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This is a listing of the most recent data resources and reports. The focus ons are available on-line only. The reports, unless otherwise
indicated, are provided free as a service of The American Institute of Physics.
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focus on Physics Enrollments
in Two-Year Colleges (April 2013)
This report examines student enrollments in and course offerings of physics at two-year colleges using data from the 2011-12 survey
of physics in two-year colleges.
focus on Recent Physics Doctorates:
Skills & Satisfaction with Employment (March 2013)
A look at the knowledge and skills used regularly by new physics PhDs and their opinions about their early careers.
focus on Physics Bachelor's Degrees
(September 2012)
Undergraduate physics data from the AIP Survey of Enrollments and Degrees.
focus on Physics Bachelor's Initial Employment
(September 2012)
Data showing the initial employment outcomes of physics bachelor's.
Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data,
2011 (August 2012)
The most current enrollment and degree data for each degree-granting physics department in the US.
Academic year 2010-11 produced more physics bachelor's and more physics PhDs than in any other year in US history.
Roster of Astronomy Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data,
2011 (August 2012)
The most current enrollment and degree data for each degree-granting astronomy department in the US.
The academic year 2010-11 also produced more astronomy bachelor's than in any other time in US history.
Who's Hiring Physics Bachelor's (August 2012)
A state by state listing of companies that hired new physics bachelor's.
focus on First Year Physics Graduate Students
(August 2012)
Data from the 2008 and 2010 Surveys of First-Year Graduate Students.
focus on Physics Doctorates Initial Employment
(June 2012)
Initial outcomes of physics PhD recipients.
focus on Physics Doctorates One Year Later
(July 2012)
Data showing the initial career paths of physics doctorates.
focus on Physics Bachelor's One Year Later
(June 2012)
Data showing the initial career paths of physics bachelors.
focus on Challenges High School Teachers Face
(May 2012)
We examine issues regarding student preparation and motivation, funding for equipment and supplies, NCLB (No Child Left Behind), and isolation.
focus on Number of Physics Faculty Members
(April 2012)
Findings from the 2010 Academic Workforce Survey including total number of faculty members and percent employed in temporary or non-tenure track positions.
focus on High School Physics Teacher preparation
(February 2012)
Data on teacher preparation and classroom activities.
focus on Astronomy Degree Recipients: Initial Employment
(December 2011)
Initial outcomes of new astronomy bachelor's, master's and PhDs.
focus on Astronomy Enrollments and Degrees
(December 2011)
Data on astronomy enrollment and degrees trends.
focus on Turnover among High School Physics
Teachers (October 2011)
Data on sources of new physics teachers, retirements among physics teachers, and the aging of the physics teacher corps.
focus on Physics Graduate Degrees
(July 2011)
Graduate physics degree data from the Enrollments and Degrees and Follow-up Surveys.
focus on Females Students in High School Physics
(July 2011)
Data on girls taking physics in US high schools.
focus on Physics Undergraduate Degrees
(May 2011)
Undergraduate physics degree data from the Enrollments and Degrees Survey.
focus on Physics & Astronomy Master's Initial
Employment (April 2011)
Initial outcomes of exiting physics and astronomy master’s degree recipients.
focus on Under-Represented Minorities in High School
Physics (March 2011)
Data on physics taking by race and ethnicity.
focus on Physics Enrollments
(February 2011)
Undergraduate and graduate level enrollment trends from the Enrollments and Degrees Survey.
Physics in US High Schools: Dispelling the Myths
(January 2011)
Pdf of PowerPoint slides of a talk given at the Winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in Jacksonville, FL.
focus on Physics Doctorates One Year Later
(November 2010)
Data showing the initial career paths of physics doctorates.
focus on Who Teaches High School Physics
(November 2010)
Data on academic backgrounds, demographics, and teaching assignments for U.S. high school physics teachers.
focus on African Americans Among Degree Recipients in
Physics & Geoscience (October 2010)
Current data and trends over time on the representation of African Americans in physics and geoscience.
focus on High School Physics Textbooks
(September 2010)
Data on the textbooks used in U.S. High School physics.
