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Enrollment by 1st Major - Spring, Five Year Trends

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Undergraduate Enrollment by 1st Major

(Full & Part-Time)

                         

Major
Spring '05
Spring '06
Spring '07
Spring '08
Spring '09

College of Business & Economics
Accounting 367 396 434 504 543
Business Administration 1,861 2,006 2,223 2,210 2,347
e-Business 31 18 33 32 32
Economics 116 114 146 176 197
Sum: 2,375 2,534 2,836 2,922 3,119

College of Education
Early Childhood Education 319 307 316 334 359
Elementary Education 721 687 651 686 684
Integrated Elementary Ed. - Special Ed. 127 142 156 171 231
Special Education 120 115 128 114 127
Sum: 1,287 1,251 1,251 1,305 1,401

College of Fine Arts & Communications
Art 451 472 459 485 584
Art Education 129 112 111 98 116
Art History - - - 34 35
Communication Studies 203 196 166 212 238
Dance Performance & Education 70 76 79 67 76
Electronic Media & Film 349 411 396 376 417
Mass Communication 678 720 837 949 1,042
Music 130 142 141 150 160
Music Education 144 143 139 120 133
Theatre 155 135 138 152 174
Sum: 2,309 2,407 2,466 2,643 2,975

College of Health Professions
Allied Health 2 14 37 37 56
Athletic Training 92 104 64 83 85
Chemical Dependency, Counseling & Ed. 6 10 8 7 4
Deaf Studies 77 94 119 112 119
Exercise Science 177 225 258 307 423
Gerontology 12 12 18 19 24
Health Care Management 49 54 72 84 89
Health Sciences 89 100 107 129 130
Nursing 545 581 662 738 774
Occupational Therapy 132 150 159 172 201
Physical Education 166 177 172 158 134
Speech Language Pathology & Audiology 166 186 174 193 202
Sports Management 233 268 301 335 392
Sports Studies 35 35 28 10 2
Sum: 1,781 2,010 2,179 2,384 2,635

College of Liberal Arts
Cultural Studies 8 12 8 11 17
English 295 325 335 359 390
Family Studies 126 176 181 186 225
Foreign Languages - - 26 43 80
French 10 17 14 7 3
Geography & Environmental Planning 62 67 70 66 68
Geography & Land Surveying 3 1 4 6 9
German 3 5 2 2 0
History 261 285 278 289 344
Interdisciplinary Studies 46 37 50 66 69
International Studies 81 100 102 108 116
Law & American Civilization 46 60 78 80 67
Metropolitan Studies 4 8 7 9 15
Philosophy & Religious Studies 36 52 57 50 34
Political Science 240 227 238 230 242
Psychology 788 812 831 903 928
Religious Studies 13 6 18 17 16
Social Science 105 66 63 53 77
Sociology/Anthropology & Criminal Justice 466 410 482 520 542
Spanish 65 56 42 29 12
Women's Studies 14 15 14 15 12
Sum: 2,672 2,737 2,900 3,049 3,266

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics
Biology 469 549 601 602 587
Chemistry 133 126 125 124 133
Computer Science 214 202 198 202 219
Earth - Space Sciences 15 14 15 14 9
Environmental Science & Studies 67 75 88 103 134
Forensic Chemistry 30 53 71 71 94
Geology 12 8 15 19 18
Information Systems 248 199 209 232 263
Information Technology - - - 3 9
Mathematics 153 156 181 231 225
Medicianl Chemistry 9 16 32 41 53
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Bioinformatics 46 45 60 69 91
Physics 53 53 63 57 56
Sum: 1,449 1,496 1,658 1,768 1,891
Undeclared & Non-Degree 1,725 1,448 1,340 1,270 1,197
TOTAL 13,598 13,883 14,630 15,341 16,484


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: Spring EIS.

Graduate Enrollment by 1st Major

(Full & Part-Time)

                         

Major
Spring '05
Spring '06
Spring '07
Spring '08
Spring '09

College of Business & Economics
Accounting & Business Advisory Services 19 22 22 21

39
Business Administration - - 20 19 26
Sum: 19 22 42 40 65

College of Education
Early Childhood Education 103 104 162 162 168
Elementary Education 106 93 84 42 72
Instructional Technology 140 164 180 174 191
Instructional Technology (Doctorate) 15 25 23 35 31
Reading Education 272 270 243 227 228
Secondary Education 87 105 78 65 57
Special Education 45 72 72 61 70
Teaching 219 190 175 195 193
Sum: 987 1,023 1,017 961 1,010

College of Fine Arts & Communications
Art (Studio) 24 23 24 31 27
Art Education 30 28 24 33 25
Communication Management 51 37 31 30 31
Music Education 36 46 38 33 38
Music Performance 11 13 18 13 16
Theatre 16 16 17 16 17
Sum: 168 163 152 156 154

College of Health Professions
Applied Gerontology 11 10 12 10 10
Audiology (Doctorate) 32 37 43 45 39
Health Science 87 82 76 75 89
Kinesiology - - - - 6
Nursing 39 55 61 71 65
Occupational Science (Doctorate) 8 7 12 11 11
Occupational Therapy 81 86 111 115 129
Physician Assistant Studies 65 62 59 67 69
Speech-Language Pathology 84 94 83 81 82
Sum: 407 433 457 475 500

College of Liberal Arts
Geography & Environmental Planning 33 38 31 30 25
Human Resource Development 134 149 184 237 247
Humanities 16 15 15 12 12
Professional Studies 38 56 36 29 36
Professional Writing 83 66 68 70 70
Psychology 177 173 160 162 120
Social Science 18 20 23 19 29
Women's Studies 29 22 15 12 15
Sum: 528 539 532 571 554

Fisher College of Science & Mathematics
Applied-Industrial Math 17 15 17 21 28
Applied Information Technology 180 181 189 175 160
Applied Information Technology (Doctorate) 32 37 37 45 60
Biology 59 53 61 69 59
Computer Science 134 106 97 99 103
Environmental Science 31 36 34 32 44
Forensic Science - - 11 21 30
Mathematics Education 46 69 82 68 117
Science Education 1 3 5 4 4
Sum: 500 500 533 534 605

College of Graduate Education

Integrated Homeland Security - - 18 38 42
Sum: - - 18 38 42
Interdisciplinary Certificates 42 54 58 65 118
Non-Degree 580 519 729 751 648
TOTAL 3,129 3,231 3,538 3,591 3,696


Source: Spring EIS.

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