In the academic year of 2022, it is expected that 551,460 female and 331,530 male students will earn a Master’s degree in the United States. These figures are a significant increase from the academic year of 1950, when 16,980 female students and 41,220 male students earned a Master’s degree.

What is a Master’s degree?

A Master’s degree is an academic degree granted by universities after finishing a Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degrees focus in on a specific field and are more specialized than a Bachelor’s. A typical Master’s program is about two years long, with the final semester focusing on the thesis. Master’s degree programs are usually harder to get into than Bachelor’s degree programs, due to the rigor of the program. Because these programs are so competitive, those with a Master’s degree are typically paid more than those with a Bachelor’s degree.

Master’s degrees in the United States

The number of master’s degrees granted in the United States has steadily increased since the 1970s and is expected to continue to increase. In 2021, the Master’s degree program with the worst job prospects in the United States by mid-career median pay was counseling, while the program with the best job prospects was a physician's assistant.

With the enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008, five Predominantly Black Institutions are eligible to receive funding to improve graduate education opportunities at the master’s level in mathematics, engineering, physical or natural sciences, computer science, information technology, nursing, allied health or other scientific disciplines where African American students are underrepresented. Types of Projects Institutions may use federal funds for activities that include: Purchase, rental or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes; Construction, maintenance, renovation and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services; Purchase of library books, periodicals, technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials; Scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance for needy graduate students to permit the enrollment of students in, and completion of a master’s degree in mathematics, engineering, physical or natural sciences, computer science, information technology, nursing, allied health, or other scientific disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresented; Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen and increase contributions from alumni and the private sector; Assisting in the establishment or maintenance of an institutional endowment to facilitate financial independence pursuant to Section 331; Funds and administrative management, and the acquisition of equipment, including software, for use in strengthening funds management and management information systems; Acquisition of real property that is adjacent to the campus in connection with the construction, renovation, or improvement of, or an addition to, campus facilities; Education or financial information designed to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the students’ families, especially with regards to student indebtedness and student assistance programs under title IV; Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success; Faculty professional development, faculty exchanges, and faculty participation in professional conferences and meetings; and Other activities proposed in the application that are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.

In the academic year of 2021/22, about 880,250 students were awarded a Master's degree in the United States. This figure is projected to increase by the academic year of 2031/32, when it is forecasted that 1,000,460 students will be awarded a Master's degree.

In the academic year of 2020/21, about 202,334 Master's degrees were earned in business across the United States, making it the most common master's degree earned. In that same year, another 47,257 Master's degrees were earned in engineering.

The dataset contains Academic-year-, Programme- and Course-wise historically compiled data on the Number of International Students who have enrolled in the United States of America (U.S.A) for pursuing various types of Graduate, Under-graduate and OPT courses, along with percentage number of students pursing on each specific type of education

Historical Dataset of The Masters Program is provided by PublicSchoolReview and contain statistics on metrics:Total Students Trends Over Years (2013-2023),Total Classroom Teachers Trends Over Years (2013-2023),Distribution of Students By Grade Trends,Student-Teacher Ratio Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),American Indian Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),Asian Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),Hispanic Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),Black Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),White Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),Two or More Races Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2012-2023),Diversity Score Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),Free Lunch Eligibility Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),Reduced-Price Lunch Eligibility Comparison Over Years (2013-2023),Reading and Language Arts Proficiency Comparison Over Years (2011-2022),Math Proficiency Comparison Over Years (2011-2022),Overall School Rank Trends Over Years (2011-2022),Graduation Rate Comparison Over Years (2011-2021)

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In the winter semester of 2024/2025, the number of Bachelor's programs in Germany amounted to ******. This data show the number of Bachelor's, Master's and other study programs in Germany in the winter semester of 2024/2025.

Proportion of students who started in a master's degree program and graduated with a different educational qualification, within Canada, by demographic characteristics.

Education and further studies: refers to various learning, education, and related information collections

In the academic year 2024, there were approximately 1.8 thousand postgraduate courses at universities in Japan. Around 1.2 thousand of those courses were offered by private universities. That year, the total number of graduate courses for a doctoral degree amounted to about 1.4 thousand.

Taiwan Number of Graduate: Master Program data was reported at 54,941.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 55,752.000 Person for 2016. Taiwan Number of Graduate: Master Program data is updated yearly, averaging 2,849.000 Person from Jul 1951 (Median) to 2017, with 67 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60,218.000 Person in 2013 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 1952. Taiwan Number of Graduate: Master Program data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.G056: Number of Graduate.

The number of graduates from master's and doctor's degree programs at public colleges, universities, and research institutes in China has been constantly increasing in recent years. In 2023, around 927,600 students graduated from master's degree courses at public colleges, universities, and research institutes in China.

Central Police University 111 academic year research master's and doctoral classes, as well as screening and recruitment re-examination results statistics table.

Graduation of master's degree students, within the field of study grouping (Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and Business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education (BHASE) groupings) and province or territory of first enrolment, by demographic characteristics. The STEM grouping includes fields of study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and computer sciences. The BHASE grouping includes fields of study in business, humanities, health, arts, social science, education, legal studies, trades, services, natural resources and conservation.

In Denmark, more women than men are studying to attain a master's degree. In 2023, there were approximately 36,000 female and 27,000 male master students in the country. While the total number of master students increased form 2013 to 2015, it decreased slightly since before stabilizing at between 60,000 and 65,000.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Association Of Graduate Programs In Public Health Nutrition Inc

The Colleges and Universities feature class/shapefile is composed of all Post Secondary Education facilities as defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, https://nces.ed.gov/), US Department of Education for the 2018-2019 school year. Included are Doctoral/Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical Schools and other health care professions, Schools of engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges, and other specialized institutions. Overall, this data layer covers all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and other assorted U.S. territories. This feature class contains all MEDS/MEDS+ as approved by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Team. Complete field and attribute information is available in the ”Entities and Attributes” metadata section. Geographical coverage is depicted in the thumbnail above and detailed in the "Place Keyword" section of the metadata. This feature class does not have a relationship class but is related to Supplemental Colleges. Colleges and Universities that are not included in the NCES IPEDS data are added to the Supplemental Colleges feature class when found. This release includes the addition of 175 new records, the removal of 468 no longer reported by NCES, and modifications to the spatial location and/or attribution of 6682 records.

Weighted average tuition fees by field of study for full-time Canadian graduate students. Data are collected from all publicly funded Canadian degree-granting institutions.

Scholarly communication practices depend on different epistemic cultures. The literature reports numerous studies, under the most different approaches related to Brazilian graduate programs in information science (PPGCIs). However, what is known about the profile of expertise for the production of science in these programs? In this research, the PPGCIs were characterized considering the intellectual capital accumulated. From this point of view, this research aims to: analyze the academic production - communications presented on events, journal articles, book chapters, books organized, edited, published and expanded abstracts in the period 2008 to 2012. The methodology included the automatic extraction from curriculum Lattes of permanent and temporary teachers, in activity until December 31, 2012. For extracting scriptLattes tool was used. The results indicate that the academic production focuses, largely in communications presented at events (36.8%) and journal articles (34.3%). Additionally, it was evidenced the existence of three types of profile/performance for the period: profile production stable, profile with a slight decrement of production and profile with a slight increase of production.