DOCUMENT RESUME SE 053 857 ED 363 516 AUTHOR Huckenpohler, J. G. TITLE Academic Science and Engineering: Graduate Enrollment and Support, Fall 1991. Surveys of Science Resource Series. Detailed Statistical Tables. INSTITUTION National Science Foundation, Washingtc,l, D.C. Div. of Science Resources Studies. REPORT NO NSF-93-309 PUB DATE 93 NOTE 367p. AVAILABLE FROM Division of Science Resources Studies, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC 20550. PUB TYPE Research/Technical (143) Reports Tests/Evaluation Instruments (160) Statistical Data (110) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC15 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *College Science; Engineering Education; *Graduate Students; Higher Education; Medical Education; Postdoctoral Education; *Science Education ABSTRACT The data presented in this report were collected in the 20th annual National Science Foundation/National Institutes of Health Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, covering 1991. The survey universe is composed of all U.S. institutions with departments or programs offering courses of study at the postbaccalaureate level in any science and engineering (S&E) field. Medical schools and other specialized institutions in health-related fields with postdoctoral programs or S&E master's or doctoral programs are also included. Section I, subsection A, presents national totals for all institutions, both doctorate- and master's-granting, for fall 1991. Subsection B contains trend dat for all graduate institutions for the period 1983-91; subsection contains trend statistics for doctorate-granting institutions only; subsection D presents similar trend data for master's-granting institutions. Subsection E contains institutional listings and subsection F contains rankings of individual institutions on the basis of the fall 1991 data. Section II presents a description of the survey methodology and response analysis. Section III lists the institutions surveyed by degree level. Section IV displays copies of the survey instruments, along with summary questionnaire facsimiles containing data for all departments or for selected groups of departments. (PR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** Academic Science and 2 Engineering: Graduate Enrollment and Support, Fail 1991 En 0 Surveys of Science Resources Series 4_1 National Science Foundation Detailed Statistical Tables U.S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION NSF 93-303 Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) CUM* document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduchOo quality 2 Points of view or opinions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official BEST COPY MAILABLE OERI position or policy Academic Science and Engineering: Graduate Enrollment and Support, Fall 1991 Principal Author: J. G. Huckenpöhler Surveys of Science Resources Series National Science Foundation Detailed Statistical Tables NSF 93-309 Suggested Citation Graduate Academic Science and Engineering: National Science Foundation, 190,3). NSF 93-309, (Washington DC, Enrollment and Support, Fan 1991, Availability of Publications of Science of charge from the Division Single copies are available free If DC 20550. Science Foundation, Washington Resources Studies, National either BITNET or Internet, electronic mail and have access to you are a user of BITNET users should address publications electronically. you may order [email protected]. In should send requests to request to pubsensf. Internet users title, number of copies, the NSF publication number and your request, include be Printed publications may also mailing address. your name, and a complete within three Publications should be received ordered by fax (703/644-4278). for availability of See roman numeral page four weeks after receipt of request. Information System the Science and Technology science and technology data on (STIS). Deaf: Ma) 357-7492 NSF'S Telephonic Device for the 4 Data Summary In fall 1991, 475,691 graduate students were enrolled in master's and doctoral programs in the science, engineering, and health fields. This total represents more than a 3-percent increase from the fall 1990 figure. The increase was more than 4 percent in the engineering fields and almost 3 percent in the science fields. Of all science fields, psychology students increased the most rapidly (6 percent). Growth was slowest in the mathematical sciences and computer sciences, each showing less than a 1-percent increase. The social sciences continued to be the most popular field, with 81,279 graduate students or more than one-sixth of the total. Nearly one-third of the engineering graduate students, 35,272, were enrolled in electrical engineering. Graduate students enrolled full time numbered 308,669 and accounted for 65 percent of the total. The number of graduate students enrolled full time increased at a faster rate from 1990 to 1991 than did those enrolled part time, 4 percent compared with 2 percent. The number of women enrolled in graduate S&E programs continued to rise more rapidly than the number of men, reaching almost 40 percent of the total. Women increased by more than 6 percent while men increased by less than 3 percent. Women continued to make up the majority of those enrolled in psychology and the health fields but accounted for only 14 percent of engineering graduate students. Foreign students, at almost 24 percent of the total, increased at nearly twice the rate of students with U.S. citizenship. Foreign students were most heavily concentrated in the physical sciences and in engineering, making up almost 37 percent and 36 percent of the total, respectively. Foreign students also made up about one-third of all graduate students in the mathematical sciences and computer sciences. At almost 41 percent of the full-time total, academic institutions remained the major source of support for full-time graduate students. Self-supported students (including those supported by loans, family money, or personal savings) made up almost 30 percent of the full-time total. The Federal Government supported a little less than 21 percent. Enrollment in doctorate-granting institutions, at 411,296, represented 86 percent of all graduate students. This percentage has varied only slightly since 1975. 