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Enrollment by 1st Major - Fall, Five Year Trends

Undergraduate| |Graduate

Undergraduate Enrollment by 1st Major(Full & Part-Time)

                         

Major

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

College of Business & Economics

Accounting

387

411

468

514

572

Business Administration

1,940

2,114

2,313

2,418

2,572

e-Business

31

12

32

35

33

Economics

95

103

119

164

195

Sum:

2,453

2,640

2,932

3,131

3,372

College of Education

Early Childhood Education

361

349

330

339

387

Elementary Education

825

764

744

710

759

Integrated Elementary Education - Special Education

114

142

141

149

204

Special Education

131

127

129

132

127

Sum:

1,431

1,382

1,344

1,330

1,477

College of Fine Arts & Communications

Art

474

469

488

483

561

Art Education

121

112

106

102

104

Art History
-
-
-
31
31

Communication Studies

226

242

201

245

292

Dance Performance & Education

88

89

89

96

89

Electronic Media & Film

370

417

431

402

415

Mass Communication

698

671

791

889

970

Music

156

158

157

168

177

Music Education

150

159

160

141

148

Theatre

161

153

156

160

188

Sum:

2,444

2,470

2,579

2,717

2,975

College of Health Professions

Allied Health

2

6

33

44

47

Athletic Training

103

123

84

97

99

Chemical Dependency, Counseling and Education

7

7

11

6

3

Deaf Studies

74

86

104

117

125

Exercise Science

162

196

239

262

365

Gerontology

10

10

13

18

23

Health Care Management

47

56

64

81

93

Health Sciences

84

114

116

120

135

Nursing

565

629

720

793

820

Occupational Therapy

132

141

163

174

203

Physical Education

182

181

191

171

156

Speech-Language Pathology

164

170

176

182

182

Sports Management

234

255

298

329

381

Sports Studies

33

37

35

16

3

Sum:

1,799

2,011

2,247

2,410

2,635

College of Liberal Arts

Cultural Studies

9

9

7

13

12

English

299

306

351

349

394

Family Studies

111

156

185

187

216

Foreign Language
-
-
14
43
77

French

11

12

16

12

5

Geography & Environmental Planning

60

63

74

74

63

Geography & Land Surveying

2

3

4

5

7

German

8

3

2

1

0

History

242

292

319

321

345

Interdisciplinary Studies

52

38

53

58

77

International Studies

78

91

106

110

110

Law & American Civilization

48

64

79

71

77

Metropolitan Studies

3

6

6

11

12

Philosophy

34

47

51

55

36

Political Science

225

243

238

238

249

Psychology

760

817

845

910

965

Religious Studies

11

10

12

13

16

Social Science

114

68

57

66

76

Sociology/Anthropology & Criminal Justice

455

409

442

490

536

Spanish

65

58

47

26

18

Women's Studies

16

16

12

13

12

Sum:

2,603

2,711

2,920

3,066

3,303

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics

Biology

521

562

639

667

649

Chemistry

128

137

149

139

130

Computer Information Systems

267

198

200

211

240

Computer Science

247

237

221

232

237

Earth Space Science

14

13

12

17

10

Environmental Science & Studies

73

79

94

99

137

Forensic Chemistry

18

55

74

78

107

Geology

10

9

12

15

17

Information Technology
-
-
-
4
9

Mathematics

169

158

186

244

236

Medicinal Chemistry

9

14

25

38

55

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Bioinformatics

44

46

54

60

82

Physics

59

58

69

61

61

Sum:

1,559

1,566

1,735

1,865

1,970

Undeclared & Non-Degree

2,022

1,715

1,617

1,700

1,540

TOTAL

14,311

14,495

15,374

16,219

17,272


Note: Only first majors are counted in this table.
Undeclared includes all non-degree students as well as degree-seeking students with undeclared majors.
Source: IPEDS, Enrollment Data by Program and Race.


Graduate Enrollment by 1st Major(Full & Part-Time)

                         

Major

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

College of Business & Economics

Accounting & Business Advisory Services

22
27
33
23
46
Business Administration
-
-
21
19
26

Sum:

22
27
54
42
72

College of Education

Early Childhood Education

106

126

128

169

159

Elementary Education

110

105

90

55

68

Instructional Technology

156

160

167

192

174

Instructional Technology (Doctorate)

22

26

26

29

29

Reading Education

242

281

256

247

228

Secondary Education

88

103

87

68

61

Special Education

49

73

90

71

80

Teaching

219

185

184

185

185

Sum:

992

1,059

1,028

1,016

984

College of Fine Arts & Communications

Art (Studio)

21

23

26

22

27

Art Education

27

32

37

33

33

Communication Management

26

37

46

33

33

Mass Communication

1

-

-

-

-

Music Education

45

44

48

38

38

Music Performance

9

15

18

16

16

Theatre

18

21

20

17

18

Sum:

147

172

195

159

165

College of Health Professions

Applied Gerontology

15

12

12

11

10

Audiology (Doctorate)

36

46

44

45

43

Health Science

88

95

88

81

96

Kinesiology
-
-
-
-
5

Nursing

22

51

61

68

73

Occupational Science (Doctorate)

8

10

12

10

11

Occupational Therapy

82

109

129

135

134

Physician Assistant Studies

67

64

60

67

69

Speech-Language Pathology

93

99

86

82

85

Sum:

411

486

492

499

526

College of Liberal Arts

Geography & Environmental Planning

30

41

28

33

27

Human Resource Development

129

148

182

218

258

Humanities

12

17

16

12

16

Professional Studies

42

56

49

30

33

Professional Writing

82

71

66

70

64

Psychology

170

152

143

144

126

Social Science

17

19

27

24

31

Women's Studies

28

24

11

8

16

Sum:

510

528

522

539

571

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics

Applied & Industrial Math

21

17

15

22

23

Applied Information Technology

183

195

188

161

165

Applied Information Technology (Doctorate)

31

40

41

48

61

Biology

61

59

62

73

72

Computer Science

147

128

101

91

101

Environmental Science

30

35

32

35

40

Forensic Science
-
-
7
18
24

Mathematics Education

43

60

67

73

100

Science Education

2

2

4

5

4

Sum:

518

536

517

526

590

The College of Graduate Studies & Research

Integrated Homeland Security Management
-
-
13
29
44

Post-Bachelors Certificate

Applied Gerontology

-

1

0

2

0

Arts Integration
-
-
-
-
5

Clinician to Administrator Transition

9

1

0

0

0

Database Management System

1

0

5

2

2

Environmental Science

1

0

1

0

0

Family-Professional Collaboration

7

1

4

2

1

Information Systems Management

1

0

1

2

1

Interactive Media Design
-
-
-
4
4
Internet Applications Development
-
-
1
1
0

Management & Leadership Development

14

7

5

4

4

Music

0

0

1

2

0

Networking Technologies

1

0

0

0

0

Nursing Education

2

5

1

1

1

Security Assessment & Management
-
-
1
0
1

Strategic Public Relations & Integrated Communications

24

0

0

0

0

Women's Studies

1

1

0

1

1

Sum:

61

16

20

21

20

Certificate of Advanced Study

Counseling Psychology

30

15

16

15

10

Early Childhood Education
-
-
3
5
3

Organizational Change

19

45

56

58

61

Reading Education

6

4

2

6

2

School Psychology

1

12

8

5

11

Sum:

56

76

85

89

87

Non-Degree

639

616

621

619

780

TOTAL

3,356

3,516

3,547

3,539

3,839


Source: IPEDS, Enrollment Data by Program and Race.

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