focus on Hispanic Americans Among Degree Recipients in
Physics & Geoscience (September 2010)
Current data and trends over time on the representation of Hispanic Americans in physics and geoscience.
focus on Physics Bachelor's Demographic Profiles
(August 2010)
Data on the characteristics and educational experiences of physics bachelor’s.
focus on Native Americans Among Degree Recipients in
Physics & Geoscience (August 2010)
Current data and trends over time on the representation of Native Americans in physics and geoscience.
focus on High School Physics Courses & Enrollments
(August 2010)
Data on course enrollments and physics taking in U.S. high schools during the 2008-09 academic year
focus on Faculty Turnover in Physics and Astronomy
(June 2010)
Data on retirement, recruitment, and hiring in physics degree-granting departments.
focus on Physics Bachelor's One Year Later (May 2010)
Data showing the initial career paths of physics bachelor's.
focus on High School Physics Availability
(April 2010)
Data on physics availability in U.S. high schools by state.
focus on African Americans & Hispanics among Physics &
Astronomy Faculty
(February 2010)
Data on the number of departments with African American and Hispanic faculty members.
focus on Size of Undergraduate Physics Programs
(February 2010)
Data illustrating the relative size of undergraduate physics programs.
focus on MCAT, LSAT and Physics Bachelor's
(February 2010)
Data on entrance exam scores that physics bachelor's received.
focus on Graduate Physics Enrollments and Degrees
(January 2010)
Findings from the annual survey of Enrollments and Degrees.
focus on Undergraduate Physics Enrollments and Degrees
(January 2010)
Findings from the annual survey of Enrollments and Degrees.
focus on Astronomy Faculty
(December 2009)
Findings from the 2008 Academic Workforce Survey.
focus on Astronomy Enrollments and Degrees
(October 2009)
Findings from the annual survey of Enrollments and Degrees.
focus on Number of Physics Faculty
(October 2009)
Findings from the 2008 Academic Workforce Survey.
Universities that awarded the most degrees
Comparatively few African Americans or Hispanic Americans earned degrees in physics. However,
some physics departments have succeeded in attracting and retaining under-represented minorities
in physics. We are acknowledging the following universities because, since 1998, they have awarded
the largest number of physics bachelor's or physics PhDs to Hispanic Americans or African Americans.
Untapped Talent: The African American Presence in Physics and the
Geosciences(September 2008)
This report provides a wealth of data on the presence of African Americans in physics and the
geosciences. The data show trends over time, as well as comparisons with related disciplines.
Highlights (HTML) |
Full report
Preliminary Findings: Hispanic Americans in Physics and Geosciences
We are completing a report on the representation of Hispanic Americans in physics and geoscience.
This report will provide trend data over time as well as comparisons with related fields.
We are providing the following preliminary highlights while we finish this report.
Highlights (HTML)
Preliminary Findings: Native Americans in Physics and the
Geosciences
We have compiled data collected by the US Department of Education and the National Science
Foundation on the representation of Native Americans in physics and geoscience. The highlights
below provide current data as well as trends over time.
Highlights (HTML)
Number of Physics and Astronomy Faculty
The 2006 data from the biennial Physics and Astronomy Academic Workforce Survey show positive
trends for astronomy and physics faculty members and departments.
Highlights (HTML)
Women in Physics & Astronomy Faculty Positions
These highlights show data on women faculty members that were collected in our survey of all
degree-granting physics and astronomy departments in the US in 2006.
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Trends in the Physics Academic Workforce
Since 1998, the academic job market for physicists has been influenced by the retirements of
faculty members. These highlights show the relationship between the retirement rates
(1998-2006) and number of faculty members recruited by physics departments.
Highlights (HTML)
Physics and Astronomy Senior Report: Class of 2003 (June 2006)
A window onto the backgrounds, influences, experiences, and future plans of physics and
astronomy majors during their senior year.
