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The University of Maine System 2012-13 Degrees Conferred Report

1 The University of Maine System Degrees Conferred Report Nathan J. R. Grant UMS Institutional Research Coordinator/Analyst 2/26/2014

2 INTRODUCTION The following report provides summary information on degrees conferred at the University of Maine System for the academic year. A change to the report from previous years occurred due to the way science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines are defined in the outcomes-based funding (OBF) model. IPEDS is unable to provide the level of detail necessary to show STEM degrees as defined in the OBF model, therefore the section describing STEM was removed and will be provided in a separate report. All STEM degrees conferred still appear in the aggregate. Another change is the addition of a small line chart at the end of some tables, also known as a sparkline, that provides a simplified at-a-glance graphical representation of data trends over time. The notes below apply to all of the tables and charts contained within this report, unless otherwise noted: 1. Data for past years may differ from previous reports due to changes in the segregation of data by degree level and discipline. The current report follows the classification standards outlined by the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS). 2. The academic year for degrees conferred is July 1, 2012 to June 30, Multiple degrees awarded to a single individual within the academic year are counted separately. Multiple degrees are based on independent courses of study (e.g., one in Business and Management and one in Foreign Languages), not multiple majors within the same degree. The figures in this report include only first majors. 4. Percentages are of total degrees conferred for the year (may not add to 100% due to rounding). 5. Certificate degrees include certificates awarded below and above the baccalaureate level. Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS) retrieved Topic TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Highlights... 2 Degrees conferred by degree level: 10-year comparison degrees conferred by gender by campus degrees conferred by gender by degree level degrees conferred by gender by discipline... 5 Degrees conferred by gender by discipline: two-year comparison... 6 Degrees conferred by degree level by discipline: five-year comparison Degrees conferred by campus by gender by degree level: five-year comparison degrees conferred by campus, gender, discipline and degree level

3 HIGHLIGHTS The University of Maine System conferred 5,661 degrees in In the last decade, the University of Maine System has conferred 55,423 degrees. The University of Maine conferred 2,102 degrees in , or 37.1 percent of all degrees conferred in the University of Maine System. The University of Southern Maine conferred 2,019 degrees in , or 35.7 percent of all degrees conferred in the University of Maine System. The University of Maine System conferred 4,078 degrees at the baccalaureate level in , or 72 percent of all degrees conferred, followed by 874 degrees conferred at the Masters level, or 15.4 percent of all degrees conferred. Women received 61.5 percent of all degrees conferred. Women earned more degrees than men in every academic degree category. The highest number of degrees conferred by discipline in was within the Health Professions, with 965 degrees conferred, or 17 percent of all degrees conferred, followed by the Education and Business disciplines. The University of Maine System conferred 393 fewer degrees in than in , a 6.5 percent decline. The Health Professions granted 115 more degrees than last year, a 13.5 percent increase. The Education discipline experienced a decline of 51 degrees conferred from the previous year, a 5.4 percent decrease, while the Business discipline granted 100 less degrees than the previous year, a 14 percent reduction. Associate degrees conferred have declined 15.9 percent and doctoral degrees decreased 8.2 percent compared with totals. Baccalaureate, certificate, master s and law degrees all increased 2.4, 416.7, 0.2, and 36.1 percent, respectively, compared with The University of Maine at Augusta and University of Maine at Fort Kent each awarded more degrees in than in University of Maine, University of Maine at Augusta, and University of Southern Maine awarded more degrees in than in

The University of Maine System conferred 5,661 degrees in 2012-13. In the last decade, the University of Maine System has conferred 55,423 degrees.

4 The University of Maine System conferred 5,661 degrees in In the last decade, the University of Maine System has conferred 55,423 degrees. Degrees Conferred by Degree Level Academic Year Associate Bachelor Master Certificate Doctorate # % # % # % # % # % # % # % % 3, % % % % % 4, % % 3, % % % % % 5, % % 4, % % % % % 5, % % 4, % % % % % 5, % % 4, % % % % % 5, % % 3, % % % % % 5, % % 4, % % % % % 5, % % 4, % % % % % 5, % % 4, % % % % % 6, % % 4, % % % % % 5, % Law TOTAL 3

