
| Figure 26. Actual and projected numbers for master's degrees conferred by postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by sex of recipient: Academic years 1996–97 through 2021–22 |
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NOTE: Includes some degrees formerly classified as first professional such as divinity degrees (M.Div. and M.H.L./Rav). All data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:97–99); IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2010 Completions component; and Degrees Conferred Model, 1980–81 through 2009–10. (This figure was prepared March 2012.) |