Pardee RAND Students

Members of Cohort '19, with Dean Susan L. Marquis

Photo by Diane Baldwin/RAND Corporation

Pardee RAND Graduate School has approximately 100 enrolled Ph.D. students from 23 different countries around the world—about a third come from outside the U.S. Our students have a wide variety of academic backgrounds, and 80% of incoming students already hold an advanced degree. Approximately 35% of Pardee RAND students are married and around 10% are also parents. The median age of entering students is 29; the age range of entering students in recent cohorts extends from 22-41.