The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2008-2022 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 |
| 2008 | 381 | 103 | 27% | 23 | 6% | 119 | 27% |
| 2009 | 284 | 96 | 34% | 21 | 7% | 106 | 34% |
| 2010 | 296 | 74 | 25% | 18 | 5% | 87 | 25% |
| 2011 | 325 | 70 | 22% | 10 | 3% | 78 | 22% |
| 2012 | 354 | 95 | 27% | 14 | 4% | 103 | 27% |
| 2013 | 300 | 65 | 22% | 16 | 5% | 79 | 22% |
| 2014 | 381 | 79 | 21% | 27 | 7% | 105 | 21% |
| 2015 | 356 | 78 | 22% | 12 | 3% | 88 | 22% |
| 2016 | 415 | 75 | 18% | 19 | 5% | 94 | 18% |
| 2017 | 364 | 75 | 21% | 23 | 6% | 98 | 21% |
| 2018 | 386 | 63 | 16% | 15 | 4% | 78 | 16% |
| 2019 | 380 | 68 | 18% | 12 | 3% | 80 | 18% |
| 2020 | 392 | 61 | 16% | 5 | 1% | 66 | 16% |
| 2021 | 317 | 48 | 15% | 0 | 0% | 48 | 15% |
| 2022 | 325 | 17 | 5% | 0 | 0% | 17 | 5% |
Graduate School Placement
The data is from the National Student Clearinghouse. The following table lists graduate and professional degree major categories in which 2008-2022 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 | 26.5% |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | 14.7% |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | 14.6% |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology | 6.6% |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions | 6.1% |
| Psychology | 5.1% |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 4.0% |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 3.2% |
| Social Sciences | 2.1% |
| Engineering | 1.7% |
| English Language and Literature/Letters | 1.6% |
| History | 1.5% |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | 1.3% |
| Theology and Religious Vocations | 1.3% |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | 1.2% |
| Physical Sciences | 1.2% |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | 1.1% |
| Library Science | <1% |
| Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | <1% |
| Legal Professions and Studies | <1% |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | <1% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 1.2% |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | <1% |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | <1% |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | <1% |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies | <1% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | <1% |
| Architecture and Related Services | <1% |
| Military Technologies and Applied Sciences | <1% |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | <1% |
| Doctoral and Professional Degrees | % Doctorate/ Professional |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | 57.1%% |
| Legal Professions and Studies | 21.0% |
| Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | 3.7% |
| Physical Sciences | 3.2% |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 3.2% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 2.7% |
| Psychology | 1.8% |
| English Language and Literature/Letters | 1.4% |
| Education | 1.4% |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | <1% |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | <1% |
| Social Sciences | <1% |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | <1% |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | <1% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | <1% |
| Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services | <1% |
| Engineering | <1% |
| History | <1% |
