David  Collier ’s research while affiliated with University of California, Berkeley and other places

... Explaining that "such programs…are highly diverse and require special assessment," the report suggests that "a full assessment of masters' curricula and best practices remains for a future Task Force" (2024,30). Given that the last task force report on graduate education was issued twenty years ago (Beltran et al. 2005), it does not seem likely that such an examination will take place at any time in the near future. As part of our research on MA degrees we found that "between 1949 and 2021, the aggregate number of political science master's degrees (MA) awarded in the United States was more than the aggregate number of political science Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees awarded; specifically, 119,008 MA degrees to 36,869 PhDs" (De Maio and Macias forthcoming). ...

Reference:

A Critical Review of the APSA Presidential Task Force on Rethinking Political Science Education