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Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2014

SEP 01, 2015
Results from the 2014 Survey of Enrollments and Degrees
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Research Manager ,  AIP
Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2014

Physics bachelor’s degrees production continues to increase, with the 7,526 bachelor’s awarded representing yet another all-time high. Further increases in physics bachelor’s degree production are anticipated as undergraduate junior- and senior-level enrollments continue to climb. The all-time high of 1,803 physics PhDs conferred in the class of 2014 continues the trend of increasing PhD production. First-year graduate physics student enrollments have been relatively unchanged in recent years, but past increases have now resulted in a record high of 15,812 total graduate students.

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.

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