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there were 4,418 in 2004–05 compared with 4,947 last year—and so is the number of Ph.D.s. These were up 11.9% to 893 from 798 Ph.D.s in 2004–05. The number of master’s degrees, however, started to fall over this period, with 1,034 graduates last year compared with 1,242 in 2004–05. THE ACS OFFICE of Professional Train-

ing, under the direction of Cathy A. Nelson since 1992, collects these data from ACSapproved colleges and universities across the U.S. The office’s technology specialist, Gary Woods, has compiled the data for the past several years. Established by the society in 1936, CPT assesses, approves, and monitors under-

GAINS CONTINUE FOR CHEMISTRY GRADS STRONG GROWTH in bachelor’s degrees spills into doctorates DAVID J. HANSON, C&EN WASHINGTON

THE GROWTH in numbers of chemistry

graduates continued last year as the chemistry programs at U.S. universities and colleges approved by the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training (CPT) conferred a record 14,577 bachelor’s degrees in chemistry for the 2008–09 academic year. This is a 4.7% rise from the previous year. The number of doctorates awarded from U.S. schools also hit new heights. A record 2,543 new Ph.D.s were awarded, a rise of 7.7% from 2007–08. The number of master’s degrees, however, defied the trend. That figure dropped by 3.2% to 1,986, which is essentially the same number of master’s graduates reported more than a decade ago. Chemical engineering degrees awarded have also shown a steady increase over the past several years. Bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering numbered 4,947 last year, up 5.1% from the previous year. Master’s degrees in chemical engineering rose 10.5% to 1,034 last year, and the number of Ph.D.s awarded grew slightly to 893, up from 885 in 2007–08. These data represent the basic findings in the newest CPT report on degrees granted in chemistry and chemical engi-

neering. The chemistry data in the report are based on information submitted by the 653 schools with ACS-approved chemistry bachelor’s degree programs in 2008–09. Overall, the submitted data show that the number of bachelor’s degrees has risen every year since taking a dip in 2002, growing by nearly 50% over this period. Ph.D. growth has not been as dramatic, climbing by 30.1% from its low point in 2002. The number of master’s degrees awarded in chemistry, however, has been more volatile, rising and falling over the past decade and showing little overall growth. For instance, the number of degrees earned in 2008–09 is almost the same as the number earned in the 1997–98 academic year— 1,986 and 1,980 degrees, respectively. Such numbers indicate that there is a definite demand for this level of training for chemists but that many more students were deciding to either stay at the bachelor’s level or skip the master’s and work directly toward a Ph.D. CPT reports a similar pattern for chemical engineering graduates over the past five years. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in chemical engineering is rising—

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CHEM ENGINEERING GRADUATES Top 10 producers for 2008–09 BACHELOR’S GRADUATES

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Michigan, U of, Ann Arbor Purdue U Texas, U of, Austin Georgia Institute of Technology Wayne State U Pennsylvania State U Puerto Rico, U of, Mayaguez California, U of, Berkeley Cornell U North Carolina State U

113 106 99 98 94 93 91 85 84 79

MASTER’S GRADUATES

1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 8 10 10

Lamar U Massachusetts Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Southern California, U of South Florida, U of Cornell U Texas A&M U California, U of, Irvine North Carolina State U Georgia Institute of Technology Stanford U

56 49 31 30 25 22 22 20 20 19 19

DOCTORAL GRADUATES

1 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 9 10 10 10

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology Texas, U of, Austin Northeastern U Purdue U Wisconsin, U of, Madison Illinois, U of, Urbana-Champaign Minnesota, U of, Twin Cities Northwestern U Cornell U Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Wayne State U

SOURCE: Report of the ACS Committee on Professional Training, 2009

43 37 29 24 24 19 18 18 17 16 16 16

ACS COUNT OF CHEMISTRY GRADUATES Bachelor’s degree numbers continue increasing rapidly TOTAL

BACHELOR’S CERTIFIED % CERTIFIED

MASTER’S

Women attain record-high proportion of Ph.D.s

PH.D.

