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1976 Annual Report of the ACS Committee on Professional Training In its annual survey of U.S. schools whose undergraduate chemistry programs are approved by ACS, the committee has found that the number of baccalaureate graduates in chemistry increased 9% in 1975-76 over the previous year, even though programs at some smaller schools suffered enrollment declines and faculty cutbacks. A survey of graduate chemistry degrees reveals that the number of both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees granted decreased—8% and 9%, respectively—from 1974-75. Moreover, total graduate enrollments are continuing to decline. Private institutions have had the largest decreases, and the larger, stronger programs at public institutions, the least. In addition to these two surveys, the committee is completing a feasibility study of a senior comprehensive examination in chemistry, is considering a new statement of ACS criteria for undergraduate professional education in chemistry, and is studying the role of off-campus laboratory experience in undergraduate chemistry programs. Also, the committee is continuing its study of the M.S. degree in chemistry. The number of certified and noncertified baccalaureate degrees awarded by the approved departments in the 1975-76 academic year are listed, by institution, in the table at the end of this report and are detailed in the small summary tables. (Certified graduates have completed a curriculum specified by ACS and are eligible for immediate full membership in ACS, rather than having to wait until after three years of professional experience.) The tables also include chemical engineering graduates from institutions with programs accredited by the Engineers' Council for Professional Development. The tables show that the number of bachelor's degrees in chemistry has increased for the fourth year in a row. The 9% increase in 1975-76 follows increases of 4, 8, and 2% in the three preceding years. The number of noncertified baccalaureate graduates from these departments has increased more rapidly than has the number of certified graduates. Also, an increasing fraction of bachelor chemistry degrees are being earned by women. The number of women graduates was up 14% last year, whereas the number of male graduates increased only 8%. Most of the institutions offering chemistry programs that meet ACS criteria are now on the approved list. This list totals 532 at present, a net increase of three during the year. The number of in52
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stitutions whose chemistry programs aren't approved by ACS but who are seeking evaluation by the society continues to decline. Only six such evaluations were completed this year, half of which resulted in approval. However, the periodic re-evaluation of programs already on the list has become more time consuming in spite of the recent change from a three- to a five-year cycle. (Significant changes in a program may lead to earlier re-evaluation.) This year, 144 programs were considered; 60 are still under review; four were placed on probationary status; approval was withdrawn for one; and the other programs were renewed. The re-evaluations have revealed several problems of growing concern to the committee. Even though total chemistry enrollments have been increasing nationally, some of the smaller institutions have had to reduce their chemistry faculty because of budgetary cutbacks and/or decreasing enrollments in chemistry courses. Reductions in the advanced course options usually have accompanied the program cutbacks, and important upper-level as well as advanced courses are either not being given or are being scheduled only on an alternate-year basis. This reduces substantially the opportunity of a chemistry major to complete a program meeting the ACS criteria. Also of concern is the significant reduction at some institutions in the total formal laboratory component of the chemistry program. The reductions usually are offset by a corresponding increase in the time devoted to independent study and research; but the latter may be largely a literature survey or repetitive measurements, neither of which is a substitute for broad laboratory experience. Such situations have led to probationary status for several of the ACS-approved chemistry departments. These problems are being studied in greater depth by the committee. The committee periodically reviews not only the chemistry departments approved by ACS, but also the criteria by which these departments are evaluated. A new revision of the criteria is in the latter stages of adoption. It incorporates suggestions received from heads of chemistry departments approved by the society and from individual ACS members attending the open meeting of the committee in August 1976 in San Francisco. The draft includes more details of committee procedures and policies. Copies of it will be mailed to the heads of chemistry depart-
