Archive · 11 Dec 2025
Engineering Dominates UPSC Selections Amid Rising Humanities
Most people who pass the Civil Services Exam in India have a bachelor's degree.
From 2019 to 2023, about 75% of the selected candidates had a bachelor's degree, while the rest had higher degrees like a master's.
More men than women were selected, but the gap is getting smaller.
Engineering students did the best, followed by those who studied humanities, science, and medical science.
This trend has stayed the same for the past five years.
However, the number of candidates from the humanities stream increased by 65%, while engineering saw a slight decline.
Science and medical science also saw growth, with science candidates more than doubling.
Engineering graduates dominated the UPSC CSE final lists from 2019 to 2023, though their numbers slightly declined by 4.81%.
The humanities stream saw a significant 65.02% increase in recommended candidates over the same period.
Science stream candidates more than doubled, with a 124.59% growth from 2019 to 2023.
Medical science stream saw a 30.36% growth in recommended candidates over the five years.
Bachelor's degree holders continued to dominate, with a 26% increase in recommendations from 2019 to 2023.
- Who
- UPSC CSE candidates
- What
- Engineering graduates still dominate, but humanities and science streams see significant growth
- When
- 2019-2023
- Where
- India
- Why
- Not specified
Engineering Dominance
Humanities Growth
Stream Dominance
Engineering Dominance
Engineering graduates have consistently dominated the UPSC CSE final lists, though their numbers slightly declined by 4.81% from 2019 to 2023.
Humanities Growth
Humanities stream saw a significant 65.02% increase in recommended candidates over the same period.
- Total candidates (2019-2023)
- 4,655
- Bachelor's degree holders (2019-2023)
- 3,520 (75.6%)
- Postgraduate degree holders (2019-2023)
- 1,135 (24.4%)
- Male candidates (2023)
- 65%
- Female candidates (2023)
- 35%
- Engineering graduates (2023)
- 49%
- Humanities graduates (2023)
- 32%
- Science graduates (2023)
- 12%
- Medical Science graduates (2023)
- 6%
- Humanities growth (2019-2023)
- 65.02%
- Engineering decline (2019-2023)
- 4.81%
- Science growth (2019-2023)
- 124.59%
- Medical Science growth (2019-2023)
- 30.36%
- Bachelor's degree growth (2019-2023)
- 26%
- Higher degree growth (2022-2023)
- 11.37%
- Female candidates growth (2021-2023)
- 74.63%