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

8,800 9,443 9,947 10,902 11,184 11,219 10,979 10,669

3,605 3,912 3,971 4,309 4,253 4,247 4,406 4,150

41.0% 41.4 39.9 39.5 38.0 37.9 40.1 38.8

1,683 1,803 1,878 2,098 2,086 1,980 1,925 1,796

2,140 2,202 2,127 2,127 2,174 2,208 2,093 1,982

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

10,323 9,923 10,068 10,155 10,945 12,120 12,925 13,921 14,577

3,917 3,713 3,739 3,622 3,924 4,252 4,517 4,865 5,030

37.9 37.4 37.1 35.7 35.9 35.1 34.9 34.9 34.5

1,832 1,701 1,614 1,840 1,748 1,989 2,042 2,051 1,986

2,028 1,955 2,007 1,963 2,064 2,321 2,462 2,362 2,543

TOTAL MEN BACHELOR’S GRADUATES

NOTE: Counts are of graduates from schools with departments that offer ACS-approved chemistry bachelor’s programs. SOURCE: Annual reports of the ACS Committee on Professional Training

GRADUATE CHEMISTRY STUDENT ENROLLMENTS Number of students enrolled in master’s programs is on the rise NO. OF DEPARTMENTS

FIRST-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS FULL-TIME PART-TIME

ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS FULL-TIME PART-TIME

MASTER’S

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

121 114 110 108 110 108 104

446 464 526 574 529 563 637

160 149 141 133 165 149 174

1,188 1,192 1,351 1,406 1,345 1,462 1,666

636 604 549 597 606 583 584

193 196 195 195 200 200 205

3,827 3,777 3,859 3,859 3,795 3,936 3,940

176 301 161 161 138 193 210

16,588 17,258 17,543 18,167 18,576 18,656 18,574

823 1,095 941 948 823 952 937

PH.D.

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

NOTE: Master’s departments are those offering the master’s as the highest degree. SOURCE: Annual reports of the ACS Committee on Professional Training

graduate chemistry programs. College and university chemistry departments apply to ACS for approval of their undergraduate programs; ACS does not approve master’s or doctoral programs. To be approved, the programs are evaluated against specific criteria established by the committee. Departments with approved chemistry programs must submit to CPT an annual report of all the degrees they award at all degree levels. Although some schools with chemistry programs have not applied to ACS to have their programs approved, more than 90%

of the bachelor’s degrees conferred in chemistry in the U.S. come from colleges and universities that offer ACSapproved programs, according to CPT estimates. TO CAPTURE information on chemical

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CHEMISTRY GRADUATES BY GENDER

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WOMEN % WOMEN

1984 1989 1994

9,679 7,650 9,947

6,263 4,614 5,740

3,416 3,036 4,207

35.3% 39.7 42.3

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

11,219 10,979 10,669 10,323 9,923 10,068 10,155 10,947 12,120 12,925 13,921 14,577

6,134 6,012 5,746 5,409 4,958 5,100 4,987 5,264 5,829 6,490 6,979 7,304

5,076 4,967 4,923 4,914 4,965 4,968 5,168 5,683 6,291 6,435 6,942 7,273

45.2 45.2 46.1 47.6 50.0 49.3 50.9 51.9 51.9 49.8 49.9 49.9


1984 1989 1994

1,621 1,605 1,878

1,097 1,007 1,086

524 598 792

32.3% 37.3 42.2

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1,980 1,925 1,796 1,832 1,701 1,614 1,840 1,745 1,989 2,042 2,051 1,986

1,087 1,097 1,036 1,092 922 873 976 897 1,025 1,058 1,091 1,062

893 828 760 740 779 741 864 848 964 984 960 924

45.1 43.0 42.3 40.4 45.8 45.9 47.0 48.6 48.5 48.2 46.8 46.5

DOCTORAL GRADUATES

1984 1989 1994

1,806 2,131 2,127

1,447 1,607 1,459

359 598 668

19.9% 28.1 31.4

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2,208 2,093 1,982 2,028 1,955 2,007 1,963 2,051 2,321 2,462 2,362 2,543

1,509 1,454 1,339 1,335 1,307 1,368 1,314 1,346 1,492 1,554 1,509 1,555

699 639 643 693 648 639 649 705 829 908 853 988

31.7 30.5 32.4 34.2 33.2 31.8 33.1 34.4 35.7 36.9 36.1 38.9

NOTE: Counts are of graduates from schools with departments offering ACS-approved chemistry bachelor’s programs. SOURCE: Annual reports of the ACS Committee on Professional Training

engineering schools responded, which is slightly less than the 149 that reported during the previous year. School-by-school data for 2008–09 chemistry and chemical engineering graduates are listed in the table beginning on