ments approved by ACS for their further study and comment. Final action on the revised criteria is anticipated at the March 1977 meeting of the committee in New Orleans. Initial evaluation of a chemistry department seeking approval of its program is based upon a questionnaire submitted by the department head. A new form has been prepared to parallel and complement the revised criteria. It will be tested on a trial basis during 1977. The new form places greater emphasis on self-evaluation by the department. Some undergraduate programs provide an off-campus laboratory experience. Such work-study programs have a long tradition in undergraduate education. In the past, off-campus participation in these programs usually did not receive academic credit even when directly related to a student's curriculum. However, it appears that in recent years an increasing number of schools have arranged for undergraduate chemistry majors to do laboratory work at off-campus industrial or governmental facilities, often with academic credit as well as a stipend for the work. The committee initiated a study during the year to determine the number and types of such programs at ACS-approved chemistry departments. We are particularly interested in those offering academic credit—the amount of credit allowed, the nature of the experience, how it is supervised and evaluated, and how it relates to and supports laboratory instruction in the formal academic program. The committee plans to describe the results of the study at its open meeting in August 1977 in Chicago and to make a written report available afterwards. Another undergraduate issue, which
Summary of totals from 1976 reports from approved schools Schools reporting Mon Womtn Total,
CHEMISTRY Bachelors, certified 528 3248 855 4103 Bachelors, not certified 528 4474 1332 5806 Masters 322 1303 373 1676 Doctorates 189 1420 202 1622 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Bachelors, certified 120 2682 238 2920 Masters 108 963 38 1001 Doctorates 101 312 8 320
has been under investigation for several years by the committee, is the feasibility and utility of an examination to be taken by chemistry majors in their senior year. A pilot examination was given to 113 students at seven institutions in the spring of 1975 and to a larger group of 258 students at 23 institutions in early 1976. Analysis of the data has given a variety of expected and unexpected results. For example, students planning graduate work scored higher than those not planning it. But noncertified students did as well as those with certified degrees. A final report of the study is being prepared for distribution and possible publication. At present, however, it appears that both institutional and student interest in this type of examination is not sufficient to warrant continuation of the project. The committee had hoped to have 500 students participate last spring. But even though the Washington, D.C., staff worked very hard with chemistry departments that had earlier expressed a strong interest in the exam, the committee was lucky to have 258 exams taken, of which only 171 were usable; essential ancillary data were not provided for the remainder. Also, there is no clear indication that such an examination would be more effective than those now available. Although the bulk of the committee's work focuses on undergraduate programs in chemistry, the committee also compiles data on graduate degrees. The results show that the number of graduate degrees granted is continuing to decline from the peak in 1970, in contrast to the increasing number of undergraduate degrees. For 1975-76, the number of M.S. degrees granted decreased about 8% from 1974-75, and the number of Ph.D. degrees decreased 9%. The award of 1600 Ph.D. degrees in 1975-76 is 27% less than the peak of 2200 in 1969-70. The committee issued a report in 1972 on "Doctoral Education in Chemistry: Facing the 70's" (C&EN, Aug. 14, 1972, page 35) that projected a 30% decrease for this six-year period. The corresponding shrinkage in graduate chemistry enrollments varies from program to program according to local circumstances. But it has been greater at private than at public institutions, and among the latter it has been less for the larger, stronger programs. These conclusions are based upon the fall enrollment data for 1970 and 1974 in the 1971 and 1975 editions of the ACS Directory of Graduate Research, with the 188 Ph.D.granting departments divided into four groups in order of the 1970 Roose-Andersen "Rated Effectiveness of Doctoral Program," as was done in an earlier committee study (C&EN, April 28,1975, page 38). Whereas total enrollments dropped 13% over the four-year period, the enrollments in public institutions dropped 3, 7, and 17% for groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Private institutions had decreases of about 20% for all three groups. The role of the master's degree in chemistry has been the focus of a special
Summary of information from approved schools, 1972-76 Bachelors tfumber Certified of gradutchool» ate·
Master· Doctorate» NonNumcertified ber Number graduof Graduof Graduate· schools ate· school» ates
CHEMISTRY 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
478 502 514 526 528
3424 3835 3844 3897 4103
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
113 116 119 120 120
3143 3267 3170 2873 2920
4484 4225 4868 5187 5806 — — — — —
306 317 318 319 322
2019 2005 1867 1814 1676
184 187 189 188 189
1929 1880 1732 1781 1622
111 113 115 117 108
1037 947 978 1012 1001
97 101 101 105 101
404 427 365 351 320
Note: 524 schools report that they expect a total of 10,063 bachelor graduates with majors in chemistry during the 1976-77 academic year, and 115 schools report they expect a total of 3743 bachelor graduates with majors in chemical engineering.
