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Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

Item2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

All University of Minnesota graduate programs

Certificates 158 201 202 185 203 207 182 227 166 201
  Female 114 72% 162 81% 147 73% 135 73% 163 80% 156 75% 144 79% 167 74% 126 76% 148 74%
  Male 43 27% 33 16% 52 26% 45 24% 40 20% 48 23% 37 20% 60 26% 39 23% 51 25%
  International 6 4% 12 6% 13 6% 17 9% 15 7% 10 5% 11 6% 13 6% 4 2% 10 5%
  Minority 13 8% 19 9% 36 18% 24 13% 27 13% 39 19% 47 26% 53 23% 35 21% 51 25%
  MElapTTD 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.7
  MEnrlTTD 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
    Notes:
  • The above tables show how many Post-Baccalaureate certificates were conferred for the given academic years
  • Degrees and certificates are awarded monthly; an academic year is defined here to be July-June
  • For each category (e.g. Male), the percentage shown is the percentage of the total degrees/certificates conferred for the group
  • "MElapTTD" is short for Median Elapsed Time To Degree; elapsed time to degree is defined here as the time, in years, from the start of a student's first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) until the degree conferral
  • "MEnrlTTD" is short for Median Enrolled Time To Degree; enrolled time to degree is defined here as the number of years a student was registered as a graduate student from the first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) through the latest term that started before the degree conferral date; semesters are counted as one-half of a year, quarters are counted as one-third of a year, and summer terms are not counted (the University of Minnesota switched from quarters to semesters Fall 1999)
  • Gender is self-reported and optional, so males+females may not equal the total
  • "International" means students who are not citizens or permanent residents
  • "Minority" includes citizens and permanent residents of African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Chicano/Latino, American Indian, and Hawaiian ethnicity
  • Ethnicity is self-reported
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Masters Degrees

Item2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

All University of Minnesota graduate programs

Degrees 3,396 3,453 3,488 3,298 3,626 3,518 3,591 3,335 3,172 3,136
  Female 1,811 53% 1,878 54% 1,878 54% 1,825 55% 1,984 55% 1,894 54% 2,026 56% 1,898 57% 1,807 57% 1,779 57%
  Male 1,571 46% 1,567 45% 1,603 46% 1,464 44% 1,633 45% 1,615 46% 1,549 43% 1,430 43% 1,355 43% 1,254 40%
  International 508 15% 639 19% 655 19% 654 20% 824 23% 761 22% 811 23% 679 20% 572 18% 631 20%
  Minority 398 12% 398 12% 428 12% 410 12% 482 13% 530 15% 538 15% 527 16% 556 18% 641 20%
  MElapTTD 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
  MEnrlTTD 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
    Notes:
  • The above tables show how many Masters degrees were conferred for the given academic years
  • Degrees and certificates are awarded monthly; an academic year is defined here to be July-June
  • For each category (e.g. Male), the percentage shown is the percentage of the total degrees/certificates conferred for the group
  • "MElapTTD" is short for Median Elapsed Time To Degree; elapsed time to degree is defined here as the time, in years, from the start of a student's first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) until the degree conferral
  • "MEnrlTTD" is short for Median Enrolled Time To Degree; enrolled time to degree is defined here as the number of years a student was registered as a graduate student from the first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) through the latest term that started before the degree conferral date; semesters are counted as one-half of a year, quarters are counted as one-third of a year, and summer terms are not counted (the University of Minnesota switched from quarters to semesters Fall 1999)
  • Gender is self-reported and optional, so males+females may not equal the total
  • "International" means students who are not citizens or permanent residents
  • "Minority" includes citizens and permanent residents of African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Chicano/Latino, American Indian, and Hawaiian ethnicity
  • Ethnicity is self-reported
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Advanced Certificates

Item2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

All University of Minnesota graduate programs

Certificates 7 9 11 3 8 10 7 6 2 5
  Female 6 86% 7 78% 10 91% 3 100% 7 88% 9 90% 7 100% 6 100% 2 100% 3 60%
  Male 1 14% 2 22% 1 9% 0 0% 1 13% 1 10% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 40%
  International 0 0% 0 0% 1 9% 0 0% 0 0% 1 10% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
  Minority 3 43% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 13% 0 0% 1 14% 1 17% 0 0% 1 20%
  MElapTTD 3.8 3.3 2.9 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8 3.1 2.8
  MEnrlTTD 4.0 3.5 3.0 3.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.0
    Notes:
  • The above tables show how many advanced certificates were conferred for the given academic years
  • Degrees and certificates are awarded monthly; an academic year is defined here to be July-June
  • For each category (e.g. Male), the percentage shown is the percentage of the total degrees/certificates conferred for the group
  • "MElapTTD" is short for Median Elapsed Time To Degree; elapsed time to degree is defined here as the time, in years, from the start of a student's first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) until the degree conferral
  • "MEnrlTTD" is short for Median Enrolled Time To Degree; enrolled time to degree is defined here as the number of years a student was registered as a graduate student from the first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) through the latest term that started before the degree conferral date; semesters are counted as one-half of a year, quarters are counted as one-third of a year, and summer terms are not counted (the University of Minnesota switched from quarters to semesters Fall 1999)
  • Gender is self-reported and optional, so males+females may not equal the total
  • "International" means students who are not citizens or permanent residents
  • "Minority" includes citizens and permanent residents of African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Chicano/Latino, American Indian, and Hawaiian ethnicity
  • Ethnicity is self-reported
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Doctoral Degrees

Item2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

All University of Minnesota graduate programs

Degrees 975 962 903 985 898 877 981 839 919 926
  Female 503 52% 482 50% 483 53% 544 55% 483 54% 461 53% 479 49% 443 53% 479 52% 527 57%
  Male 472 48% 480 50% 419 46% 441 45% 414 46% 415 47% 498 51% 394 47% 439 48% 398 43%
  International 308 32% 245 25% 213 24% 253 26% 220 24% 256 29% 265 27% 248 30% 275 30% 279 30%
  Minority 93 10% 94 10% 96 11% 121 12% 122 14% 111 13% 113 12% 114 14% 135 15% 152 16%
  MElapTTD 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1
  MEnrlTTD 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.0
    Notes:
  • The above tables show how many Doctoral degrees were conferred for the given academic years
  • Degrees and certificates are awarded monthly; an academic year is defined here to be July-June
  • For each category (e.g. Male), the percentage shown is the percentage of the total degrees/certificates conferred for the group
  • "MElapTTD" is short for Median Elapsed Time To Degree; elapsed time to degree is defined here as the time, in years, from the start of a student's first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) until the degree conferral
  • "MEnrlTTD" is short for Median Enrolled Time To Degree; enrolled time to degree is defined here as the number of years a student was registered as a graduate student from the first term in the specific graduate program (regardless of initial degree objective) through the latest term that started before the degree conferral date; semesters are counted as one-half of a year, quarters are counted as one-third of a year, and summer terms are not counted (the University of Minnesota switched from quarters to semesters Fall 1999)
  • Gender is self-reported and optional, so males+females may not equal the total
  • "International" means students who are not citizens or permanent residents
  • "Minority" includes citizens and permanent residents of African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Chicano/Latino, American Indian, and Hawaiian ethnicity
  • Ethnicity is self-reported

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