdf

Edited December 25, 2012 by MPAStudent

[HumbleBee]

Anecdotally, the MPA/ID program is the hardest program to get into at HKS. It should be worth noting employers also know this so they usually have far better employment prospects...

[Revolution]

Anecdotally, the MPA/ID program is the hardest program to get into at HKS. It should be worth noting employers also know this so they usually have far better employment prospects...

 

Any idea what the MPA2 acceptance rate is?

[CrappyCat]

Oxford- 6.7%

 

Yikes! I think because the school announced that it would try to provide funding to all students, not to mention only 30 places were available for their first cohort...

[Kaneisha]

The information is a little outdated, but I blogged about the HKS acceptance rate and haven't been vehemently corrected by the school or anyone else (yet): http://kaneisha.com/admissions-statistics-for-harvard-kennedy-school-hks-ksg-mpp-mpa/