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Besides demographic data, the percentage of students who earned a graduate degree outside of Utah and those who attended private institutions are included. Additionally, this report explored how many students can fill Utah’s high-demand and high-wage jobs at the post-baccalaureate level. Finally, the following question is answered, what is the picture of underrepresented populations seeking graduate degrees from institutions within the Utah system of Higher Education?  \nKey Takeaways  \n• Almost one in four students who earned a bachelor’s degree from a USHE institution pursued a graduate degree. More than three-fourths ofthose students stayed in Utah.  \n• More than half of graduate degrees earned in Utah are master’s degrees.  \n• Utah awarded more master’s degrees in business and health professions than other states in the intermountain west.  \n• Currently, an equal proportion of men and women sought graduate degrees, but longitudinally men are experiencing a downward trend while women exhibit an upward trend.  \n• Fewer than 10% of students seeking graduate degrees came from underrepresented populations. Most underrepresented students earned master’s degrees.  \n• Underrepresented students were likelier to leave Utah to pursue their graduate degrees.  \n• Popular master’s degrees among underrepresented populations were in public administration, social work, and multi-/interdisciplinary studies.  \n• While the number of undergraduate students enrolled in STEM graduate programs trended upward, the number of graduates changed little.  \nPurpose  \nIncreasingly, graduate degrees are considered necessary in the job market (Chamorro-Premuzic, 2020; Torpey, 2018; Wendler, Cline, Rock, Bell, & McAllister, 2010) . In other circumstances, a graduate degree is a pathway to promotion. Presently, one in four (25.1%) degrees conferred in the United States is a graduate degree (NCES 2021). Similarly, 25.6% of all degrees conferred in Utah are from graduate-level programs.  \nNationally, education beyond a bachelor’s degree encompassed specific trends. For example, men were more likely to enroll in professional degrees, while women tended to pursue master’s degrees. Sax (2001) found that while the number of women’s graduate degrees has increased dramatically, only one in four graduate degrees are earned by women. Perna (2004) found that many women sought a second bachelor’s degree instead of seeking a graduate degree.  \nIncreasingly underrepresented populations are pursuing master’s degrees. Underrepresented populations average 27.5% of all master’s degrees earned in the U.S. between 2015 and 2020. However, they comprise fewer than twenty percent (19.5%) of all doctorate degrees. These proportions have changed little. As a comparison, underrepresented populations include 37.0% of the U.S. population. One unexpected finding was that a more significant proportion of Black women enrolled in graduate programs than Black men and white women (Perna, 2004) .  \nBox 1. Brief key terms  \n• CIP Family: The first two digits of the Classification of Instructional Program taxonomy developed by NCES.  \n• Completion: Identification of students who completed the graduate program.  \n• In-state institution: Any institution providing graduate-level awards within Utah.  \n• Ownership: NCS designation as to the ownership of the institution. The local government oversees public institutions, while private institutions include non-profit and for-profit entities.  \n• Status: Two options were available, those who enrolled in a graduate degree program at a USHE institution and earned that degree (coded as 1) and those who enrolled and had not earned a graduate degree by the time this data was collected (0) . 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