What are the largest Master's in the U.S.?

By total enrollment, the largest are Western Governors, Southern New Hampshire, UMGC, APUS, and Utah Valley.

What is the typical graduation rate and net price for these institutions?

The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 52%, and the median average net price is $19,076. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.

By Carnegie class·Federal data profiles·IPEDS · College Scorecard

Master's institutions in the United States

Master's colleges and universities award a significant number of master's degrees but few or no doctorates, under the Carnegie classification. This dataset includes 646 U.S. institutions classified as Master's under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, maintained by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, enrolling about 3,611,715 students in total.

Of these, 238 are public and 408 private. The largest by enrollment include Western Governors, Southern New Hampshire, and UMGC. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 52% and the median average net price is $19,076.

Institutions

646

indexed

Combined enrollment

3,611,715

students

Median grad rate

52%

reporting

Median net price

$19,076

reporting

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R1 vs R2 vs Doctoral/Professional

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, maintained by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation, sorts doctoral universities into these research tiers.

Tier	Research activity	What it means
R1	Very high research activity	Doctoral universities with the highest level of research activity, the top Carnegie research tier (e.g. Harvard, MIT, most flagship state universities).
R2	High research activity	Doctoral universities with high research activity, the second Carnegie research tier, below R1 but above the doctoral/professional category.
Doctoral/Professional	Doctoral or professional-practice degrees	Universities that award research or professional-practice doctorates but fall below the research-activity thresholds for R1 or R2.

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Master's institutions in the United States

R1 vs R2 vs Doctoral/Professional

646 institutions

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