Master enrollment at Nigerian universities 2019, by gender and discipline

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 16, 2022
In 2019, some of the most common fields of study of full-time master students in Nigeria were administration and management, education, sciences, and social sciences. Generally, male students represented the majority. In the faculties for administration and management, for instance, there were 23 thousand males and 15 thousand females.

Number of master students at universities in Nigeria as of 2019, by gender and discipline

CharacteristicMaleFemale
Administration and management 22,905 15,430
Education 12,162 13,056
Sciences 13,555 5,328
Social sciences 9,460 5,937
Engineering and technology 4,928 695
Arts 3,137 1,955
Agriculture 1,711 1,286
Environmental sciences 2,284 839
Basic medical and health sciences 840 1,207
Computing 1,330 590
Law 1,027 796
Medicine 355 442
Pharmacy 199 190
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2021

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