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Download full textMulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2020
Each fall the Statistical Research Center (SRC) conducts its Survey of Enrollments and Degrees. The survey is sent to all degree-granting physics and astronomy departments in the United States and Puerto Rico. Departments are asked to provide information concerning the number of students they currently have enrolled and the number of degrees they…
Descriptors: Physics, Bachelors Degrees, Enrollment, Colleges
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2014
In the 2011-12 academic year there were 751 degree-granting physics departments in the U.S. Of these, 195 offered a PhD and 62 departments offered a master's as the highest physics degree. The remaining 494 departments offered a bachelor's as their highest physics degree. There were six universities that had two doctoral-granting physics…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Physics, Masters Degrees, Doctoral Degrees
Nicholson, Starr; Mulvey, Patrick J. – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2013
The U.S. has experienced a sharp increase in the number of bachelor astronomy degrees awarded in recent years with about twice as many degrees now being awarded than a decade ago. There were 385 astronomy bachelor's degrees awarded in the 2011-12 academic year. The number of astronomy PhDs awarded in recent years is up about 50% from a decade…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Departments, Masters Degrees
Nicholson, Starr; Mulvey, Patrick J. – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2012
The number of astronomy bachelor's conferred in the U.S. continues to climb. The academic year 2010-11 produced more astronomy bachelor's than in any other time in U.S. history. The 408 astronomy bachelor's degrees earned in the class of 2011 more than doubled the class of 2000, and the number of astronomy PhDs conferred (160) is…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, College Science, Enrollment Trends
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2011
The Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics conducts an annual census of all degree-granting physics departments in the United States and Puerto Rico. In the 2007-2008 academic year, there were 763 degree-granting departments. The authors received responses from 97% of these departments. Estimates were derived and included…
Descriptors: Physics, Foreign Countries, College Science, Undergraduate Students
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2008
This document reports on academic enrollments (including Fall 2006) and degrees conferred at the bachelor's, master's, and doctorate levels (including academic year 2005-2006) at colleges and universities with physics or astronomy degree-granting programs. The findings presented in this report are based on an annual survey of all the physics and…
Descriptors: Physics, Astronomy, Enrollment, Science Education
