The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2005-2020 graduates obtained advanced degrees.
Caveat: Information is limited to those institutions that report degree attained to the Clearinghouse.
Graduate Level Degree (excludes Certificates)
BC Grad Year | Graduates | Master’s Degree | % Master’s | Doctoral or Professional Degree | % Doctoral or Professional | Any Post-Baccalureate Degree | % Any Graduate Level Degree |
2005 | 278 | 83 | 30% | 12 | 4% | 90 | 32% |
2006 | 302 | 105 | 35% | 19 | 6% | 115 | 38% |
2007 | 290 | 72 | 25% | 13 | 4% | 83 | 29% |
2008 | 381 | 99 | 26% | 23 | 6% | 115 | 30% |
2009 | 284 | 94 | 33% | 20 | 7% | 104 | 37% |
2010 | 296 | 72 | 24% | 15 | 5% | 84 | 28% |
2011 | 325 | 68 | 21% | 9 | 3% | 75 | 23% |
2012 | 354 | 90 | 25% | 13 | 4% | 97 | 27% |
2013 | 300 | 61 | 20% | 15 | 5% | 74 | 25% |
2014 | 381 | 76 | 20% | 21 | 6% | 97 | 25% |
2015 | 356 | 68 | 19% | 9 | 3% | 77 | 22% |
2016 | 415 | 56 | 13% | 18 | 4% | 74 | 18% |
2017 | 364 | 58 | 16% | 17 | 5% | 75 | 21% |
2018 | 386 | 40 | 10% | 9 | 2% | 49 | 13% |
2019 | 380 | 42 | 11% | 0 | 0% | 42 | 11% |
2020 | 392 | 29 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 29 | 7% |
Graduate School Data
The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2005-2020 graduates obtained advanced degrees.
Caveat: Information is limited to those institutions that report degree attained to the Clearinghouse.
Degrees by Federal Classification of Instructional Programming (CIP) Category
Master’s Degrees | % Master’s |
Education | 33.48% |
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | 13.96% |
Health Professions and Related Programs | 12.92% |
Public Administration and Social Service Professions | 6.07% |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology | 4.94% |
Psychology | 3.99% |
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 3.04% |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 2.86% |
English Language and Literature/Letters | 1.99% |
Social Sciences | 1.91% |
Theology and Religious Vocations | 1.65% |
Engineering | 1.47% |
History | 1.47% |
Visual and Performing Arts | 1.39% |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 1.39% |
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | 1.04% |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | <1% |
Physical Sciences | <1% |
Library Science | <1% |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | <1% |
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | <1% |
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | <1% |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | <1% |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | <1% |
Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services | <1% |
Legal Professions and Studies | <1% |
Mathematics and Statistics | <1% |
Architecture and Related Services | <1% |
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | <1% |
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences | <1% |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | <1% |
Philosophy and Religious Studies | <1% |
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | <1% |
Natural Resources and Conservation | <1% |
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | <1% |
Doctoral and Professional Degrees | % Doctorate/ Professional |
Health Professions and Related Programs | 62.21% |
Legal Professions and Studies | 21.66% |
Physical Sciences | 2.30% |
Education | 2.30% |
Psychology | 1.84% |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 1.84% |
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 1.38% |
Mathematics and Statistics | 1.38% |
Social Sciences | <1% |
Visual and Performing Arts | <1% |
Engineering | <1% |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | <1% |
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | <1% |
English Language and Literature/Letters | <1% |