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Enrollment by 1st Major - Fall, Five Year Trends

Undergraduate| |Graduate

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

                         

Major

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

Fall '09

College of Business & Economics

Accounting

411

468

514

572

585

Business Administration

2,114

2,313

2,418

2,572

2,385

e-Business

12

32

35

33

38

Economics

103

119

164

195

198

Sum:

2,640

2,932

3,131

3,372

3,206

College of Education

Early Childhood Education

349

330

339

387

405

Elementary Education

764

744

710

759

702

Integrated Elementary Education - Special Education

142

141

149

204

239

Special Education

127

129

132

127

140

Sum:

1,382

1,344

1,330

1,477

1,486

College of Fine Arts & Communications

Art

469

488

483

561

605

Art Education

112

106

102

104

126

Art History
-
-
31
31
38

Communication Studies

242

201

245

292

305

Dance Performance & Education

89

89

96

89

90

Electronic Media & Film

417

431

402

415

417

Mass Communication

671

791

889

970

916

Music

158

157

168

177

161

Music Education

159

160

141

148

160

Theatre

153

156

160

188

173

Sum:

2,470

2,579

2,717

2,975

2,991

College of Health Professions

Allied Health

6

33

44

47

70

Athletic Training

123

84

97

99

107

Chemical Dependency, Counseling and Education

7

11

6

3

4

Deaf Studies

86

104

117

125

118

Exercise Science

196

239

262

365

428

Gerontology

10

13

18

23

22

Health Care Management

56

64

81

93

81

Health Sciences

114

116

120

135

134

Nursing

629

720

793

820

820

Occupational Therapy

141

163

174

203

209

Physical Education

181

191

171

156

143

Speech-Language Pathology

170

176

182

182

225

Sports Management

255

298

329

381

372

Sports Studies

37

35

16

3

0

Sum:

2,011

2,247

2,410

2,635

2,733

College of Liberal Arts

Cultural Studies

9

7

13

12

13

English

306

351

349

394

424

Family Studies

156

185

187

216

214

Foreign Language
-
14
43
77
100

French

12

16

12

5

0

Geography & Environmental Planning

63

74

74

63

73

Geography & Land Surveying

3

4

5

7

8

German

3

2

1

0

1

History

292

319

321

345

351

Interdisciplinary Studies

38

53

58

77

71

International Studies

91

106

110

110

123

Jewish Studies
-
-
-
-
1

Law & American Civilization

64

79

71

77

70

Metropolitan Studies

6

6

11

12

8

Philosophy

47

51

55

36

33

Political Science

243

238

238

249

240

Psychology

817

845

910

965

970

Religious Studies

10

12

13

16

11

Social Science

68

57

66

76

93

Sociology/Anthropology & Criminal Justice

409

442

490

536

552

Spanish

58

47

26

18

4

Women's Studies

16

12

13

12

14

Sum:

2,711

2,920

3,066

3,303

3,374

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics

Biology

562

639

667

649

651

Chemistry

137

149

139

130

149

Computer Science

237

221

232

237

235

Earth Space Science

13

12

17

10

7

Environmental Science & Studies

79

94

99

137

146

Forensic Chemistry

55

74

78

107

107

Geology

9

12

15

17

18

Information Systems

198

200

211

240

276

Information Technology
-
-
4
9
13

Mathematics

158

186

244

236

273

Medicinal Chemistry

14

25

38

55

57

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Bioinformatics

46

54

60

82

92

Physics

58

69

61

61

76

Sum:

1,566

1,735

1,865

1,970

2,100

Undeclared & Non-Degree

1,715

1,617

1,700

1,540

1,258

TOTAL

14,495

15,374

16,219

17,272

17,148


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 '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

Fall '09

College of Business & Economics

Accounting & Business Advisory Services

27
33
23
46
61
Business Administration
-
21
19
26
26

Sum:

27
54
42
72
87

College of Education

Early Childhood Education

126

128

169

159

208

Elementary Education

105

90

55

68

61

Instructional Technology

160

167

192

174

191

Instructional Technology (Doctorate)

26

26

29

29

27

Jewish Education
-
-
-
-
14

Reading Education

281

256

247

228

218

Secondary Education

103

87

68

61

43

Special Education

73

90

71

80

91

Teaching

185

184

185

185

215

Sum:

1,059

1,028

1,016

984

1,068

College of Fine Arts & Communications

Art (Studio)

23

26

22

27

24

Art Education

32

37

33

33

38

Communication Management

37

46

33

33

38

Music Education

44

48

38

38

40

Music Performance

15

18

16

16

17

Theatre

21

20

17

18

15

Sum:

172

195

159

165

172

College of Health Professions

Applied Gerontology

12

12

11

10

13

Audiology (Doctorate)

46

44

45

43

39

Health Science

95

88

81

96

91

Kinesiology
-
-
-
5
18

Nursing

51

61

68

73

76

Occupational Science (Doctorate)

10

12

10

11

12

Occupational Therapy

109

129

135

134

143

Physician Assistant Studies

64

60

67

69

60

Speech-Language Pathology

99

86

82

85

88

Sum:

486

492

499

526

540

College of Liberal Arts

Child Life, Adminstration & Family Collaboration
-
-
-
-
8

Geography & Environmental Planning

41

28

33

27

29

Human Resource Development

148

182

218

258

234

Humanities

17

16

12

16

16

Jewish Communal Service
-
-
-
-
8
Jewish Studies
-
-
-
-
22
Jewish Studies (Doctorate)
-
-
-
-
14

Professional Studies

56

49

30

33

41

Professional Writing

71

66

70

64

70

Psychology

152

143

144

126

120

Social Science

19

27

24

31

33

Women's Studies

24

11

8

16

28

Sum:

528

522

539

571

623

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics

Applied & Industrial Math

17

15

22

23

25

Applied Information Technology

195

188

161

165

222

Applied Information Technology (Doctorate)

40

41

48

61

72

Biology

59

62

73

72

74

Computer Science

128

101

91

101

122

Environmental Science

35

32

35

40

38

Forensic Science
-
7
18
24
40

Mathematics Education

60

67

73

100

86

Science Education

2

4

5

4

2

Sum:

536

517

526

590

681

The College of Graduate Studies & Research

Integrated Homeland Security Management
-
13
29
44
49

Post-Bachelors Certificate

Applied Gerontology

1

0

2

0

0

Arts Integration
-
-
-
5
15
Autism Studies
-
-
-
-
2

Clinician to Administrator Transition

1

0

0

0

0

Database Management System

0

5

2

2

1

Environmental Science

0

1

0

0

0

Family-Professional Collaboration

1

4

2

1

2

Information Systems Management

0

1

2

1

1

Interactive Media Design
-
-
4
4
9
Internet Applications Development
-
1
1
0
0

Management & Leadership Development

7

5

4

4

3

Music

0

1

2

0

0

Networking Technologies

0

0

0

0

0

Nursing Education

5

1

1

1

1

Security Assessment & Management
-
1
0
1
1

Strategic Public Relations & Integrated Communications

0

0

0

0

0

Women's Studies

1

0

1

1

0

Sum:

16

20

21

20

35

Certificate of Advanced Study

Counseling Psychology

15

16

15

10

18

Early Childhood Education
-
3
5
3
5

Organizational Change

45

56

58

61

55

Reading Education

4

2

6

2

1

School Psychology

12

8

5

11

12

Sum:

76

85

89

87

91

Non-Degree

616

621

619

780

683

TOTAL

3,516

3,547

3,539

3,839

4,029


Source: IPEDS, Enrollment Data by Program and Race.

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