Internships are typically taken away from campus during the summer semester; some programs allow on-campus summers without classes or tuition, typically involving research.
A culminating activity involves more work than most classes, draws on learning from the rest of the program, produces a document and presentation, and satisfies a graduation requirement.
After completion, professional program students typically obtain jobs in industry. Research program students typically enter Ph.D. programs.
Admissions
Selectivity is the ratio of student applications offered acceptance over applications received; some programs' requirements may diminish qualified candidates significantly.
GRE score ranges are 25th percentile to 75th precentile; for example, 25% of the students offered acceptance by CMU had a score below the 25th percentile.
GRE quantitative and verbal are scored between 130 and 170 in one-point increments. GRE analytical is scored between 0 and 6 in 0.5 increments.