Highlights |
Full
report
Women Physicists Speak Again (April 2006)
More than 1350 women physicists from more than 70 countries answered a survey conducted in
connection with the Second IUPAP International Conference of Women in Physics. The report
covers women physicists’ experiences in education and careers. Comparisons are made between
women from developed and developing countries
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Full
report
2004 Physics & Astronomy Academic Workforce (December 2005)
This is the latest in a series of biennial reports on the number of faculty, turnover, retirements,
and recruitments at physics degree-granting departments. The number of faculty positions in
physics has increased by about 10% since 1994. However, more positions are being filled with
part-time and temporary faculty than ten years ago. The number of minority faculty members
increased significantly at physics departments, and new female faculty were hired at rates
consistent with degree production in the past. This report also provides data on the relationship
between the number of full-time equivalent faculty and the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded.
For the first time, this report contains data on stand-alone astronomy departments.
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report
Physics Students From Abroad: Monitoring the Continuing
Impact of Visa Problems (September 2005)
This 12 page report documents the impact of visa regulations on international students in US
physics graduate programs during the Fall of 2004. It quantifies the number of first-year
international students who enrolled and the proportion who were denied entrance or substantially
delayed due to visa difficulties. The report describes changes in visa denial rates and
international student enrollment patterns compared to two years earlier. It also discusses the
visa problems experienced by non-US citizen faculty, postdocs and previously enrolled students
when they tried to return from travel abroad.
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report
Women in Physics and Astronomy, 2005 (February 2005)
Data on the current and historic trends in the representation of women
in physics, including comparative data on women in related fields
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Full
report
Physics PhD Students - Types of Financial Support (June 2004)
A look at the different types of financial support available to Physics PhD
students and the factors that affect what type of support students are likely to receive.
Report
Does it Matter Where I go to College (June 2004)
This report compares outcomes for physics bachelors from large and small departments,
defined by number of bachelor's degrees awarded. It also looks at differences in physics
bachelors' outcomes between departments that grant PhDs in physics and those that award
only a bachelor's degree in physics. Finally, the report shows that physics departments
whose bachelors were very satisfied with the department's climate in the early 1990s had
higher numbers of graduates per FTE faculty member in the mid- to late-1990s.
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Full
report
Physics Students From Abroad in
the Post-9/11 Era (July 2003)
A report on a recent survey of graduate physics departments nationwide.
A look at the impact of tightened visa regulations in the post-9/11 era
on students from other countries.
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report
Physics Bachelors with Master's Degrees (March 2003)
This report documents the employment patterns of those who earned bachelor's
degrees in the early 1990's, earned master's degrees in a variety of fields,
and were working five to eight years later. Master's degrees fields, reasons
for attending graduate school, and preparedness for graduate school are
all discussed.
Highlights |
Full
report
The Early Careers of Physics Bachelors (August 2002)
An examination of the employment patterns of people with no degrees other
than physics bachelors' degrees, five to eight years after graduation.
The report also includes common job activities and skills used on the job.
It also describes these bachelors' evaluations of how well physics education
prepared them for careers.
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Full
report
Women Physicists Speak: The 2001
International Study of Women in Physics (June 2002)
Findings from an international survey of over 1,000 women physicists from
55 countries. The study was conducted as part of a larger effort carried
out by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).
Highlights |
Full
report
Physics Academic Workforce in
the Two-Year Colleges: 2001-02 (July 2003)
An updated look at faculty background, turnover and curriculum from the
2001-02 Survey of Two-Year College Physics Programs.
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Full
report
Physics in the Two-Year Colleges (Oct. 1998)
First comprehensive study of physics programs and faculty in the two-year
colleges.
Highlights |
Full
report
Mastering Physics for Non-Academic Careers (2001)
A detailed analysis of all the master's programs in physics departments
in the U.S., including those that offer a master's as their highest physics
degree and those that have a master's degree program in parallel with a
physics Ph.D. program in the same department.
Highlights |
Full
report
Reaching the Critical Mass: The Twenty Year
Surge in High School Physics (July 2008)
An analysis and interpretation of information collected in a nationwide
survey of teachers of physics at the secondary level including data on
teachers, enrollments and courses.
Highlights |
Full
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