1943—44 Survey of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Students Made for the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel in Cooperation with the American Chemical Society by ERLE M . BiLLINGS, Consultant
T N D U E course full details of this extensive survey involving 625 colleges and universities will b e published by the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. The data given at this time are published with t h e permission of the National Roster and represent returns from those institutions which give courses in chemistry and chemical engineering, 580 in all. The colleges and universities sent in the names and addresses of 17,676 students. T o each of these w a s sent a questionnaire t o be filled in and returned to the National Roster where they will be indexed and
made available for reference t o various Government DepartmentsComparative figures for 1940, 1941, and 1942 are given, being t h e results of surv e y s made in those years and. already published in CHEMICAL ANT> ENGINEERING NEWS.
T h e data on freshmen a n d sophomores w h o expect to take t h e s e courses are omitted. Naturally, under present war conditions there is a great uncertainty as to how many of these individuals can or will continue until graduation. Those who are allowed to continue will be surveyed again next year.
Student (Men and Women) Survey Summary for 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943
YEAR
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
B.S.
1940 1941 1942 1943
514 514 564 580
4,374 4,527 4,854 5,048
294
CHEMISTS M.S. P H . D .
697 910 725 625
399 723 530 602
TOTAL
5,470 6,160 6,109 6,275
CHEMICAL ENGINEERS B.S. M.S. P H . D .
1,867 1,747 2,029 2,675
203 183 243 110
29 23 62 67
TOTAL
CHEM. AND CH.E. GRAN» TOTAL
2,09^ 1,953 2,334 2,852
7,569 8,113 8,443 9,127
C H E M I C AL
I t will be noted that there are 4,022 men chemistry seniors, but 976 of them are in one of the Military Beserves, such as Air Corps, Army, Marine Corps, N a v y , or R . O. T . C. This leaves the n e t number of Chemistry Seniors 3,046 There are 4,364 m e n juniors who are majoring i n chemistry, but 1,215 of these are in o n e of the reserves, making the net number continuing for final year Chemistry Juniors 3,149 T h e corresponding figures for chemical engineers show 2,670 men seniors, with 5 6 0 of t h e m i n the Reserves, leaving the n e t number of Chemical Engineer—Seniors... 2,110 There are 3,361 men juniors in chemical engineering, but 853 of them are in t h e Reserves, leaving t h e net number t o continue training for their final semesters Chemical Engineer—Juniors... 2,508 A careful study of the various tables and figures indicates that there will b e far from sufficient young people being trained in chemistry and chemical engineering t o meet the Nation's increasing needs.
AND
ENGINEERING
NEWS
Number Men and Women Who Will Major in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering CHBMICAL· ENGINEERING MAJORS
CHEMTSTRT MAJORS
(A) Men Seniors Juniors
4,022 4,364
(C) Men 2,670 3,361
(B) Women 1,026 1,294
(D) "Women
Number Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Students in R. Ο . T. C. or Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Armed Forces CHEMISTRY MAJORS
^— Air C. 144 168
Seniors Juniors
(338 schools) Enlisted Reserve Army Marine C. Navy 269 26 271 399 34 286
CHBMICAL· ENGINEERING MAJORS
* Total 710 887
R. O. T. C. 266 328
• Air C. 67 103
(92 schools) Enlisted Reserve Army Marine C. Navy 80 13 130 223 23 145
· Total 290 494
R.O.T.C. 270 359
Summary Data of Chemists and Chemical Engineers 1942 . tfov. Dec. Jan.
Feb. Mar.
Apr.
men (Bachelor's) expect to graduate women (Bachelor's) expect to graduate men (Master's) expect to graduate -women (Master's) expect to graduate men (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate women (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate
12 0 1 0 0 0
252 22 33 4 41 4
379 27 16 0 6 0
443 58 44 5 48 5
164 11 17 1 21 0
106 13 21 2 25 0
859 175 115 7 87 2
1,504 640 197 38 199 10
Chemical Engineers Number men (Bachelor's) expect to graduate Number women (Bachelor's) expect to graduate Number men (Master's) expect to graduate Number women (Master's) expect to graduate Number men (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate Number women (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate
10 0 1 0 0 0
334 1 11 0 10 0
238 0 2 0 2 0
437 1 23 0 8 0
244 0 0 0 0 0
195 1 0 0 0 0
298 1 18 0 4 0
Chemists Number Number Number Number Number Number
men (Bachelor's) expect to graduate women (Bachelor's) expect to graduate men (Master's) expect to graduate women (Master's) expect to graduate men (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate women (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate
38 6 0 0 0 0
343 59 39 3 42 5
245 25 17 2 8 0
292 53 40 5 57 5
77 4 4 1 10 1
82 13 3 0 4 0
Chemical Engineers Number men (Bachelor's) expect to graduate Number women (Bachelor's) expect to graduate Number men (Master's) expect to graduate Number women (Master's) expect to graduate Number men (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate Number women (Ph.D.'s) expect to graduate
6 0 0 0 0 0
516 0 22 0 5 0
199 1 9 0 2 0
304 0 7 0 1 0
107 0 8 0 0 0
191 0 0 0 0 0
Chemists Number Number Number Number Number Number
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229 1 3 0 2 0
335 1 5 0 8 0
185 0 2 0 1 0
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2,005 835 152 20 211 9
40 0 2 0 0 1
205 39 4 1 22 2
163 21 7 2 30 5
25 4 8 0 15 1
418 3 33 0 7 0
1,140 2 58 0 15 0
39 0 0 0 0 0
260 1 1 0 4 0
343 1 2 0 4 0
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H P E R M I N G the Army program to reduce "*• pre-medical training from the present three-year average to 15 months as being against the best interests of Army and civilian medical services, the executive council of the Association of American Medical Colleges made the following statement last month: "Educational authorities would only re gret such a decision b y the Army, which can lead only to serious lowering of pro fessional education and the consequent production of medical officers of inferior quality that will be reflected in unsatis factory medical services in the military services and future civilian practice".
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, April
21, NO.
Sep.
Criticizes A r m y Program for Medical Students
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