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CGS membership provides opportunities to engage with an active community of institutions and organizations that support graduate education. We invite you to explore our categories of membership and their distinct benefits, which include data analysis and best practice expertise, discounts on meetings and publications, and opportunities to exchange information and resources with fellow members.

Graduate Enrollment and Degrees, 2009-2019: Downloadable Figures and Tables

Below are downloadable figures and tables from Graduate Enrollment and Degrees, 2009-2019. Each figure and table is available as an image file and a PDF.

Figures

Figure 1: Graduate Application Acceptance Rates by Carnegie Classification and Degree Level, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 2: First-time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field of Study and Gender, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 3: First-time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field of Study and Citizenship, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 4: U.S. Citizen and Permanent Resident First-time Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 5: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field of Study and Attendance Status, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 6: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field of Study and Degree Level, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 7: Changes in Graduate Applications by Carnegie Classification and Degree Level, Fall 2009 to Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 8: Trends in First-time Graduate Enrollment by Field of Study, Fall 2009 to Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 9: Average Number of Black First-time Graduate Students and Their Percentage Shares among the Incoming Cohorts by Institution Types,
Fall 2009 to Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Figure 10: Percentage Shares of Black Students in First-time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field of Study, Doctoral Research Universities: Very High
Research Activity, Fall 2009 to Fall 2019 (Image, PDF)

Data Tables for Graduate Applications, First-Time Enrollment, and Total Enrollment, Fall 2019; and Degrees Conferred, 2018-19

Table B.1: Applications for Admission to Graduate School by Institution Type, Carnegie Classification, and Degree Level, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.2: Applications for Admission to Graduate School by Broad Field and Degree Level, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.3: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Institution Type, Carnegie Classification, Gender, and Attendance Status, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.4: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field, Gender, and 30 Attendance Status, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.5: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Gender, Attendance Status, 30 and Broad Field, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.6: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Degree Level, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.7: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Degree Level, Gender, and Broad Field, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.8: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Institution Type, Carnegie Classification, and Citizenship, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.9: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Citizenship, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.10: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Citizenship, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.11: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Race/Ethnicity, Fall 2019 (U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents Only) (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.12: Total Graduate Enrollment by Institution Type, Carnegie Classification, Gender, and Attendance Status, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.13: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field, Gender, and Attendance Status, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.14: Total Graduate Enrollment by Gender, Attendance Status, and Broad Field, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.15: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Degree Level, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.16: Total Graduate Enrollment by Degree Level, Gender, and Broad Field, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.17: Total Graduate Enrollment by Institution Type, Carnegie Classification, and Citizenship, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.18: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Citizenship, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.19: Total Graduate Enrollment by Citizenship, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender, Fall 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.20: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Race/Ethnicity, Fall 2019 (U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents Only) (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.21: Graduate Degrees and Certificates Awarded by Degree Level, Carnegie Classification, and Institution Type, 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.22: Graduate Degrees and Certificates Awarded by Degree Level and Broad Field, 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.23: Graduate Certificates Awarded by Broad Field and Gender, 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.24: Master’s Degrees Awarded by Broad Field and Gender, 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table B.25: Doctoral Degrees Awarded by Broad Field and Gender, 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Data Tables for Trends in Graduate Applications, First-Time Enrollment, Total Enrollment, and Degrees Conferred, 2009 to 2019

