"He is in high demand," said Carlos Reynosa, coordinator of the forensic science master's program at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez.
In 2008, 58 universities were offering the professional science master's degree, or P.S.M., according to the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington.
The degree of the moment is the professional science master's, or P.S.M., combining job-specific training with business skills.
Carol Lynch, director of the professional science master's program of the Council of Graduate Schools, estimates total P.S.M. enrollment around 5,000.
An embarrassed science master warned us against V.D., misleadingly informing us that it was caused by "indiscriminate sexual intercourse".
"What I do know is that if they attract 5,000 students, I don't want to be doubling down on our computer science master's program," he said.
The number is certain to grow because the professional science master's degree is being adopted by at least six state university systems.
The professional science master's degree received an important imprimatur two years ago from a committee of the National Research Council, which inquired into ways to enhance the master's degree in the natural sciences.
Already, however, the subject matter of professional science master's curriculums differs widely (as does tuition, which ranges from a few thousand dollars a year to more than $20,000).
Murray Gibson, dean of Northeastern's College of Sciences, said the professional science master's degree provides a "potential source of revenue," deepens the school's partnerships with business and links its professors and students to cutting-edge business research.
BOSTON — A curiosity tucked away in a handful of university catalogs a decade ago, the professional science master's degree is emerging from the shadows at a number of college campuses.
