This Saudi Ministry of Education statistics page contains an official graduate table for postgraduate students by educational body, college, and department. The table lists 'High Diploma' 222, 'Master' 103, and 'Doctorate' 68, with a grand total of 393.

The General Authority for Statistics (GAStat) is the official statistical reference and custodian of statistical data and information in Saudi Arabia, responsible for conducting surveys, censuses, and publishing statistics covering various sectors of the state. It collects, processes, and analyzes data, and disseminates official statistics in accordance with the highest international standards.

According to the Saudi Unified Classification of Educational Levels and Specializations 1441 AH – 2020 AD, tertiary education consists of the following educational levels: Intermediate Diploma, Bachelor’s or its equivalent, master’s degree or equivalent, and Doctorate or its equivalent. This classification is used in official GAStat surveys and statistics on skills, learning, and educational attainment.

Saudi Arabia Labour Force: Age 15 and Above: Bachelor Degree data was reported at 3,090,116 persons in 2015. Labour Force: Age 15 and Above: Higher Diploma/Master Degree data was reported at 202,544 persons in 2015. Labour Force: Age 15 and Above: Diploma data was reported at 862,014 persons in 2015, and Doctorate data was reported at 97,994 persons in 2015. These series are updated yearly from 1999 to 2015 and are based on statistics compiled by the General Authority for Statistics.

Saudi Arabia's official government service portal describes a graduate-statistics service that provides general statistics for university graduates. The page says the system is used to inventory graduates and provide general graduate statistics for the university.

The Saudi Standard Classification of Education defines Level (6) as Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent, Level (7) as Master’s Degree or Equivalent, and Level (8) as Ph.D. or Equivalent. Earlier levels include Associate Diploma (Level 4) and Intermediate Diploma (Level 5). Each level reflects the degree of complexity and specialization in educational programs, from general foundational to specialized complex degrees, and covers technical, vocational, and higher education in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Ministry of Education maintains a dedicated "Data and Stats" section and an open data portal listing various official statistical datasets, including service statistics data, workforce data, literacy index data, and data on students with disabilities in higher education, all published annually via the Saudi Open Data Portal. These entries indicate that the Ministry systematically publishes official education statistics drawn from administrative records, including higher education indicators and student data.

The Saudi Commission for University Affairs published an Excel file with graduate data, showing rows for bachelor's, higher diploma, master's, and doctorate across academic years. The file includes bachelor's graduation counts and separate categories for higher diploma, master's, and doctorate.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 55.54587863605882, 68.40597822820949, 58.8026178815935; Master's degree or equivalent, 8.374573466966865, 3.6843159870368183, 7.18679529331461. These entries appear in an official "Publication of Skills and Learning Statistics" table from Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics, indicating the presence of graduates at bachelor’s and master’s levels in the national statistical system.

In Saudi Arabia, the percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%), was reported at 13.44% in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. The indicator is defined for tertiary graduates and reflects the composition of graduates by programme, implying an underlying official count of tertiary graduates (including bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels).

The Ministry of Education’s Arabic "Data and Statistics" hub explains that "all official educational websites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia end with sch.sa or edu.sa," and provides access points to official educational data. This centralised statistics platform is where the Ministry disseminates official numerical data and reports on the education sector, including higher education and graduates.

In Saudi Arabia, the proportion of bachelor's, master's and doctoral or equivalent graduates in the field of arts and humanities is one of the highest among OECD and partner countries with available data (17.7%, rank 3/45, 2022). In Saudi Arabia, the proportion of bachelor's, master's and doctoral or equivalent graduates in the field of STEM is one of the lowest among OECD and partner countries with available data (18.1%, rank 41/44, 2022). These OECD indicators use Saudi Arabia’s officially reported graduate counts at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels by field as their source data.

By 2025, 46% of 25- to 34-year-olds had completed higher education (Saudi Arabia Government, 2025), which corresponds to 65% of Saudi nationals and 35% of non-Saudis (Saudi Arabia General Directorate for Statistics, 2025). Between 2009 and 2020, the distribution of graduate by field has not changed significantly between scientific and other fields… The share of graduates in engineering increased from 4% to 11% and in ICT from 6% to 10%… The share of graduates in business administration increased from 7% to 34%… Relative to other countries in Northern Africa and Western Asia, Saudi Arabia has twice as many graduates in ICT as Egypt… and almost twice as many graduates in business administration as Türkiye. These government-sourced figures used in the UNESCO GEM country case study demonstrate a sizeable and diversified tertiary graduate output in Saudi Arabia.

The Agricultural Census 2015 questionnaire used by the General Authority for Statistics includes a variable for the possessor’s educational level, with categories such as non-university diploma (code 6), graduate (code 7), postgraduate diploma (code 8), and then master’s degree and PhD degree (code 9). This shows that official surveys distinguish between diploma, graduate (bachelor-level), postgraduate diploma, and higher degrees when collecting nationwide data.

The World Bank’s indicator "Educational attainment, at least Bachelor’s or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative) – Saudi Arabia" uses data reported by Saudi Arabia’s national statistical office. This indicator tracks the share of the adult population that has completed a bachelor’s or equivalent degree, reflecting the stock of tertiary graduates in the country.

