This statistic shows the percentage of students who went on to complete a graduate degree in their respective majors in the United States in 2013. Around 57.7 percent of biology and life science students went on to obtain a graduate degree. Moreover, 22.2 percent of business students went on the obtain a graduate degree in their field.
Percentage of students to obtain a graduate degree in the United States in 2013, by major group
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Statistics on Universities in Nigeria
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Leading universities in Africa 2022, by world web ranking
- Premium Statistic Leading universities in Nigeria 2021, by world web ranking
- Basic Statistic Number of undergraduate programs at universities in Nigeria 2019, by discipline
- Basic Statistic Number of undergraduate programs at universities in Nigeria 2019, by ownership
- Basic Statistic Number of university students in Nigeria 2019, by gender and course of study
Institutes
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Undergraduate students
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- Premium Statistic Enrollment in undergraduate programs at university in Nigeria 2019, by ownership
- Basic Statistic Undergraduate enrollment at Nigerian universities 2019, by gender and discipline
- Basic Statistic Undergraduate enrollment at Nigerian universities 2019, by ownership and discipline
- Premium Statistic Number of law students in Nigeria 2018, by city
Postgraduate students
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- Basic Statistic Ph.D. enrollment at Nigerian universities 2019, by gender and discipline
- Basic Statistic Postgraduate enrollment at Nigerian universities 2019, by ownership and gender
- Basic Statistic Master enrollment at Nigerian universities 2019, by gender and discipline
- Basic Statistic Diploma enrollment at Nigerian universities 2019, by gender and discipline
Staff
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- Premium Statistic Staff of Nigerian universities 2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic Number of academic employees at university in Nigeria 2019, by discipline and gender
- Basic Statistic Number of academic employees at university in Nigeria 2019, by category
- Basic Statistic Number of university professors in Nigeria 2019, by discipline and gender
- Basic Statistic Teacher-student ratio at universities in Nigeria 2019, by discipline
Women in higher education
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- Basic Statistic Share of female Principal Officers at Nigerian universities 2019, by ownership
- Premium Statistic Women in postgraduate programs at universities in Nigeria 2019, by ownership
- Premium Statistic Share of female enrollment in undergraduate programs in Nigeria 2019, by ownership
- Premium Statistic Female staff in Nigerian universities 2019
Costs and facilities
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- Basic Statistic Average annual undergraduate tuition fees at federal Nigerian universities 2019
- Basic Statistic Average annual undergraduate tuition fees at state Nigerian universities 2019
- Basic Statistic Average annual undergraduate tuition fees at private Nigerian universities 2019
- Basic Statistic Number of PCs provided for student use at private university in Nigeria 2019
- Basic Statistic Number of PCs provided for student use at state university in Nigeria 2019
- Basic Statistic Number of PCs provided for student use at federal university in Nigeria 2019
Further related statistics
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- Number of bachelor's degree holders by college major groups in the U.S. 2009
- Percentage of bachelor's degree holders by college major group in the U.S. 2013
- Median income of health majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of social science majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of education majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of psychology and social work majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of physical sciences majors by race in the US 2009
- Median income of communications and journalism majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of engineering majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of business majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of law and public policy majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of biology and life science majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of industrial arts/consumer services majors by race in the US 2009
- Median income of humanities and liberal arts majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- College majors most likely to obtain a graduate degree in the U.S. 2013
- College majors least likely to obtain a graduate degree in the U.S. 2013
- Highest earning increase from obtaining a graduate degree in the U.S. 2013
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- Median income of education majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of psychology and social work majors by race in the U.S. 2009
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- Median income of communications and journalism majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of engineering majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of business majors by race in the U.S. 2009
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- Median income of biology and life science majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- Median income of industrial arts/consumer services majors by race in the US 2009
- Median income of humanities and liberal arts majors by race in the U.S. 2009
- College majors most likely to obtain a graduate degree in the U.S. 2013
- College majors least likely to obtain a graduate degree in the U.S. 2013
- Highest earning increase from obtaining a graduate degree in the U.S. 2013
Center on Education and the Workforce. (May 7, 2015). Percentage of students to obtain a graduate degree in the United States in 2013, by major group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/225995/percentage-of-students-to-obtain-a-graduate-degree-by-major-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce. "Percentage of students to obtain a graduate degree in the United States in 2013, by major group." Chart. May 7, 2015. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225995/percentage-of-students-to-obtain-a-graduate-degree-by-major-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce. (2015). Percentage of students to obtain a graduate degree in the United States in 2013, by major group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225995/percentage-of-students-to-obtain-a-graduate-degree-by-major-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce. "Percentage of Students to Obtain a Graduate Degree in The United States in 2013, by Major Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 May 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225995/percentage-of-students-to-obtain-a-graduate-degree-by-major-in-the-us/
Center on Education and the Workforce, Percentage of students to obtain a graduate degree in the United States in 2013, by major group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225995/percentage-of-students-to-obtain-a-graduate-degree-by-major-in-the-us/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Percentage of students to obtain a graduate degree in the United States in 2013, by major group [Graph], Center on Education and the Workforce, May 7, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/225995/percentage-of-students-to-obtain-a-graduate-degree-by-major-in-the-us/