Written by: Lindsay McKenzie
Published by: Inside Higher Ed
MBA News Digest Comment: None.
Extracted Content: Almost half of all degree programs that first graduated students in 2012 or 2013 conferred fewer than five degrees in 2018, according to a new analysis of federal data conducted by labor market analytics company Burning Glass Technologies.
The November report, Bad Bets: The High Cost of Failing Programs in Higher Education, analyzed 10,536 undergraduate and graduate degree programs awarding their first diplomas in 2012 or 2013. It found that 30 percent of these programs graduated no students at all five or six years after their first graduating classes. About two-thirds of all programs included in the analysis produced 10 or fewer graduates in 2018.
The picture is approximately the same regardless of the institution type or whether the degree was at the graduate or undergraduate level. Doctoral degrees were not included in the analysis.