Students

Degrees Awarded in 2007

B.S.	480
M.S.	1,140
Ph.D.	142

Undergraduate Program

• High freshman selectivity in the Viterbi School, with only 11 percent of all applicants enrolled.
• In Fall 2006, 15.26% of Viterbi undergraduates were underrepresented minorities (Hispanic, Native American and African American).
• Viterbi has 24% female undergraduates versus the 17% national average.

• In Fall 2006, the freshman class return rate to engineering was 89%.
• Since 2000, the average SAT scores (Math and Critical Reading/Verbal) of freshmen entering the Viterbi School have risen by 76 points.
• In Fall 2006, the range of SAT scores of entering freshmen was 2000 at the 25th percentile to 2190 at the 75th percentile.

Ph.D. Program

• 1 in 10 applicants is admitted into the Ph.D. program.
• 20% of the Viterbi School’s Ph.D. students are women.

Distance Education Network

• The Distance Education network (DEN) is the largest e-learning professional engineering program of any leading research university, and offers more than 30 Master of Science degrees.
• 20% of DEN enrollment is female.
• DEN enrollment has increased by 336% since 2000.