Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2016
SEP 01, 2017
Results from the 2016 Survey of Enrollments and Degrees
Research Manager,
AIP
The physics bachelor’s class of 2016 represents yet another all-time high. There were 8,440 bachelor’s degrees conferred, an increase of 4% from the previous year and a 131% increase from the recent low in 1999. First-year graduate physics student enrollments have remained at about 3,200 students for the last 5 years. The number of physics PhDs conferred in the class of 2016 represented a 2% decline from the previous year, but degree production has been increasing in recent years, up 67% from 12 years earlier.
This report contains the most current enrollment and degree data for each degree-granting physics department in the US. The findings in this report come from the AIP annual survey of Enrollments and Degrees.
