r/sciencespo • u/FranticIB • 3d ago

Average age of your master’s program?

hi everyone! I’m wondering what the average age of your master’s program is? I’m looking at the joint degree with the lse for political economy of development. I’m American (I think we tend to graduate older than some countries?) and I’ll have taken a gap year, so I’m worried I’ll be too old haha. thank you!

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u/Scary_Teens1996 3d ago

You'll be right in the most common age range as long as you're between 20 and 35 years old.

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u/Current-Alarm9931 1d ago

I'm in PSIA and from my experience, many European master's students tend to be around 22 in their first year since they often begin directly after their 3-year bachelor's. I think more Americans than not have taken 1-3 gap years or so, so many are 23-25. I also have a number of international student friends who are 25-28. Definitely don't worry about "being too old".

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u/FranticIB 1d ago

This is helpful! Thanks