study undertaken recently by the committee. The first phase of the study (C&EN, March 8, 1976, page 25) summarized and analyzed information from ACS-approved chemistry departments that offer M.S. degrees and from students enrolled in such masters programs. It dealt primarily with the nature and objectives of the programs and of the students in them. The second phase of the study, now nearing completion, solicited information on the careers and attitudes of M.S. chemists employed in the chemical industry. The Education Activities Committee of the Manufacturing Chemists Association assisted the committee in obtaining more than 600 responses from individuals representing 60 different chemical manufacturing companies located throughout the U.S. Preliminary analysis of the results suggests that there are ample reasons for institutions to offer masters programs in chemistry and for individuals to pursue them. However, the results also suggest that institutions in designing the content and flexibility of their programs think carefully about the career goals of the individuals in them. Further, individuals pursuing such programs should understand their personal reasons for doing so, take wise advantage of the latitude of the programs, and not expect too much immediate financial compensation as a reward for completion of the programs. Rather, the acquisition of the M.S. degree may be more important as one step in a long-term educational process. Another committee activity related to graduate education is publicatic of the ACS Directory of Graduate J arch. Sales of the most recent edit) f the directory (1975) have totaled a 1600 copies. Also, about 1500 comp* tary copies were sent to the graduai pertinents listed in the directory ai o the other U.S. departments offering jaccalaureate degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering. Total income is about $82,000, of which $50,000 is in page charges from the institutions whose fac-
ulty and research publications are listed in the directory, and the remainder is from sales. In production of the 1975 edition, part of the data handling and printing operations were done for the first time by Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus on a computerized basis. Because of the development costs, the 1975 edition probably will show a small net loss. Plans for the 1977 edition include the use by CAS of their computer retrieval capabilities to list the publications for each faculty member included in the directory (generally those of the past two years). This is expected to reduce the time required of the faculty to provide the necessary information. It also is expected to result in enough cost savings to make the publication fully self-supporting. During the past year there have been several committee changes. Dr. J. Arthur Campbell of Harvey Mudd College and Dr. Harry B. Gray of California Institute of Technology were appointed to the committee, effective Jan. 1,1976. At that time, Dr. Henry A. Bent of North Carolina State University, Dr. David S. Breslow of Hercules research center, and Dr. W. Conard Fernelius of Kent State University completed their service as members of the committee. Dr. Fernelius was appointed a consultant to the committee for 1976.
Committee members J. A. Campbell W. H. Eberhardt P. A. M. Figueras H. B. Gray H. S. Gutowsky, chairman D. E. Jones
E. S. Lewis H. S. Mosher E. M. Pearce W. B. Renfrow R. O. Schaeffer W. P. Sllchter
W. C. Fernelius, consultant C. Walling, consultant J. H. Howard, secretary B. R. Blaser, assistant secretary
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Chemical and chemical engineering degrees awarded by approved schools, 1975-76 CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Bachelors,
Abilene Christian U Adelphi U Agnes Scott C Akron, U of Alabama, U of University Birmingham Huntsville Alaska, U of Albion C Albright C Alfred U Allegheny C AlmaC American U Amherst C Andrews U* Antioch C Arizona State U Arizona, U of Arkansas, U of Fayetteville Little Rock Ashland C Auburn U Augsburg C Augustana C, Rock island, III. Augustana C, Sioux Falls, S.D. Austin C Baldwin-Wallace C Ball State U Barnard C Bates C Baylor U BeloitC Bemidji State U Birmingham-Southern C Bloomsburg State C Boston C Boston U Bowdoin C Bowling Green State U Bradley U Brandeis U Bridgeport, U of Bridgewater State C Brigham Young U Brown U Bryn Mawr C Bucknell U Butler U California Institute of Technology California Polytechnic State U California State College Bakersfield Dominguez Hills8 San Bernardino Sonoma Stanislaus California State Polytechnic U California State U Chico Fresno Fullerton Hayward Long Beach Los Angeles Northridge Sacramento 54
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Bachelors, certified Ph.D.
B.S.