5 The University of Maine conferred 2,102 degrees in , or 37.1 percent of all degrees conferred in the University of Maine System. The University of Southern Maine conferred 2,019 degrees in , or 35.7 percent of all degrees conferred in the University of Maine System Degrees Conferred by Campus Men Women Total % UM 994 1,108 2, % UMA % UMF % UMFK % UMM % UMPI % USM 729 1,290 2, % TOTAL 2,179 3,482 5, % The University of Maine System conferred 4,078 degrees at the baccalaureate level in , or 72 percent of all degrees conferred, followed by 874 degrees conferred at the Masters level, or 15.4 percent of all degrees conferred. Women received 61.5 percent of all degrees conferred. Women earned more degrees than men in every academic degree category Degrees Conferred by Degree Level Men % of Women % of Total Associate % % 276 Bachelor 1, % 2, % 4,078 Masters % % 874 Certificate % % 279 Doctorate % % 56 Law % % 98 TOTAL 2, % 3, % 5,661 4

6 The highest number of degrees conferred by discipline in was within the Health Professions, with 965 degrees conferred, or 17 percent of all degrees conferred, followed by the Education and Business disciplines Degrees Conferred by Men Women Total Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences % Architecture and Related Services % Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies % Biological and Biomedical Sciences % Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services % Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs % Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services % Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services % Education % Engineering % Engineering Technologies and Engineering-related Fields % English Language and Literature/Letters % Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences % Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics % Health Professions and Related Programs % History % Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting, and Related Protective Service % Legal Professions and Studies % Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities % Library Science % Mathematics and Statistics % Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies % Natural Resources and Conservation % Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies % Philosophy and Religious Studies % Physical Sciences % Psychology % Public Administration and Social Service Professions % Social Sciences % Visual and Performing Arts % TOTAL 2,179 3,482 5, % % of Total 5

7 The University of Maine System conferred 393 fewer degrees in than in , a 6.5 percent decline. The Health Professions granted 115 more degrees than last year, a 13.5 percent increase. The Education discipline experienced a decline of 51 degrees conferred from the previous year, a 5.4 percent decrease, while the Business discipline granted 100 less degrees than the previous year, a 14 percent reduction. Degrees Conferred by : Two-Year Comparison Difference # % Agriculture- Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (7) -6.7% Architecture and Related Services % Area- Ethnic- Cultural- Gender- and Group Studies (14) -48.3% Biological and Biomedical Sciences (22) -10.4% Business- Management- Marketing- and Related Support Services (100) -14.0% Communication- Journalism- and Related Programs (48) -24.0% Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services % Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services % Education (51) -5.4% Engineering % Engineering Technologies and Engineering-related Fields (16) -9.8% English Language and Literature/Letters (44) -19.4% Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (7) -9.9% Foreign Languages- Literatures- and Linguistics (3) -7.0% Health Professions and Related Programs % History % Homeland Security- Law Enforcement- Firefighting- and Related Protective Service (18) -24.3% Legal Professions and Studies % Liberal Arts and Sciences- General Studies and Humanities % Library Science % Mathematics and Statistics (4) -10.0% Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies % Natural Resources and Conservation (33) -22.6% Parks- Recreation- Leisure and Fitness Studies % Philosophy and Religious Studies % Physical Sciences % Psychology (11) -3.7% Public Administration and Social Service Professions (57) -21.7% Science Technologies/Technicians 23 0 (23) % Social Sciences (125) -27.1% Visual and Performing Arts (36) -19.1% TOTAL 6,054 5,661 (393) -6.5% 6

8 The following tables show a five-year comparison of degrees conferred by discipline and degree level. Associate degrees conferred have declined 15.9 percent and doctoral degrees decreased 8.2 percent compared with totals. Baccalaureate, certificate, master s and law degrees all increased 2.4, 416.7, 0.2, and 36.1 percent, respectively, compared with Associate Degrees # % # % # % # % # % Business- Management- Marketing- and Related Support Services % % % % % Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services 4 1.2% 2 0.8% 9 3.1% 7 2.5% % Health Professions and Related Programs % % % % % Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting, and Related Protective Service 0 0.0% % % % % Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities % % % % % Library Science 2 0.6% 1 0.4% 4 1.4% 7 2.5% 5 1.8% Natural Resources and Conservation 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 1.0% 5 1.8% 5 1.8% Parks- Recreation- Leisure and Fitness Studies 2 0.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Public Administration and Social Service Professions 9 2.7% 6 2.4% 5 1.7% 0 0.0% 1 0.4% Security and protective services % 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Visual and Performing Arts 4 1.2% 2 0.8% 6 2.0% 5 1.8% 1 0.4% TOTAL: % % % % % Trend Line 7

