Student Body Profile

The table below summarizes selected characteristics of RAND School students by entering cohort across all graduate programs, including the Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Policy Analysis and the Master of National Security Policy and Master of Technology Policy.

Class Profile by Entering Cohort

  2025 2024 2023
Class Size 5 Ph.D.
33 M.Phil.
25 MNSP
23 MTP
5 Concurrent MNSP/MTP
15 Ph.D.
18 M.Phil.
63 MNSP
19 Ph.D.
11 M.Phil.
Average Age 35 32 29
Age Range 22-66 25-63 21-51
International Students 5 % * 4 % * 40 %
Scholarship Recipients 100 % 100 % 100 %

* We were unable to admit international students into the MNSP and MTP programs as we await approval from the U.S. government.