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41 2 27 1 25 6 3 60 5 29 107 4 21 3 8 91 0 16 21 0 13 8 17 4 5 37 3 3 1 2 0 30 17 1 4 4 8 3 7
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Yes
California, U of Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Calvin C Canisius C Capital U Carleton C Carnegie-Mellon U Carroll C Carthage C Case Western Reserve U Catholic U of America Centenary C of Louisiana Central C Central Connecticut State C Central Michigan U Central State U Chatham C Chicago, U of Cincinnati, U of Citadel, The City U of New York New York U Brooklyn C City College Herbert H. Lehman C Hunter C Queens C Clarion State C Clark U Clarkson C of Technology Clemson U Cleveland State U CoeC Colby C Colgate U Colorado C Colorado School of Mines Colorado State U Colorado, U of Columbia U Concordia C Connecticut, U of Cooper Unionb Cornell C Cornell U Dartmouth C David Lipscomb C Davidson C Dayton, U of Delaware State C Delaware, U of Delaware Valley C of Science & Agriculture Denison U Denver, U of DePaul U DePauw U Detroit, U of Dickinson C Drake U DrewU Drexel U
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CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
Yes
Duke U Duquesne U Earlham C East Carolina U East Tennessee State U East Texas State U Eastern Illinois U Eastern Kentucky U Eastern Michigan U Elizabethtown C Elmhurst C Emmanuel C Emory U Emporia Kansas State C Evansville, U of Fairfield U Fairleigh Dickinson U Rutherford Teaneck FiskU Florida Atlantic U Florida State U Florida Technological U Florida, U of Fordham U Franklin and Marshall C Furman U Geneva C George Mason U Georgetown U George Washington U Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State U Georgia, U of Gettysburg C Gonzaga U Goucher C Grand Valley State C Grinnell C Gustavus Adolphus C Hamilton C Hamline U Hampden-Sydney C Hampton Institute Hartford, U of Hartwick C Harvard U Harvey MuddC Haverford C Hawaii, U of Hiram C Hobart and William Smith C Hofstra U Hollins C Holy Cross, C of the HopeC Houston, U of Howard U Humboldt State U Idaho State U Idaho, U of Illinois Benedictine C Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois State U Illinois, U of Chicago Circle Urbana-Champaign Illinois Wesleyan U Immaculate Heart C Indiana State U Indiana, U of Indiana U of Pennsylvania Indiana U-Purdue U Iowa State U of Science & Technology
No
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certified Yes
Iowa, U of Ithaca C Jackson State U John Carroll U Johns Hopkins U Juniata C Kalamazoo C Kansas State C Kansas State U Kansas, U of Kent State U Kentucky, U of Kenyon C King's C KnoxC Lafayette C Lake Forest C Lamar U LaSalle C Lawrence U Lebanon Valley C Lehigh U LeMoyne C Lincoln U Long Island U Brooklyn Ctr. Conolly C C. W. Post C Loras C Louisiana State U Louisiana Tech U Louisville, U of Lowell, U of Loyola Marymount U Loyola U, New Orleans Loyola U, Chicago Luther C Macalester C MacMurray C Maine, U of Manhattan Cc Manhattanville C Mankato State U Marietta C Marist C Marquette U Marshall U Maryland, U of Maryland Baltimore County, U of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts, U of McMurry C McNeese State U Memphis State U Merrimack C Miami U Miami, U of Michigan State U Michigan Technological U Michigan, U of Ann Arbor Flint Middle Tennessee State U Middlebury C Midwestern State U Millersvllle State C MillsapsC Minnesota, U of Minneapolis Duluth Mississippi Ca Mississippi State U Mississippi, U of Missouri, U of Columbia
