The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2009-2023 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, Professional, or Terminal Degree* | % Doctoral, Professional, or Terminal | Any Post-Baccalaureate Degree | % Any Graduate Level Degree |
| 2011 | 325 | 81 | 25% | 12 | 4% | 90 | 28% |
| 2012 | 354 | 103 | 29% | 16 | 5% | 112 | 32% |
| 2013 | 300 | 73 | 24% | 16 | 5% | 85 | 28% |
| 2014 | 381 | 84 | 22% | 28 | 7% | 110 | 29% |
| 2015 | 356 | 92 | 26% | 18 | 5% | 108 | 30% |
| 2016 | 415 | 82 | 20% | 24 | 6% | 103 | 25% |
| 2017 | 364 | 86 | 24% | 24 | 7% | 110 | 30% |
| 2018 | 386 | 84 | 22% | 19 | 5% | 102 | 26% |
| 2019 | 380 | 95 | 25% | 21 | 6% | 113 | 30% |
| 2020 | 392 | 87 | 22% | 24 | 6% | 109 | 28% |
| 2021 | 317 | 80 | 25% | 4 | 1% | 84 | 26% |
| 2022 | 325 | 56 | 17% | 11 | 3% | 67 | 21% |
| 2023 | 310 | 55 | 18% | 5 | 2% | 60 | 19% |
| 2024 | 279 | 39 | 14% | 0 | 0% | 39 | 14% |
| 2025 | 307 | 22 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 22 | 7% |
Graduate School Placement
The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2009-2023 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 | 22.7% |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | 17.7% |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | 17.0% |
| Psychology | 5.4% |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology | 5.3% |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 5.2% |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions | 5.0% |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 3.0% |
| History | 1.9% |
| Engineering | 1.8% |
| Social Sciences | 1.7% |
| English Language and Literature/Letters | 1.6% |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | 1.3% |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | 1.2% |
| Physical Sciences | 1.2% |
| Theology and Religious Vocations | 0.8% |
| Library Science | 0.8% |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | 0.8% |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 0.8% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 0.6% |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | 0.6% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 0.6% |
| Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | 0.5% |
| Legal Professions and Studies | 0.5% |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | 0.3% |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies | 0.3% |
| Military Technologies and Applied Sciences | 0.3% |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 0.3% |
| Architecture and Related Services | 0.3% |
| Doctoral, Professional, and Terminal Degrees | % Doctorate/Professional/Terminal |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | 53.3% |
| Legal Professions and Studies | 20.5% |
| Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | 6.1% |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 5.2% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 3.5% |
| Psychology | 2.2% |
| Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services | 1.7% |
| Physical Sciences | 1.7% |
| Education | 1.3% |
| Engineering | 1.3% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 0.9% |
| English Language and Literature/Letters | 0.9% |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 0.4% |
| Social Sciences | 0.4% |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions | 0.4% |