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Information Servers, you can use your local WA1S lient to Rovised 3/30/92 NSF 91-10 search and download NSF publications. iv 1 Acknowledgments The fall 1991 Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering was guided by J. G. Huckenpohler, Ph.D., Science Resources Analyst, Division of Science Resources Studies, Science and Engineering Education and Human Resources Program (EDU), National Science Foundation, under the direction of Mary Golladay, Ph.D. Program , Director, EDU. The National Institutes of Health co-sponsored the survey. The fall 1991 survey was conducted by Quantum Research Corporation (QRC) of Bethesda, MD, under NSF contract number SRS-91-00714. QRC staff members who worked on this project were Barbara K. De Paul, Eyvette Harris, M.A. Holubek, Pamela G. Krones, Chuck Lyon, George J. Nozicka, Carlos Reyes, and Steve Toleque. Contents Section Page Data Summary iii General Notes ix I. Detailed Statistical Tables 1 H. Technical Notes 309 Technical Tables Table II-1. The NSF data collection series: 1966-91 310 II-2. Science and engineering departmental population at doctorate-granting institutions by field: 1983-91 311 II-3. Science and engineering departmental population at master's-granting institutions by field: 1983-91 312 II-4. Departmental response rates: 1975-91 315 II-5. Imputation for nonresponse at doctorate-granting institutions by area of science and engineering and enrollinent status: 1991 315 II-6. Imputation rates for all departments at doctorate-granting institutions: fall 1991 316 II-7. Imputation for nonresponse at master's-granting institutions by area of science and engineering and enrollment status: 1991 317 Imputation rates for all departments 11-8. at master's-granting institutions: fall 1991 318 II-9. Comparison of graduate enrollment data as originally published and as modified through the fall of 1991 graduate student survey cycle: 1975-1991 320 M. List of institutions included in the fall 1991 survey 321 IU-1. Doctorate-granting institutions in the fall 1991 survey 322 III-2. Master's-granting institutions in the fall 1991 survey 326 IV. Instructions, Survey Instruments, and Summaries 329 General Notes The data presented in this report were collected in the 20th annual National Science Foundation/National Institutes of Health (NSF/NIH) Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, covering 1991. The survey universe is composed of all U.S. institutions with departments or programs offering courses of study at the postbaccalaureate level in any science and engineering (S&E) field. Medical schools and other specialized institutions in health-related fields with postdoctoral programs or S&E master's or doctoral programs are also included. The 1991 survey universe included 333 doctorate-granting institutions and 276 master's-granting institutions. Section I, subsection A, presents national totals for all histitutions, both doctorate- and master's-granting, for fall 1991 (academic year 1991-92). Subsection B contains trend data for all graduate institutions for the period 1983-91; subsection C contains trend statistics for doctorate-granting institutions only; subsection D presents similar trend data for master's-granting institutions. Subsection E contains institutional listings and subsection F contains rankings of individual institutions on the basis of fall 1991 data. Section II presents a description of the survey methodology and response analysis. Section III lists the institutions surveyed by degree level, along with their identifying Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) codes. Section IV displays copies of the survey instruments, along with summary questionnaire facsimiles containing data for all departments or for selected groups of departments. The facsimiles present data for all institutions, doctorate-granting institutions, master's- granting institutions, and other selected groups of institutions. Tables showing data for doctorate-granting institutions include all institutions with any school (medical school, dental school, etc.) or branch campus that granted S&E doctorates for all years in which such degrees were offered. This defmition differs from that used by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which considers only those institutions that granted "significant numbers" of doctoral degrees as doctorate- gran ting . Data Limitations In any analysis of the data in this report, the following defmitions and limitations should be kept in mind: In tables showing full-time graduate enrollment by source of support, "institutional support" includes those students receiving their primary support from State and local government sources as well as from their institutions. by industrial firms, nonprofit "Other U.S. sources" includes students supported societies, philanthropic institutions (independent research institutes, professional originating within the United foundations, etc.), and all other sources of support family money, or personal States. "Other U.S. sources" does not include loans, Students supported primarily by savings used by students supporting themselves. reported under foreign industrial firms, as well as by foreign governments, are "foreign sources." that estimates "Imputation," as defined by NSF, denotes a computerized process institutions based on their own data data for totally or partially nonrespondent Data can be institutions. from earlier years, if available, or data from peer individual cells for which the imputed for an entire institution, a department, or The imputation actual data. institution or department was unable to provide Techn3cal Notes. procedures are described in detail in section II, well as current data during Respondent institutions can revise prior-year data as Consequently, only the trend data from the current report the editing process. should be used in historical analyses. Data Availability 650 in 1991) generated on the basis of Because of the large number of tables (more than include the full set of tables in a graduate S&E enrollment data, it is not feasible to needs of those interested in more general-audience publication such as this. To meet the series of "Supplementary Data detailed data of a specific type, NSF has developed a pamphlets available are listed on the Releases" focusing on specific data topics. The 16 order blank provided at the back of this book. diskettes and in machine-readable form Data published in this report are also available on multi-year data tapes are available with data for fall 1975 on magnetic tapes. Single- or they are Information on tape formats and the years for which through fall 1991. ordering, can be found in the current available, together with prices and instructions for Foundation's Surveys of Academic Science data user guide, Guide to the National Science Dr. J. G. Huckenpohler, who and Engineering. To obtain a copy of the guide, contact and information on the Survey of Graduate Students can also supply further and telephone number are: Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. His address Program Science and Engineering Education and Human Resources Room L-609 National Science Foundation 1800 G Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20550 (202) 634-4787 institutions are available on Selected data items for individual doctorate-granting from this survey as computer-generated Institutional Profiles. These profiles cover data covering research and well as data collected in NSF's other academic S&E surveys