9 Bachelor Degrees # % # % # % # % # % Agriculture- Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences % % % % % Architecture and Related Services 3 0.1% 2 0.0% 4 0.1% 6 0.1% 7 0.2% Area- Ethnic- Cultural- Gender- and Group Studies 7 0.2% % % % 5 0.1% Biological and Biomedical Sciences % % % % % Business- Management- Marketing- and Related Support Services % % % % % Communication- Journalism- and Related Programs % % % % % Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services 0 0.0% % % % % Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services % % % % % Education % % % % % Engineering % % % % % Engineering Technologies and Engineering-related Fields % % % % % English Language and Literature/Letters % % % % % Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences % % % % % Foreign Languages- Literatures- and Linguistics % % % % % Health Professions and Related Programs % % % % % History % % % % % Homeland Security- Law Enforcement- Firefighting- and Related Protective Service 0 0.0% % % % % Liberal Arts and Sciences- General Studies and Humanities % % % % % Library Science % % % % % Mathematics and Statistics % % % % % Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies % % % % % Natural Resources and Conservation % % % % % Parks- Recreation- Leisure and Fitness Studies % % % % % Philosophy and Religious Studies % % % % % Physical Sciences % % % % % Psychology % % % % % Public Administration and Social Service Professions % % % % % Science Technologies/Technicians 8 0.2% % % % 0 0.0% Security and Protective Services % 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Social Sciences % % % % % Visual and Performing Arts % % % % % TOTAL: 3, % 4, % 4, % 4, % 4, % Trend Line 8

10 Master Degrees # % # % # % # % # % Agriculture- Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences % % % % % Architecture and Related Services 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 9 1.0% Area- Ethnic- Cultural- Gender- and Group Studies % 6 0.7% % % % Biological and Biomedical Sciences % % % % % Business- Management- Marketing- and Related Support Services % % % % % Communication- Journalism- and Related Programs 7 0.8% % 5 0.5% 9 1.0% % Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.1% 3 0.3% 8 0.9% Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services 6 0.7% 7 0.8% 9 1.0% 3 0.3% 6 0.7% Education % % % % % Engineering % % % % % Engineering Technologies and Engineering-related Fields 3 0.3% 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% English Language and Literature/Letters % % % % % Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 2 0.2% 6 0.7% 3 0.3% 9 1.0% 6 0.7% Foreign Languages- Literatures- and Linguistics 3 0.3% 8 0.9% 2 0.2% 3 0.3% 4 0.5% Health Professions and Related Programs % % % % % History 6 0.7% 3 0.3% 9 1.0% 2 0.2% % Liberal Arts and Sciences- General Studies and Humanities 4 0.5% 5 0.5% 7 0.8% 5 0.5% 9 1.0% Mathematics and Statistics % 8 0.9% 9 1.0% 6 0.7% % Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0.0% 9 1.0% 9 1.0% 8 0.9% % Natural Resources and Conservation % % % % % Physical Sciences % % % % % Psychology % % % % % Public Administration and Social Service Professions % % % % % Social Sciences 7 0.8% 4 0.4% 7 0.8% 5 0.5% 1 0.1% Visual and Performing Arts 3 0.3% % % % % TOTAL: % % % % % Trend Line 9

11 Certificate # % # % # % # % # % Architecture and Related Services 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 2.4% 0 0.0% Business- Management- Marketing- and Related Support Services 0 0.0% 0 0.0% % % % Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services 2 3.7% 1 1.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Education % % % % % Engineering 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 1.4% 2 0.7% Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8 2.8% 8 2.9% Health Professions and Related Programs % % % % % Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0.7% Psychology 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 4.4% 4 1.4% % Public Administration and Social Service Professions 0 0.0% 0 0.0% % % % Social Sciences 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% % 9 3.2% Visual and Performing Arts 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8 5.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% TOTAL: % % % % % Doctor Degrees # % # % # % # % # % Agriculture- Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences 2 3.3% 2 3.6% 2 3.2% 2 3.0% 3 5.4% Biological and Biomedical Sciences % 5 8.9% 6 9.5% % % Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services 1 1.6% 0 0.0% 1 1.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Education % % % % % Engineering 6 9.8% % % % % English Language and Literature/Letters 0 0.0% 1 1.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Health professions and related clinical sciences 1 1.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% History 5 8.2% 3 5.4% 3 4.8% 0 0.0% 2 3.6% Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 3 4.9% 5 8.9% 3 4.8% % 4 7.1% Natural Resources and Conservation 6 9.8% 5 8.9% 2 3.2% % 4 7.1% Physical Sciences 6 9.8% % % % % Psychology % % % 5 7.5% % Public Administration and Social Service Professions 0 0.0% 1 1.8% 2 3.2% 0 0.0% 5 8.9% Social Sciences 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% TOTAL: % % % % % Law Degrees # % # % # % # % # % Legal Professions and Studies (L.L.M.) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.0% Legal Professions and Studies (J.D.) % % % % % TOTAL: % % % % % Trend Line Trend Line Trend Line 10

