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II-26a: Share of Master’s and Professional-Practice Degrees Awarded to Women, Selected Academic Fields

Data Source and Other Information

Source: Office of Education/U.S. Department of Education, Survey of Earned Degrees, Higher Education General Information System (HEGIS), and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data analyzed and presented by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).

About the Data

See the Note on the Data Used to Calculate Humanities Degree Counts and Shares and Note on the Definition of Advanced Degrees.

Related Indicators

For additional demographic information on advanced degree recipients, see the indicators under “Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Advanced Degrees in the Humanities.”

For comparable information on trends at the undergraduate level, see “Demographics of Associate’s Degree Recipients in the Humanities” and “Gender Distribution of Bachelor's Degrees in the Humanities.”

Other indicators pertaining to graduate education in the humanities can be found under the topics “Advanced Degrees in the Humanities,” “Share of All Advanced Degrees Conferred in the Humanities,” “Disciplinary Distribution of Advanced Degrees in the Humanities,” “Humanities Degree Completions: An International Comparison,” “Paying for Doctoral Studies in the Humanities,” “Years to Attainment of a Humanities Doctorate,” and “Attrition in Humanities Doctorate Programs.”

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