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CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY CHEMICiM_ ENGINEERING
Bachelors, certified Yes
Missouri, U off (continued) 6 Kansas City 14 Rolla St. Louis 15 Monmouth C 3 Montana State U 3 Montana, U off 1 Montclair State C 6 Moorhead State U 3 Moravian C 5 Morehouse C 3 4 Morgan State U 6 Mount Holyoke C Mount Saint Vincent, C 2 oi° Muhlenberg C 4 7 Murray State U 1 Muskingum C Nebraska, U off Lincoln 6 Omaha 3 2 Nebraska Wesleyan U Nevada, U off 4 Las Vegas 1 Reno 4 New Hampshire, U of New Jersey Institute off Technology6 — New Mexico Highlands 0 U New Mexico State U 8 4 New Mexico Tech New Mexico, U of 19 11 New Orleans, U of 13 New York U 7 North Alabama, U of North Carolina A&T 4 State U North Carolina Central U 0 North Carolina State U 20 North Carolina, U of Chapel Hill 18 8 Charlotte 6 Greensboro 6 Wilmington 3 North Dakota State U 3 (forth Dakota, U of North Texas State U 7 3 Northeast Louisiana U Northeastern U 14 Northern Arizona U 1 Northern Colorado, U of 2 28 Northern Illinois U Northern Iowa, U of 3 Northern Michigan U 4 Northwest Missouri State U 7 Northwestern State U of 0 Louisiana Northwestern U 15 Norwich U 1 Notre Dame, U off 8 Oakland U 9 Oberlin C 2 14 Occidental C Ohio Northern U 3 Ohio State U 15 OhioU 12 1 Ohio Wesleyan U 4 Oklahoma State U 9 Oklahoma, U of 2 Old Dominion U 12 Oregon State U 6 Oregon, U of 2 PaceU Pacific Lutheran U 3 Pacific, U off 2 33 Pennsylvania State U 16 Pennsylvania, U off 56
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37 10 15 6 1 3 15 1 1 0 6 32 3 12 14 4
M.S.
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1 3 0
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Bachelors, certified
Philadelphia C of Pharmacy & Science Philadelphia C of Textiles & Science Pittsburgh, U off Polytechnic Institute off New York Pomona C Portland State U Pratt Institute" Princeton U Providence C Puerto Rico, U off Mayaguez" Rio Piedras Puget Sound, U of Purdue U Randolph-Màcon Woman's C Redlands, U of ReedC Regis C Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island, U of RiceU Richmond, U of Rider C RiponC Roanoke C Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, U of Rollins C Roosevelt U Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers U Douglass College Rutgers C Newark C of Arts & Sciences Saginaw Valley State C St. Anselm's C St. John Fisher C St. John's U St. Joseph C St. Joseph's C St. Lawrence U St. Louis U St. Olaf C St. Peter's C St. Thomas, C of Sam Houston State U San Diego State U San Francisco State U San Francisco, U of San Jose State U Santa Clara, U off Scranton, U of Seattle U Seton Hall U Shippensburg State C Siena C Simmons C Slippery Rock State C Smith C South Carolina, U of South Dakota School off Mines & Technology South Dakota State U South Dakota, U off South Florida, U of Southeast Missouri State U Southeastern Massachusetts U Southern California, U of
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41 5 5 0 4 5 3
0 1 0 17 0 1 7
7 9 2 5
B.S.
2
— —
15 2 25
Ph.D.
4
— —
23 6
M.S.