A World Bank indicator for Saudi Arabia reports that the "percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from services programmes, both sexes (%)" was 1.0782% in 2019. The metadata clarifies that this series is part of the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources, and is based on Saudi Arabia’s official tertiary graduate statistics by programme. This implies the existence of detailed official graduate counts across fields at tertiary (bachelor’s and above) level.

According to government data, a total of 636,245 (268,080 male and 368,165 female) students were enrolled in higher education in 2006. Among them, 528,146 students (187,489 male and 340,657 female) were in Bachelor programs, 9,768 students (5,551 male and 4,217 female) were in Master programs, and 2,410 students (1,293 male and 1,117 female) were in Ph.D. programs. Another 93,968 students (72,199 male and 21,769 female) were in Intermediate Diploma courses and 1,953 students (1,548 male and 405 female) were in Higher Diploma course.

STEM Graduate Output: Year 2019 – Total Graduates 265K; 2020 – 275K; 2021 – 290K; 2022 – 305K; 2023 – 320K; 2024 – 340K; 2025 (est.) – 360K. STEM graduates have grown from 58,000 to 108,000 per year — an 86% increase in five years. The dashboard also notes that at the Master’s level, 35K STEM master’s graduates represent 23.3%, and at the Doctoral level, 18K STEM doctoral graduates are scholarship-funded, indicating a continuing production of master’s and doctoral graduates in addition to large bachelor’s cohorts.

A Saudi newspaper reported official statistics indicating that 35.3% of Saudi women aged 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent, while 2.1% hold a master's degree and 0.2% hold a doctorate. This supports the broader point that official Saudi statistics track degree levels including bachelor's, master's, and doctorate.

Of the 1.5 million unemployed Saudis, 300,000 hold bachelor degrees, according to a report issued by the Labor Ministry. About 130,000 Saudis graduate every year… During the past five Hijri years from 1431H to 1435H, about 500,000 Saudi men and women have graduated obtaining degrees in various specializations. Graduates represent 70 percent of all levels of higher education, the report said, adding that women represented the highest number among graduates and postgraduates.

The General Authority for Statistics announced the launch of the "Saudi Statisticians Program" to attract outstanding graduates from statistics and mathematics departments in universities inside and outside the Kingdom. The program targets newly graduated candidates holding a bachelor’s degree in specified disciplines, then sponsors them to study for a master’s degree in statistics and data science, highlighting the ongoing production of bachelor’s and master’s graduates in these fields.

Citing a Ministry of Education report, Arab News writes: "Students graduating from higher education institutions between the years 1431 AH and 1435 AH reached 700,000," and notes that the percentage of graduates in science, engineering, production and oil sciences declined from 35% in 1431 AH to 24% in 1435 AH. The report distinguishes new students at the bachelor’s level from those in postgraduate levels, indicating separate official statistics for bachelor and postgraduate enrolments and graduates across fields of study.

Labor Market Statistics Q4 2024 table includes qualification categories such as "Bachelor’s or equivalent level" and "Master’s or equivalent level" and "Doctorate" with associated percentages for various labor-market indicators. The inclusion and separate tabulation of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels by the General Authority for Statistics reflects the official recognition and measurement of sizeable cohorts at each tertiary qualification level.

A biographical profile of Dr. Fahd bin Sulaiman Al-Tukhaifi, president of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics, notes that he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King Saud University in 1992, then obtained a master’s degree in statistics and a Ph.D. in applied statistics and research methodology. While biographical, it reflects the typical educational progression through bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels in Saudi and foreign institutions.

The "SAUDI ARABIA EDUCATION REPORT 2021" notes that in the five years to 2018, the total number of students in higher education increased by 8.3% and stood at 1.62 million. It further reports that as at 2018, 89.3% of high school graduates attended university in Saudi Arabia, equating to an estimated 325,547 students. The report relies on Ministry of Education statistical yearbooks and highlights the large scale of higher education enrolment feeding into annual graduate cohorts at bachelor’s and higher levels.

Job postings for statistician and data science roles in Riyadh routinely require at least a bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, data science or an equivalent field, and often prefer candidates with a master’s degree. This reflects the presence of a sizeable pool of bachelor’s degree graduates and a smaller but notable pool of master’s graduates in relevant disciplines in Saudi Arabia.

A Saudi social-media post repeats a claim that official Saudi statistics show doctorate holders at 0.28%, master's and higher diploma at 1.19%, and bachelor's at 17.76% of Saudi citizens. Because it is a social-media post, it is weak evidence, but it reflects a public citation of official statistics.

Saudi universities consist of colleges and departments that offer diplomas, and bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees in various scientific and humanities specializations. The structure of higher education in the kingdom therefore encompasses multiple tertiary qualification levels, including intermediate and higher diplomas alongside bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes.

A university department page identifies a graduate affairs office, which is consistent with institutional collection of graduate records. It does not provide graduate counts itself, but it supports the existence of formal graduate-statistics administration.