Table C.1: Applications for Admission to Graduate School by Institution Type, Carnegie Classification, and Degree Level, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.2: Applications for Admission to Graduate School by Broad Field, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.3: Applications for Admission to Graduate School by Broad Field and Degree Level, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.4: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Institution Type and Carnegie Classification, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.5: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Citizenship and Race/Ethnicity, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.6: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Citizenship, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.7: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.8: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Attendance Status, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.9: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Citizenship, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.10: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Race/Ethnicity, 2009 to 2019 (U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents Only) (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.11: First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.12: Doctorate-Level First-Time Enrollment by Broad Field and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.13: Master’s-Level First-Time Enrollment by Broad Field and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.14: Total Graduate Enrollment by Institution Type and Carnegie Classification, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.15: Total Graduate Enrollment by Citizenship and Race/Ethnicity, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.16: Total Graduate Enrollment by Citizenship, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.17: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.18: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Attendance Status, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.19: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Citizenship, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.20: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Race/Ethnicity, 2009 to 2019 (U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents Only) (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.21: Total Graduate Enrollment by Broad Field and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.22: Doctorate-Level Total Enrollment by Broad Field and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.23: Master’s-Level Total Enrollment by Broad Field and Gender, 2009 to 2019 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.24: Graduate Degrees and Certificates Awarded by Degree Level and Institution Type, 2008-2009 to 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.25: Graduate Degrees and Certificates Awarded by Degree Level and Carnegie Classification, 2008-2009 to 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.26: Graduate Degrees and Certificates Awarded by Degree Level, Institution Type, and Gender, 2008-2009 to 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.27: Graduate Degrees and Certificates Awarded by Degree Level, Carnegie Classification, and Gender, 2008-2009 to 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.28: Graduate-Level Certificates Awarded by Broad Field and Gender, 2008-09 to 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.29: Master’s Degrees Awarded by Broad Field and Gender, 2008-2009 to 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Table C.30: Doctoral Degrees Awarded by Broad Field and Gender, 2008-2009 to 2018-19 (Image, PDF, Excel)

Dozens of Ph.D. programs are suspending admissions

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Marketplace

But students from poorer backgrounds may not be able to wait for schools to restart admissions, so they’ll pursue other careers. Suzanne Ortega with the Council of Graduate Schools said that’s bad for diversity.

“We’re disrupting the flow from a more diverse undergraduate student pipeline to a less diverse student pipeline,” she said.

Trump Administration Proposes Clampdown on Open-Ended Student Visas

Thursday, September 24, 2020

The Wall Street Journal

The rules could hit graduate students particularly hard, as doctoral programs tend to last more than four years. More than 88,000 international students enrolled in U.S. graduate programs for the first time last fall, according to the Council of Graduate Schools. One quarter of them were pursuing doctorates rather than shorter master’s degrees or certificates.

Graduate students: Mind your mental health this fall amid pandemic stress

Friday, August 28, 2020

Chicago Sun Times

In a 2017 Council of Graduate Schools survey, 96% of graduate school deans said their school or institution offered mental health support or crisis counseling. Still, additional CGS research has shown that schools sometimes struggle to promote these services.

GradImpact: Better Understanding Disease Progression A Single-Cell at a Time

Sondrica Goines, a doctoral student in analytical chemistry at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, says she’s been math and science oriented since high school. Identifying her passion early has definitely paid off. She’s in her third year of the doctoral program and is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, the winner of the Winifred Burks-Houck Graduate Leadership Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, a member of the Department of Chemistry’s Graduate Committee for Professional Development and the Graduate Recruitment Committee, a student mentor, and hosts her own podcast, Curly Headed Chemist. Her research focuses on a group of synthetic chemical compounds called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which may sound complicated, so for a bit of context, we’ll start with a specific kind of PFAS.

In 1938, a chemist accidentally discovered a chemical compound called polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which was ultimately trademarked by DuPont as Teflon™ in 1945. The new product was revolutionary for its extremely high melting point and was used in a variety of applications, most notably, non-stick cookware. By 1948, DuPont was producing over 900 tons of Teflon brand PTFE.

This is where Sondrica Goines and her research come in. PTFE is perhaps the best known of the PFAS, which are found in food packaging, commercial household products (e.g., Teflon), drinking water (because of the production process), and living organisms (animals and humans). In the 1990s, researchers discovered that this groundbreaking compound is absorbed into the body and can cause a long list of adverse health effects, including reproductive and developmental problems and cancers. Goines’s research focuses on exactly how PFAS molecules affect our health at the single-cell level. “They are a very persistent class of micropollutants,” Goines says. “If we can understand them at the single-cell level, we can better understand disease progression due to these pollutants.” To learn more about Sondrica’s work, visit the UNC-Chapel Hill website.

Visit the GradImpact Feature Gallery to learn more about the amazing, innovative research being done by graduate students and alumni across the world.