7 8 7 2
5 3 18 13 0 1 19
15 0
— 2
—
—
32
60
20
11 3 6
42 11 27
8 3 28
0 0 4
—
—
—
—
—
9
8
15
—
—
—
—
—
9
5
3
0
—
—
d
6 19
14 9
—
—
24
3
3
15 7 4 10 5 3 13 6 2 3 0 2 5 25 12 2 26 13 7 1 12 12 4 1 1 1 6
6 8 8 4 10 0 14 15 35 41 12 6 2 3 19 3 18 6 7 3 1 4 0 5 2 12 22
13
8
—
—
—
6 4 16
3
— —
— — —
— — —
— — —
6
4
—
—
—
3 11 9 1 7
— — — —
— — — — — '— — —
14
7
— — — — —
7
—
—
—
—
11 3
0
—
— —
— —
— —
0 7
1 10
13
—
—
—
8 3 3 18
0 22 7 52
7 3 7 6
—
22
2
— 5
— — —
— — —
— — — —
0
12
9 10
6 6
0 4
—
—
—
—
3
2
6
9
5
11
0
2
CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Bachelors, certified Ye»
No
Southern Illinois U, Carbondale 0 15 Edwardsville 2 17 Southern Methodist U 9 12 Southern Mississippi, U Of 7 9 Southern Oregon State C 6 4 Southern U and A&M C 4 0 Southwest State U 1 11 Southwest Missouri State U 0 19 Southwest Texas State U 10 2 Southwestern at Memphis 4 3 Southwestern Louisiana, Uof 1 0 Southwestern Oklahoma State U 7 13 StanfordU 5 23 State U of New York, Albany 29 0 Binghamton 0 22 Buffalo 24 22 Stony Brook 7 30 C of Arts and Sciences 10 12 CatBrockport 4 11 Cat Buffalo 10 3 Cat Cortland 4 5 CatFredonia 9 1 CatGeneseo 8 3 CatNewPaltz 7 4 CatOneonta 3 13 Cat Oswego 13 4 Cat Potsdam 0 22 Stephen F. Austin State U 4 5 Stetson U 1 6 Stevens Institute of Technology 6 4 Suffolk U 4 5 Susquehanna U 6 1 SwarthmoreC 4 4 Syracuse U 7 15 Temple U 21 0 Tennessee Technological U 5 16 Tennessee, Uof 9 16 Texas A & I U 2 1 Texas A&M U 12 6 Texas Christian U 2 6 Texas Southern U 8 0 Texas Tech U 8 22 Texas, U of Arlington 10 15 Austin 60 0 El Paso 6 0 Texas Woman's U 1 2 Thiol C 5 3 Thomas More C* Toledo, Uof 7 12 Towson State U 0 9 Trinity C 12 0 Trinity U 2 5 Tufts U 7 43 Tulane U of Louisiana 3 23 Tulsa, Uof 5 2 Tuskegee Institute 0 5 Union C 8 9 U.S. Air Force Academy 12 0 U.S. Naval Academy 14 0 UrsinusC 8 2 Utah State U 9 0 Utah, Uof 1 33 Valparaiso U 8 24 VanderbiHU 3 34 VassarC 1 7 Vermont, Uof 16 6 VillanovaU 13 0
M.S.
Ph.D.
B.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
1 5 2
13
8 — 1 —
7 — — —
— — — —
— — — —
— — — —
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
11
—
—
3
19
I 13
22
11
3 8 8 7 1 — 2 0 3 4 3 0 4 0
7 — 3 — 12 I 24 6 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — — —
— — 11 — -— — — — — — — — —
— — 4 — — — — — — — — — — —
4 —
— —
4
9 2 — — 5 3 0 4 0 9 2 6 4
I — — — _ _ - _ - _ _ _ I _ _ —
0 — — — 5 I 8 I — 7 2 — 18 I 2 — 7 I
Bachelors, certified
_ _ _ _ _ — — — — — — — . - _ - _ — — — — — — 7 5 3 — — — 14 4 — 60 — — 24
1 5 — 11 — — 8
0 5 — 2 — — 4
7 9 0 1 —
— — 22 I 49 — — 0 — — —
— 13 — — —
— 7 — — —
2 — 0 1 5 0 — 3 3 — — — 0 7 — 7 2 0 9
3 I 13 — — —. — — — 2 26 1 I 18 — 14 — — —.—— — — — — — 2 I — 8 I 16 — — 5 9 — _ 1 — 6 I 8
4 — — — 1 4 7 — — — — — — 11 — 3 — — 1
3 — — — 0 3 3 — — — — — — 4 — 1 — — —
Υ·«
Virginia Commonwealth U 20 Virginia Military Institute 12 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State U 17 Virginia, U of 13 Wabash C 8 Wagner C 5 Wake Forest U 0 Washburn U of Topeka 2 Washington C 6 Washington and Jefferson C 2 Washington and Lee U 0 Washington State U 11 Washington U 14 Washington, U of 47 Wayne State U 21 WaynesburgC 1 Weber State C 7 WellesleyC 0 Wells C 0 WesleyanU 8 West Chester State C 8 West Florida, U of 7 West Texas State U 5 West Virginia Institute of Technology 1 West Virginia State C 0 West Virginia U 8 Western Illinois U 3 Western Kentucky U 1 Western Maryland C 7 Western Michigan U 2 Western New England C 0 Western Washington State C 3 Westminster C 1 Wheaton C, Wheaton, III. 1 Wheaton C, Norton, Mass. 2 Wheeling C 1 Whitman C 3 WhittierC 1 Wichita State U 19 WidenerC 3 Wilkes C 4 Willamette U 2 William and Mary, C of 12 Williams C 7 Wisconsin, U of Eau Claire 3 Green Bay 0 La Crosse 7 Madison 9 Milwaukee 3 Oshkosh 7 Platteville 1 River Falls 8 Stevens Point 3 Superior 2 Wittenberg U 2 Wooster, C o f 6 WorcMler Polytechnic Institute 3 Wright State U 9 Wyoming, U of 8 Xavier U 6 Xavier U of Louisiana 2 YaleU 19 Youngstown State U 1 TOTALS
No
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING M.S.
