About the Project
Funded by the National Science Foundation (grant number 2100343), CGS’s initiative on master’s education and the STEM workforce aimed to understand the roles of master’s education in providing current and future professionals with new and emerging skills and knowledge. In collaboration with CGS member universities across the United States, we collected and analyzed data about educational trajectories and career plans from master’s degree recipients across all fields of study. This information has the potential to help universities better support the career success of their master’s alumni, and will provide the research and policy communities with critically needed information on the contributions of master’s degree holders to the STEM workforce. The data resulting from this project also have the potential to shed light on factors that support, or inhibit, the diversity of the STEM workforce in terms of gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. The project completed in December of 2024.
Master's Exit Survey Data Dashboard
This new tool allows universities to develop customized queries about the graduate school experiences and career outcomes of master’s recipients. The dashboard will become publicly available following a period of testing and early access for CGS members.
Research Briefs
- Post-baccalaureate Certificates
- Pathways of Master's Degree Recipients
Insights into Post-baccalaureate Certificates
This brief provides insights into post-baccalaureate certificates and the role they play in entry into master’s degree programs.
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Pathways of Master's Degree Recipients to and through the STEM Workforce
This brief explores systemic differences in the way that pathways in and out of STEM fields were chosen by students along their master’s journey.
Read the BriefThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. (NSF #2100343). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.