Photo Credit: Submitted by Sondrica Goines

The CGS GRADIMPACT project draws from member examples to tell the larger story of graduate education. Our goal is to demonstrate the importance of graduate education not only to degree holders, but also to the communities where we live and work. Do you have a great story to share about the impact of master’s or doctoral education? Visit our WEBSITE for more information.

GradImpact: Shifting Research Priorities to Combat a Pandemic

For many graduate students, the emergence of SARS-COV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) greatly disrupted their research. For Katarina Braun and Gage Moreno, the pandemic shifted their entire focus from research on viruses like influenza and AIDS to the coronavirus. University of Wisconsin – Madison graduate students Braun, an MD and PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program and in Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Moreno, a PhD student in Cellular and Molecular Pathology, began studying the virus together in February.

As viruses spread, they replicate, and often the copies produced are not identical. Very small errors occur, and these changes, called mutations, can affect the spread of a virus. Using genetic sequencing, Braun and Moreno have identified variations in the virus among individuals infected in the state of Wisconsin. Being able to pinpoint the various mutations allows the researchers to track how the virus spreads and establish points of transmission. Their research has also been helpful in establishing risk probability for healthcare workers. By studying the particular genetic sequence of the virus in a Wisconsin healthcare professional and compare it to those of the patients being treated, Braun and Moreno could establish that the virus transmission likely occurred from exposure in the community, not the healthcare facility.

Their research is still in early phases, but they have made it publicly available to help researchers across the globe learn more about the virus. Braun and Moreno credit their advisors, Thomas Friedrich and David O’Connor, for ensuring open access to their data in an effort to benefit the global scientific community. “I feel lucky to be in a lab where I have had the opportunity to participate in the scientific community’s response to this virus,” Braun said. To learn more about Katarina and Gage’s work, visit the University of Wisconsin—Madison website.

Visit the GradImpact Feature Gallery to learn more about the amazing, innovative research being done by graduate students and alumni across the world.

Photo Credit: Katarina Braun and Gage Moreno

CGS Takes Action to Protect Pathways to Graduate Schools for Underrepresented Graduate Students during COVID-19

Thursday, August 6, 2020

URM Grad Students RAPID PR.pdf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Katherine Hazelrigg (202) 461-3888 / khazelrigg@cgs.nche.edu

Washington, DC — The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) announced a new project to examine the obstacles underrepresented students (URM) have faced in their matriculation, persistence, and completion of STEM graduate programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With funding from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program, CGS will collaborate with the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS) to understand challenges currently faced by URM and first-generation students and provide just-in-time information that will help support their success.

“First-generation, low-income, racially, and ethnically underrepresented (URM) students have been at greatest risk of educational disruptions during the recent pandemic,” said CGS President Suzanne T. Ortega. “This means that the modest gains the U.S. has seen over the past ten years in URM graduate enrollment and degree completion are in real jeopardy. The insights we will gain from this work will generate evidence-based resources and policies surrounding admissions, funding, and other forms of student support.”

The new project, Investigating Challenges to Matriculation and Completion for Underrepresented STEM Graduate Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic, will focus on four specific areas of research: obstacles to matriculation, obstacles to retention, challenges to sustaining graduate school aspirations for rising college seniors, and strategies for graduate school success. The findings will inform graduate student advising and support structures and guide interventions to broaden URM student participation in STEM graduate education.

Maureen Hoyler, president of the Council for Opportunity in Education believes that, “This partnership with CGS presents an opportunity for McNair students and staff to discuss the changing landscape of graduate admissions because of the pandemic. Many McNair students were unable to complete their original research programs due to COVID. Other students have grave concerns regarding financial support for graduate studies at this time. Our goal is to provide students an opportunity to get answers for their most pressing questions so as to support their continued graduate matriculation and completion.”

“The Council of Historical Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS) is pleased to partner with CGS and COE on this project. It is extremely important to seek viable strategies and best practices that encourage and inspire underrepresented students to pursue and complete graduate degrees, especially when faced with a myriad of challenges such as those associated with COVID-19,” said CHBGS President Mary E. Owens-Southall, Ph.D. “The current discussions taking place are essential in that strategies employed during the upcoming semesters will have a profound impact on enrollment, retention, and degree completion of these students for at least the next 3-5 years.”

