Richard Garrett, chief research officer at higher education research firm Eduventures, has released three predictions for 2020 and at least two of them expect innovative education to beat out traditional — at least by some counts.
In a recent article, Garrett suggested that certificate programs will continue their double-digit growth in 2020 even as master’s programs sputter; and coding bootcamps will outdo master’s degrees in computer science.
For the first prediction, Garrett pointed out that the five-year completion rate for a graduate certificate was 33 percent compared to 9 percent for master’s degrees, and the one-year completion rate was 11 percent versus 2 percent, respectively. However, he noted, the total number of completions for certificates was just 71,000 compared to 827,000 master’s degrees.