Ph.D.
B.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
ι 0 0
1 —
3 —
— Ι —
— —
— —
15 2 1 1 6 34 8 5
3 4 — — 0 — —
16 6 — — ο -—
128 13 — — — — —
2 9 — — — — —
0 2 — — — — —
— — — I — 7 I 13 7 18 1&v1 I 37 20 I 18 — — — — — — — _ 1 — _ I _ — — — —
— — 8 10 6 8 — — — — — _ — —
— — — 2 7 2 — — — — — _ — —
20 — 6 — 12 3 3 3 29 14 29 9 2 — 2 — 32 — 1 — 9 1 6 1 4 — 2 1 1 1 33 3 15 3 22 1
— — 7 0 7 — 5 _
— — 3 — — — 1 _
5 — 9 I — — — I _ I _
— — 13 _ — — _ _
— — 0 _ — — _ _
18 6 18
1 — —
— — —
— — —
— — —
— — —
6 3 7 4 8 1 3 8 33 25
— — — 0 6 — 2 — 2
— — — — 1 — — — —
— — — — I _ — — — I —
— — — — _ — — — —
— — — — _ — — — —
15 1 6 — 9 2 35 19 21 7 3 — 2 — 5 — 5 — 3 — 5 — 20
— — — 41 4 — — — — — —
— — — I 52 — — — — — — —
— — — 11 — — — — — — —
— — — 10 — — — — — — —
18 3 5 2 4 2 4 4 6 — 0 12 26 8
6 — 4 — — 17 —
I 32 — 7 — — — | 9
5 — 1 —. — — —
2 — — — — — —
4103580616761622 2920 1001
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a Added in 1976. b Listed on basis of accreditation by AlChE and ECPD. c The chemistry programs at Mount Saint Vincent College and Manhattan College are integrated into a combined department with all instruction in chemistry located at Manhattan College, d Data not submitted, e For brevity, B.S. and M.S. are used to denote B.A. and B.S. and M.A. and M.S.. respectively.
March 21, 1977 C&EN
57
Big schools are still getting even bigger For the fourth year in a row C&EN has gleaned through the mass of data produced annually by the society's Committee on Professional Training (CPT) to come up with rankings, by size, of the nation's largest producers of new chemistry graduates at all degree levels. This year's offering ranks the top 25 producers of baccalaureate, certified baccalaureate, M.S., and Ph.D. graduates. One of the most striking trends brought out by the latest rankings, which cover the 1975-76 academic year, is the sharp upsurge in these recent years in the size of the baccalaureate class at the biggest departments. For instance, the first of these listings covering the 1972-73 academic year showed that no school produced as many as 100 new bachelor chemists. In that year the University of Florida topped the list with 97. However, last year no fewer than eight schools produced 100 or more new baccalaureate chemists. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, produced the most, 152. Much of the growth in the total number of new baccalaureate chemists since 1972-73 has been due to major gains in the number of noncertified graduates, from 4225 to 5806. However, the number of certified graduates (who are immediately eligible for ACS membership) has been increasing again since 1971-72 and moved into new high ground last year, pushing beyond a 1969 high. This is the third year in a row that the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has headed the listing of producers of new baccalaureate graduates (certified plus noncertified). The University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Florida, respectively, retain the second and third positions they had for 1974-75. And the rest of the list shows little change from the previous year. The top 12 group shows only one change—the University of California, San Diego, moving up to displace the University of California, Irvine. The University of California, San Diego; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and the University of Texas, Austin, rank as the top three producers of certified bachelor graduates for 1975-76, as they did for 1974-75. For the third year in a row the University of Illinois, Urbana, is the largest producer of new Ph.D.'s. And this school shares with Purdue University and the University of San Diego the distinction of being on all four rankings—for B.S., certified B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. The CPT report also reveals that the three largest producers of new B.S. graduates in chemical engineering in 1975-76 were Georgia Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the University of Michigan. MIT topped the list of producers of new M.S. graduates; the University of California, Berkeley, graduated the most new Ph.D. chemical engineers. D 58
C&EN March 21, 1977
These schools are the big producers of chemistry graduates8 Total bachelor g r a d u a l · · (CertHied and u n c i i H t e d )
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 18. 20. 21. 22. 22. 22. 25.
