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Class size: The class size is 38.
Age: The average age is 25; the range is between 22 and 39.
Gender: 82% of the students are women, 18% are men.
Residence: 50% of the class is from Iowa.  Students come from 11 different states.  There is no residency requirement at DMU.
Undergraduate Degrees: The most common undergraduate majors are biology, psychology, athletic training and nursing.
Academic Performance: The class of 2009 has an average cumulative GPA of 3.51, with a range from 2.94 to 3.91.  The average science GPA is 3.36.
GRE: The average GRE score is 1000 (Verbal – 430, Quantitative – 570).
Experience: Incoming students had an average of 32 months of healthcare experience at matriculation.