CGS' Graduate Enrollment and Degrees report, published annually since 1986, presents the findings of the CGS/GRE Survey of Graduate Enrollment and Degrees, a joint project of the Council of Graduate Schools and the Graduate Record Examinations Board.

The latest report, Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 1998 to 2008, has been redesigned and includes more than 100 figures and data tables, as well as interpretative text, on applications for admission to graduate school, first-time and total graduate student enrollment, and graduate degrees and certificates conferred. Chapter 1 presents the methodology, Chapter 2 includes the results of the current year's survey, and Chapter 3 presents one-, five-, and ten-year trends. In addition to the analyses included in previous reports, the redesigned report includes an executive summary and expanded interpretive text, as well as new data tables on enrollment by level and gender and by attendance status and gender, trend data on applications by level, eight new data tables on trends in first-time enrollment, and more.

The 2008 report includes responses from 706 U.S. colleges and universities that are members of the Council of Graduate Schools and/or one of the four regional graduate school associations. The responding institutions enroll about 76% of all graduate students in the United States and confer about 81% of the master's degrees and 92% of the doctorates awarded each year.

Also available to CGS members is a new report, First-Time and Total Graduate Enrollment by Fine Field: 1998 to 2008. This report includes 88 data tables on first-time and total graduate enrollment data by fine field (chemistry, history, philosophy, etc.), gender, citizenship, and race/ethnicity. Data for fall 2008 are presented, along with one-, five-, and ten-year trends. A CGS membership code is required to access the report.

2008 Graduate Enrollment and Degrees Report

Press Release for the 2008 Report 

Print copies of Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 1998 to 2008 are available for purchase in the CGS bookstore.