Masters Colleges and Universities is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2021, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Masters Colleges and Universities were General Business Administration & Management (127,542 degrees awarded), Registered Nursing (68,470 degrees), and General Psychology (48,474 degrees).
In 2021, 1,151,174 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Masters Colleges and Universities. 62.2% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 37.8% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (640,636 degrees), 3.76 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (170,308 degrees).
The median undergraduate tuition at Masters Colleges and Universities is $18,892, which is $8,692 more than than the national median of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $23,184, which is 123% of the cost for in-state students, and is $8,610 more than than the national median $14,574.