Table 5.
PSU-BBSI student demographics
| 2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Adm | App | Adm | App | Adm | App | Adm | App | Adm | |
| Total no. | 101 | 17 | 138 | 20 | 83 | 17 | 88 | 15 | 73 | 16 |
| Female | 46 | 8 | 67 | 12 | 36 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 37 | 6 |
| Male | 58 | 9 | 71 | 8 | 47 | 7 | 44 | 8 | 36 | 10 |
| Hispanic | N/A | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| African-American | N/A | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Other non-Caucasian | N/A | 3 | 50 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 2 |
| Caucasian | N/A | 14 | 73 | 14 | 42 | 10 | 49 | 9 | 45 | 9 |
| Other/not reported | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Average GPA | 3.41 | 3.64 | 3.42 | 3.39 | 3.48 | 3.45 | 3.44 | 3.51 | 3.59 | 3.71 |
| Undergraduate | 99 | 13 | 119 | 15 | 74 | 16 | 86 | 14a | 72 | 16a |
| First-year graduate | 5 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bioengineering | 45 | 13 | 82 | 15 | 53 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 33 | 7 |
| Engineering, non-Bio | 26 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| Science, Bio | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 3 |
| Science, non-Bio | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Math/Comp. Sci. | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Statistics of applicants (App) and admitted (Adm) students. Undergraduates were those who completed their sophomore year. Bioengineering includes bioengineering and Biomedical engineering majors; Engineering non-Bio includes chemical, mechanical, and other non-Bio–related engineering majors; science, Bio includes biology, biochemistry, biophysics, and biotechnology; and science, non-Bio includes physics and chemistry. N/A indicates not asked.
aOne student had obtained an undergraduate degree but was not enrolled in graduate school. Not shown: 26 out of a total of 45 students (58%) returned for a second summer. Generally, if students did not return for a second year, it was because they were admitted to graduate or medical school. Two students were not invited to return.