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 or Professional Degree | % Doctoral or Professional | Any Post-Baccalureate Degree | % Any Graduate Level Degree |
2009 | 284 | 97 | 34% | 21 | 7% | 107 | 38% |
2010 | 296 | 74 | 25% | 18 | 6% | 87 | 29% |
2011 | 325 | 73 | 22% | 11 | 3% | 82 | 25% |
2012 | 354 | 100 | 28% | 15 | 4% | 109 | 31% |
2013 | 300 | 67 | 22% | 16 | 5% | 81 | 27% |
2014 | 381 | 82 | 22% | 28 | 7% | 108 | 28% |
2015 | 356 | 86 | 24% | 15 | 4% | 99 | 28% |
2016 | 415 | 79 | 19% | 21 | 5% | 98 | 27% |
2017 | 364 | 83 | 23% | 23 | 6% | 106 | 29% |
2018 | 386 | 73 | 19% | 18 | 5% | 90 | 23% |
2019 | 380 | 80 | 21% | 16 | 4% | 95 | 25% |
2020 | 392 | 69 | 18% | 13 | 3% | 82 | 21% |
2021 | 317 | 61 | 19% | 2 | 1% | 63 | 20% |
2022 | 325 | 33 | 10% | 0 | 0% | 33 | 10% |
2023 | 310 | 26 | 8% | 0 | 0% | 26 | 8% |
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 | 25.1% |
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | 15.8% |
Health Professions and Related Programs | 15.2% |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology | 6.3% |
Public Administration and Social Service Professions | 6.2% |
Psychology | 5.0% |
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 4.2% |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 2.9% |
Social Sciences | 2.0% |
Engineering | 1.9% |
English Language and Literature/Letters | 1.6% |
History | 1.6% |
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | 1.4% |
Physical Sciences | 1.3% |
Natural Resources and Conservation | 1.2% |
Theology and Religious Vocations | 1.0% |
Library Science | <1% |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | <1% |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | <1% |
Visual and Performing Arts | <1% |
Legal Professions and Studies | <1% |
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | <1% |
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | <1% |
Philosophy and Religious Studies | <1% |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | <1% |
Mathematics and Statistics | <1% |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | <1% |
Architecture and Related Services | <1% |
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences | <1% |
Doctoral, Professional and Terminal Degrees | % Doctorate/Professional/Terminal |
Health Professions and Related Programs | 56.1% |
Legal Professions and Studies | 22.0% |
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields | 4.5% |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 4.0% |
Visual and Performing Arts | 3.1% |
Physical Sciences | 2.7% |
Psychology | 1.8% |
Education | 1.3% |
English Language and Literature/Letters | 1.3% |
Mathematics and Statistics | <1% |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | <1% |
Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services | <1% |
Engineering | <1% |
History | <1% |
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | <1% |
Social Sciences | <1% |