12 The following table shows the number of degrees conferred by campus, gender and degree level over a five-year period. UMA and UMFK each awarded more degrees in than in UM, UMA, and USM awarded more degrees in than in Degrees Conferred by Campus By Gender by Degree Level Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total UM Bachelor , , , , ,588 Master Certificate Doctorate Total 933 1,137 2,070 1,066 1,220 2,286 1,110 1,218 2,328 1,124 1,291 2, ,108 2,102 UMA Associate Bachelor Certificate Total UMF Bachelor Master Total UMFK Associate Bachelor Certificate Total UMM Associate Bachelor Certificate Total UMPI Associate Bachelor Total USM Associate Bachelor , , , , ,317 Master Certificate Doctorate Law Total 577 1,122 1, ,099 1, ,251 1, ,264 2, ,290 2,019 TOTAL Associate Bachelor 1,584 2,399 3,983 1,710 2,389 4,099 1,777 2,541 4,318 1,832 2,591 4,423 1,710 2,368 4,078 Master Certificate Doctorate Law Grand Total 1,986 3,403 5,389 2,141 3,343 5,484 2,251 3,564 5,815 2,373 3,681 6,054 2,179 3,482 5,661 Note: Law includes degrees conferred in a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in addition to the Juris Doctorate (J.D.) as of

13 The following table shows the greatest amount of detail for degrees conferred in Degrees conferred are broken down by campus, gender, discipline and degree level. UM UMA UMF UMFK UMM UMPI USM TOTAL Agriculture- Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences Architecture and Related Services Area- Ethnic- Cultural- Genderand Group Studies Biological and Biomedical Sciences Business- Management- Marketing- and Related Support Services Communication- Journalismand Related Programs Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services Education Engineering Engineering Technologies and Engineering-related Fields English Language and Literature/Letters Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Degree Level Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Bachelor Master TOTAL Bachelor Master TOTAL Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Certificate Associate Bachelor Master TOTAL Bachelor Master TOTAL Bachelor Master TOTAL Associate Bachelor Master TOTAL Certificate Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Certificate Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Bachelor TOTAL Bachelor Master TOTAL Certificate Bachelor Master TOTAL

14 Foreign Languages- Literaturesand Linguistics Health Professions and Related Programs History Homeland Security- Law Enforcement- Firefighting- and Related Protective Service Legal Professions and Studies Liberal Arts and Sciences- General Studies and Humanities Library Science Mathematics and Statistics Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Natural Resources and Conservation Parks- Recreation- Leisure and Fitness Studies Philosophy and Religious Studies Physical Sciences Degree Level UM UMA UMF UMFK UMM UMPI USM TOTAL Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Bachelor Master TOTAL Certificate Associate Bachelor Master TOTAL Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Associate Bachelor TOTAL Master-Law Doctorate-Law TOTAL Associate Bachelor Master TOTAL Associate Bachelor TOTAL Bachelor Master TOTAL Certificate Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Associate Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Bachelor TOTAL Bachelor TOTAL Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL

15 Psychology Public Administration and Social Service Professions Social Sciences Visual and Performing Arts TOTAL BY DEGREE LEVEL Degree Level UM UMA UMF UMFK UMM UMPI USM TOTAL Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Certificate Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Certificate Associate Bachelor Master Doctorate TOTAL Certificate Bachelor Master TOTAL Associate Bachelor Master TOTAL Certificate Associate Bachelor , ,317 1,710 2,368 4,078 Master Doctorate Law GRAND TOTAL 994 1,108 2, ,290 2,019 2,179 3,482 5,661 14

The University of Maine System Degrees Conferred Report

The University of Maine System 2011-12 Degrees Conferred Report Nathan J. R. Grant UMS Institutional Research Coordinator/Analyst 01/09/2013 INTRODUCTION This report provides summary information on degrees