US Graduate Program Demographics & Funding

Exploring who earns advanced degrees at American universities, how they're funded, and where they come from.

107

Universities

471K

Records

44

STEM Fields

8

Federal Sources

Graduate Names

STEM Graduate Names

Thesis & dissertation records from 107 universities with high Non-Resident Alien cohorts. Includes enrollment demographics, R&D funding, and PhD completion trends.

334,788 STEM records · 2016–2024

Non-STEM Graduate Names

Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, and other non-STEM dissertations at the same universities.

136,383 records

Approximate Classifications

Name-based origin classification trends across universities and fields with searchable lookup.

Surname-based estimates

National Overview

National Graduate Education Overview

NSF SED doctorate trends, foreign share by field, top source countries, PhD funding breakdown, and university enrollment rankings.

Data from 1979–2024

IPEDS STEM PhD Dashboard

National STEM PhD trends from IPEDS completions data. Demographics, rankings, and field breakdowns.

1984–2024 · NCES

Reference

Data Sources & Methodology

All government data sources, collection methods, citizenship category definitions, analytics, and limitations.

IPEDS · NSF · DOL · DHS · Census

Machine-Readable Data Catalog

JSON catalog of all datasets with schemas, versioning, and API documentation for AI agents and researchers.

v1.0.0 · Also see /llms.txt

WebMCP Integration

How AI agents can query this site's data using the WebMCP protocol. Tool definitions, examples, and API endpoints.

5 registered tools