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About CGS

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is an organization of approximately 500 institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada engaged in graduate education, research, and the preparation of candidates for advanced degrees. The organization’s mission is to improve and advance graduate education, which it accomplishes through advocacy in the federal policy arena, research, and the development and dissemination of best practices.

University redundancies, furloughs and pay cuts might loom amid the pandemic, survey finds

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Nature

Although the survey focused on the effects of the pandemic on universities, it is just one of several issues that will affect their financial health. Changes to the US visa programme will also be a factor. On 22 June, the US government announced that it will stop issuing certain categories of foreign-worker visa — notably the H-1B visa for foreigners hired as university faculty members or by technology firms — until the end of the year. “It’s hard to say which is the major influence,” says Suzanne Ortega, president of the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington DC, which represents 500 universities worldwide, mostly in the United States and Canada. “They’re both really important and still very much in flux.”

Anger and fear meet US government’s ‘unworkable’ move to deport international students who take only online classes

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Nature

Suzanne Ortega, president of the US Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), an association based in Washington DC that represents about 500 universities in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, calls the plan to revoke visas unworkable. Announcing the action so soon before the upcoming semester, she adds, creates an impossible timeline. Ortega believes that PhD students could have more latitude than undergraduates to meet in-person instruction requirements through independent study and laboratory work, but notes that there are still many uncertainties.

Virtual New Deans Institute and Summer Workshop Presentations

Virtual New Deans Institute
July 13, 2020

New Deans Institute Program

PowerPoint presentations from the 2020 CGS Virtual New Deans Institute are below. Presentations are in chronological order. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.

New Deans Institute Presentations

Session I ~ 2:00 - 2:20: Managing Budgets: Planning, Prioritizing, and Allocating
David Berkowitz

Session II ~ 2:20 - 2:40: Managing Operations: Time, Staff and Partnerships
Kathryn Hausbeck Korgan

Session III ~ 2:40 - 3:00: Managing Enrollment: Recruitment, Admissions, and Funding
M.J.T. Smith

Session III ~ 3:10 - 3:25: Being an Effective Graduate Education Advocate
Jenni Hart

Summer Workshop
July 14-17, 2020

Summer Workshop Program

Selected PowerPoint presentations from the 2020 CGS Virtual Summer Workshop are below. Presentations are in chronological order. Presentations are offered as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.

Summer Workshop Presentations

Plenary: Survey Says: Graduate Education in a Post-Covid-19 World
Anthony Carnevale, Betty Fleurimond, and Earl Lewis

Admissions in a COVID World: Strategies for Survival: Sponsored by ETS
Tabitha Hardy, David G. Payne, and Mark J. T. Smith

Strategic Initiatives in Graduate Education at the National Science Foundation
Kim E. Barrett

Building a Campus Ecosystem to Support Research Mentoring
Judith Stoddart

Dissertations Bootcamp: Supporting Students in a Virtual Learning Environment: Sponsored by ProQuest
Jan Allen and April Ellsey

Navigating Federal, State, and Institutional Policies During COVID-19: Challenges and Successes
Andres Gil, Brian Kloeppel, and Janet Rutledge

Using Data and Student Feedback to Inform Online Graduate Program Development: Sponsored by Wiley Education Services
Eric LaMott, David Capranos, and Carol Aslanian

Supporting International Graduate Students through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Lauren Inouye, David Berkowitz, and Kim LaScola Needy

Navigating an Uncertain Enrollment Landscape: Research Insights for Graduate Recruitment During the Pandemic: Sponsored by EAB
Will Lamb

Associated Learning Communities Presentations

Wednesday, August 12

BC to AD: Dawn of the Age (A discussion of how universities -and the entire educational system - will be transformed by technology and by COVID)
Presenters: Michael Moe, Founder & CEO, GSV Asset Management and Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner, GSV Ventures

Thursday, October 1

Graduate Education in the Performing Arts for a Post-COVID World
Presenters: Dwight McBride, President, The New School and Richard Kessler, Executive Dean for the Performing Arts, The New School

Resources from CGS Sustaining Members

Ensuring Business Continuity With a Centralized Application Service e-book - Liaison International
Collaboration in Research survey report - Nature Research

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