Graduate Education

In 2019–20, over half of the students seeking professional (e.g., law and medical fields) and other doctoral degrees were enrolled at public four-year institutions (53.2 percent), 37.9 percent were enrolled at private nonprofit four-year institutions, and 8.9 percent were enrolled at for-profit institutions. Across all racial and ethnic groups, a larger share of students enrolled at public four-year institutions than at private nonprofit four-year institutions. Nearly half of Asian (47.6 percent) and at least half of Black or African American (50.0 percent), Hispanic or Latino (50.8 percent), multiracial (50.8 percent), White (56.0 percent), and international (63.5 percent) professional and other doctoral degree students were enrolled at public four-year institutions. The gap between public and private nonprofit enrollment was largest among international students (63.5 percent versus about 32 percent).