Cftrtted bacrflor g r a d u a l · ·
U of North Carolina. Chapel Hill 152 136 U of California, Los Angeles 120 U of Florida U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 114 113 Indiana U 108 U of Miami 105 U of Maryland 100 Emory U 94 U of Pittsburgh 91 U of California, San Diego 82 City U of New York, Brooklyn C 76 Uof Washington 74 U of Georgia 74 Miami U 70 U of South Florida 63 U of California, Irvine 61 DukeU Massachusetts Inst, of Technology 60 60 U of Texas, Austin 57 California Polytechnic State U 53 Case Western Reserve U 50 U of Kansas 50 Tufts U 50 Wayne State U 49 Purdue U
M.S. gradual—
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 15. 16. 16. 16. 16. 20. 20. 22. 22. 22. 25. 25. 25.
U of Illinois. Urbana Cornell U Purdue U U of California, Berkeley U of Pittsburgh Princeton U Columbia U Northwestern U Lawrence U U of Maryland U of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ohio State U Roosevelt U U of Wisconsin, Madison Johns Hopkins U U of California. San Diego New York U Polytechnic Institute of New York St. JosephsC Cleveland State U U of Washington U of California. Santa Barbara U of Rochester Rutgers U, C of Arts & Sciences California State U. Long Beach Drexel U YaleU
1. U of California, San Diego 2. Massachusetts Inst, of Technology 2. U of Texas, Austin 4. U of Pittsburgh 5. U of Washington 6. U of Michigan, Ann Arbor 7. U of California, Berkeley 7. Illinois State U 7. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. 10. U of Cincinnati 11. Cornell U 11. U of Illinois. Urbana 13. Pennsylvania State U 14. City U of New York, Queens C 15. Michigan State U 16. U of California, Los Angeles 16. State U of New York, Albany 18. Arizona State U 18. Northern Illinois U 20. California Inst, of Technology 21. San Jose State U 22. U of California, Davis 22. Fairleigh Dickinson U, Teaneck 22. Purdue U 22. San Diego State U
91 60 60 49 47 42 41 41 41 39 34 34 33 32 30 29 29 28 28 27 26 25 25 25 25
PH.D. g r a d u a l · ·
37 32 29 27 25 25 24 22 21 19 19 19 19 19 18 16 16 16 16 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. 7. 7. 11. 12. 12. 12. 15. 16. 17. 17. 17. 17. 21. 21. 23. 23. 23. 23. 23.
U of Illinois, Urbana U of California, Berkeley U of Wisconsin, Madison Massachusetts Inst, of Technology Purdue U Ohio State U California Inst, of Technology U of California, Los Angeles U of Maryland Michigan State U U of Colorado Cornell U Harvard U Iowa State U U of Texas, Austin U of Minnesota, Minneapolis U of Florida Indiana U Northwestern U Wayne State U U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Stanford U U of California, San Diego U of Cincinnati Columbia U New York U Texas A&M U
a 12 months ending June 30. 1976. Sourc·: Data drawn by CAEN from report of Committee on Professional Training
60 50 41 35 32 30 25 25 25 25 24 23 23 23 22 21 20 20 20 20 19 19 18 18 18 18 18
