Public Postsecondary Awards Conferred Statewide

educationtocareer.data.mass.gov | Last Updated 10 Apr 2024

Count of certificates and degrees conferred statewide by race, gender, meta major, and major (CIP 2). <p> Data appear as reported to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.

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This dataset has the following 8 columns:

Column Name	API Column Name	Data Type	Description	Sample Values
FISCAL_YEAR	fiscal_year	text	Year (Fiscal)	2023 2021 2022 2018 2017 view top 100
AWARDS_CONFERRED	awards_conferred	number	Awards Conferred Count	1 2 3 4 5 view top 100
RACE_ETHNICITY	race_ethnicity	text	Race/Ethnicity	White Hispanic or Latino Black or African American Asian or Pacific Islander U.S. Non-resident view top 100
GENDER	gender	text	Gender	Female Male Unknown view top 100
AWARD_TYPE	award_type	text	Award Type	Bachelor Associate Master Certificate Post-Bacc. Certificate view top 100
AWARD_TYPE_ORDER	award_type_order	number	Award Type Order	3 2 5 1 4 view top 100
META_MAJOR	meta_major	text	Meta Major	STEM Arts & Humanities Social and Behavioral Sciences and Human Services Business and Communication Trades view top 100
CIP_2_MAJOR	cip_2_description	text	Major (CIP 2)	Education Health Professions And Related Programs Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services view top 100