The Statistical Research Center web site contains a great deal of data and much of it is updated annually. This site map is one of several aids designed to help you find the data you most need.

This is a listing of all the full-page graphs and tables that can be found on our web site. Please note that this list identifies a small portion of the data on our web site. The graphs and tables identified below come primarily from the Highlights of different reports. Even more data can be found in the full reports we publish on the education and utilization of physicists and astronomers.

If you do NOT see the data you need listed below, then we encourage you either to view the list of Recent Publications or to contact any of the staff members identified in Who's on Staff.

HIGH SCHOOL
Physics enrollment, 1948-2001.
Physics enrollment by course, 1987-2001.
Physics enrollment by gender, 1987-2001.
Physics enrollment by race, ‘90, ‘93, ‘97 $ 01.
Place of physics in teaching assignment, 2001.
Percent of teachers with physics degrees, 2001.
Physics teacher, self-assessed level of preparation, 2001.
Physics teacher, professional activities, 2001.
Physics teacher, membership in professional organizations, 2001.
Physicss teacher, starting salaries, 2001.
Physics teacher, salaries for experienced teachers, 2001.
Starting salaries for physics bachelors by employment sector, 2001.
Median funding available per class for equipment, 2001.
Teachers citing selected problems as serious, 2001.
Teacher views on career and policy issues, 2001.
Percent of teachers specializing in physics teaching, 2001.
Percent with 9th & 10th graders in their physics classes, 2001.
Opinion on physics first by teacher's exposure to it, 2001.
Teacher certification requirements, contacts by state.
Physics, most commonly used text books, 1997.
TWO-YEAR COLLEGE
Physics, availability across campuses nationwide, 1996.
Physics enrollment by course, 1996.
Physics faculty, educational background, 1996.
Physics faculty, other subjects taught, 1996.
Physics faculty, demographic characteristics, 1996.
Physics faculty, number of years teaching, 2002.
Physics faculty, number of physics sections taught, 2002.
Physics faculty, characteristics of full-time and part-time faculty, 2002.
Physics faculty, characteristics of women and men, 2002.
Physics program recruitment and retention, 2002.
Number of full-time physics teachers, 2002.
Number of physics sections offered by departments, 2002.
Types of physics courses offered by departments, 2002.
Types of physics courses offered by department size, 2002.
Physics, commonly used physics text books, 1997.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Bachelors degrees awarded in physics, 1955-2000.
Bachelors degrees awarded in physics, 1955-2001.
Bachelors degrees awarded by ethnicity, 2001.
Physics bachelors, post-baccalaureate plans, 1987-2000.
Physics bachelors, highest degree obtained 5 to 7 years after degree.
Physics bachelors, ratings of education by those employed in engineering, math, or science.
Physics bachelors, long-term career goals, 1999 and 2000.
Astronomy bachelors degrees, 1978-2001.
Astronomy bachelors degrees, women, 1973-2001.
Astronomy bachelors, long-term career goals, 1999 and 2000.
Physics bachelors, participation in a research project, 2000.
Undergraduate physics, text books recommended by dept. chairs, 1997.
FIRST-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
Citizenship, 1965-2002.
Sources of support in Masters and PhD departments, 1999 and 2000.
Subfields of study, 1999 and 2000.
Career goals by intended highest degree, 2000.
Region/Countries of origin, 1999 and 2000.
Major influences in choosing physics or astronomy as their academic specialty, 1999 and 2000.
Major influences in choosing an institution, 1999 and 2000.
Perception of undergraduate preparation by gender, 1999 and 2000.
Career goals, 2000.
PHDS AND MASTERS IN PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
Physics PhDs, degrees awarded, 1900-2001.
Physics PhDs, degrees awarded in selected subfields, 1999.
Masters & PhD degrees awarded by ethnicity, 2001.
Projections for the number of PhD's in the classes of 2002-2007.
Astronomy PhDs, women, 1973-2001.
Astronomy PhDs, 1978-2001.
FIRST JOB
Starting salaries for physics bachelors, 2000 & 2001.
Starting salaries for physics masters, 2000 & 2001.
Starting salaries offered to new bachelors in selected majors, 2000.
Astronomy PhDs, initial employment, 2000 & 2001.
Astronomy Bachelors, postdegree outcomes, 2000 & 2001.
Physics PhDs, annual salary and type of position secured, 1998.
Physics Phds, sector of initial employment, 1998.
Physics Phds, statements concerning qualitative aspects of initial employment, 2001.
Physics Phds, type of initial employment, 1979-2001.
Physics Masters, employer distribution, 2000 & 2001.
Physics Masters, post degree outcomes, 2000 & 2001.
Physics Masters, typical starting salaries, 2000 & 2001.
Physics Bachelors, employer distribution, 2000 & 2001.
Physics Bachelors, primary work activity, 2000 & 2001.
Physics Bachelors, typical starting salaries, 2000 & 2001.
Physics bachelors, who's hiring physics bachelors, 1998-2000.
GENERAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
PhD unemployment rates, 2002.
Physics bachelors, type of employment 5 to 8 years after graduation.
Physics bachelors, knowledge and skills rated as important 5 to 8 years after graduation.
Physics bachelors, time spent on or importance of activities compared to rating of education.
Median salaries by employment sector, PhDs in physics and related fields, 1998.
Median salaries in industry by degree level and years of experience, 1998.
Median salaries in universities by rank, PhDs in physics and related fields, 1998.
Salaries, who to contact regarding the technical job market in each state.
Academic employment, number of faculty by type of physics department, 2002.
Academic employment, temporary or non-tenure-track faculty by type of physics department, 2002.
Academic employment, number of retirements by type of physics department, 2002.
Academic employment, faculty turnover by type of physics department, 2001.
Academic employment, physics departments recruiting new faculty members, 2003.
Academic employment, number of new faculty hired by physics department, 2002.
Academic employment, backgrounds of new physics faculty, 2002.
WOMEN IN THE US
Physics enrollments in high school by gender, 1987-1997.
Astronomy bachelors and PhDs, women, 2001.
Physics bachelors earned by women, 1971-1998.
Physics PhDs earned by women, 1971-1998.
Physics departments with women at any rank, 1994 & 2002.
Faculty positions in physics held by women, 1994 , 1998, & 2002.
PhD Physics departments with five or more women, 2002.
Physics faculty positions held by women, 1994 & 1998.
Selected fields, bachelors degrees earned by women, 1975-1997.
Selected fields, PhD degrees earned by women, 1980-1998.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
Effect of children on women's perception of relative career advancement.
Physics degrees awarded to women in selected countries, 1997 & 1998.
Timing of women's choice of physics as a career.
Women's perception of relative career advancement in physics.

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