PrincetonUniversity
A Princeton Profile, 2002 edition

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The Graduate School

The Graduate School, established in 1900, enrolled in academic year 2001-02 1,924 degree candidates in 37 departments and programs. By history and design the Graduate School is relatively small and has traditionally emphasized Ph.D. programs in the arts, sciences, and engineering.

In 2001-02 Princeton awarded 232 Ph.D.'s and 148 final master's degrees. Princeton University has no business, law, or medical school.

Thirty-seven percent of the Graduate School's students are female, 42 percent are citizens of other countries, and 12 percent are members of U.S. minority groups. The approximate enrollment of graduate degree candidates by academic division for 2001-02 is given below.

Division		Number		%
Natural sciences and mathematics		532		27.9
Humanities		358		18.8
School of Engineering and Applied Science		458		24.1
Social sciences		308		16.2
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs		176		9.2
School of Architecture		70		3.8
Total		1,902		100

Of the 9,004 applicants to the Graduate School for 2002-03, 1,153 were admitted and 570 accepted the offer of admission.

The Graduate School participates in all major national fellowship programs. Graduate students win many of the following awards: Department of Defense Fellowships, Ford Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities, Hertz Fellowships in the Applied Sciences, Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies, National Science Foundation Fellowships, and U.S. Department of Education Fellowships (FLAS, GAANN, Javits).

Most degree candidates receive financial support for the duration of their degree program through some combination of University fellowships, assistantships in research or teaching, and non-University awards.

The median time from matriculation to receiving a Ph.D. at Princeton over all departments is 6.2 years (as compared to the national average of nearly seven years).

 
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