The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2004-2019 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 |
| 2004 | 282 | 77 | 27% | 22 | 8% | 93 | 33% |
| 2005 | 278 | 82 | 29% | 12 | 4% | 89 | 32% |
| 2006 | 302 | 102 | 34% | 18 | 6% | 112 | 37% |
| 2007 | 290 | 70 | 24% | 14 | 5% | 82 | 28% |
| 2008 | 381 | 96 | 25% | 21 | 6% | 112 | 29% |
| 2009 | 284 | 90 | 32% | 20 | 7% | 100 | 35% |
| 2010 | 296 | 66 | 22% | 15 | 5% | 78 | 26% |
| 2011 | 325 | 66 | 20% | 9 | 3% | 73 | 22% |
| 2012 | 354 | 86 | 24% | 12 | 3% | 93 | 26% |
| 2013 | 300 | 55 | 18% | 14 | 5% | 67 | 22% |
| 2014 | 381 | 65 | 17% | 21 | 6% | 86 | 23% |
| 2015 | 356 | 58 | 16% | 9 | 3% | 67 | 19% |
| 2016 | 415 | 35 | 8% | 14 | 3% | 49 | 12% |
| 2017 | 364 | 40 | 11% | 7 | 2% | 47 | 13% |
| 2018 | 386 | 28 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 28 | 7% |
| 2019 | 380 | 15 | 4% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 4% |
Graduate School Data
The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2004-2019 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 | 33.8% |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | 13.4% |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | 12.5% |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology | 6.2% |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions | 5.8% |
| Psychology | 3.2% |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 3.2% |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 2.3% |
| English Language and Literature/Letters | 2.2% |
| Social Sciences | 1.8% |
| Theology and Religious Vocations | 1.6% |
| Engineering | 1.6% |
| History | 1.5% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 1.3% |
| Unknown | 1.2% |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | 1.0% |
| Library Science | <1% |
| Physical Sciences | <1% |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | <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% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | <1% |
| Architecture and Related Services | <1% |
| Legal Professions and Studies | <1% |
| Reserved (Canadian Statistics) | <1% |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies | <1% |
| Military Technologies and Applied Sciences | <1% |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | <1% |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | <1% |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | <1% |
| Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services | <1% |
| Doctoral and Professional Degrees | % Doctorate/ Professional |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | 61.5% |
| Legal Professions and Studies | 21.6% |
| Education | 3.8% |
| Physical Sciences | 2.3% |
| Psychology | 2.3% |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 1.4% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 1.4% |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 1.4% |
| Social Sciences | <1% |
| English Language and Literature/Letters | <1% |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology | <1% |
| History | <1% |
| Engineering | <1% |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | <1% |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | <1% |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | <1% |