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How Many Masters Degrees Are Typically Awarded in a Year?

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How Many Masters Degrees Are Typically Awarded in a Year?

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In 2004, 555,537 master’s degrees awarded, and 118,379 (21.3%) of those were in science and engineering (S&E) fields. The breakdown of those S&E degrees is: engineering (33,872), biological and agricultural sciences (11,777), earth, atmospheric and ocean sciences (1,570), mathematics and computer sciences (24,150), physical sciences (4,030), psychology (15,298) and the social sciences (27,682).