Rise in enrolments for professional science masters programmes slows down.
First-time enrolment in US professional master's degree (PSM) programmes continues to rise, but the rate of increase is slowing, finds a report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in Washington DC. Enrolment rose by 2.2% in 2012–13, compared with increases of 11.7% in 2011–12 and 14.7% in 2010–11. The drop corresponds to a slowdown in enrolment in all US graduate programmes, says Jeffrey Allum, director of research and policy analysis for the CGS. He notes that a 2013 CGS survey found that 91% of PSM graduates were working in their field of study and 68% of full-time employees had annual earnings above US$50,000.
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Enrolment slowdown. Nature 506, 399 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7488-399b
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