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page 48. They are also available at the office’s website at www.acs.org/cpt. The CPT report breaks down bachelor’s degrees into two classes: ACS certified and noncertified. The head of a school’s chemistry department, not ACS, determines which category its degrees fall into. The annual reports to CPT show that chemistry department policies on ACS certification vary considerably among colleges and universities. For example, the University of Washington granted the greatest number of bachelor’s degrees in chemistry last year, awarding 260 degrees, but just 22 of those were ACS certified. On the other hand, another top chemistry

degree producer, the University of Texas, Austin, conferred 192 chemistry bachelor’s degrees in 2008–09, and all of them were ACS certified.

chemistry degree, certified or not (C&EN, May 5, 2008, page 50). According to Nelson, the committee does not anticipate any change in the proportion of students pursuing certified degrees because of the revised requirements for ACS membership. Students will continue to pursue a certified degree because it is the more demanding course of study, she contends. That is certainly holding true for this first year since the change in requirements. According to the CPT data, 34.5% of bachelor’s degrees were certified by ACS for the 2008–09 academic year. The figure for the previous year was 34.9%, which is consistent with the very slow decline in

IN THE PAST, graduating with an ACS-

certified degree had a key advantage: Only graduates with an ACS-certified bachelor’s degree were qualified for immediate full membership in ACS. Those without a certified bachelor’s degree had to have three years of professional experience in chemistry or a higher degree in a chemical science to be full members. But as of January 2009, the society opened full membership to anyone with an associate’s or a bachelor’s

CHEMISTRY GRADUATES Top producers for 2008–09 9 Utah, U of

TOTAL BACHELOR’S GRADUATES

1 2 3 4 5

Washington, U of California, U of, Los Angeles California, U of, San Diego Texas, U of, Austin California, U of, Berkeley

260 227 202 192 147

6 7 8 9 10

Florida, U of North Carolina, U of, Chapel Hill Virginia, U of California, U of, Irvine Illinois, U of, Urbana-Champaign

133 123 119 118 109

11 12 13 14 14

Arizona State U Emory U Indiana U, Bloomington California Polytechnic State U Maryland, U of, College Park

101 93 90 88 88

16 17 17 19 20

San Francisco State U Colorado, U of, Boulder Temple U New York U Puerto Rico, U of, Rio Piedras

85 84 84 80 79

21 22 23 24 25

Minnesota, U of, Twin Cities Michigan, U of, Ann Arbor Illinois, U of, Chicago Florida State U State U of New York, Binghamton

77 76 75 73 72

CERTIFIED BACHELOR’S GRADUATES

1 2 3 4 5

U of Texas, Austin U of California, San Diego Virginia, U of U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill U of Michigan, Ann Arbor

6 U of Illinois, Chicago 7 U of California, Davis 8 U of California, Irvine 9 U of California, Santa Barbara

192 115 90 77 76 56 53 50 46

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11 12 12 14 15

Delaware, U of Western Washington U U.S. Naval Academy Loyola U, Chicago California State U, Northridge

43 38 38 37 36

16 17 17 17 20

Chicago, U of Indiana, U of, Bloomington Puerto Rico, U of, Rio Piedras William & Mary, C of Pennsylvania, U of

35 33 33 33 32

20 20 23 23 24 24

North Carolina State U Truman State U California Polytechnic State U C of New Jersey Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern U

32 32 30 30 29 29


1 2 3 4 5

California, U of, San Diego U of Minnesota, Twin Cities U of Michigan, Ann Arbor Fairleigh Dickinson U, Madison Yale U

58 45 34 32 31

6 6 8 9 10

Lehigh U Wisconsin, U of, Madison Chicago, U of Georgia State U Columbia U

28 28 27 23 22

10 10 10 14 15

Georgia Institute of Technology Rochester, U of Northeastern U Governors State U Boston U

22 22 22 21 19

15 Cornell U 17 Johns Hopkins U

19 18

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17 Harvard U 17 U of Oregon 17 Pennsylvania U

18 18 18

21 California State U, Los Angeles 21 U of California, Los Angeles 21 Texas, U of, Austin 24 Arizona State U 24 Youngstown State U

17 17 17 16 16

DOCTORAL GRADUATES

1 2 3 4 5

California, U of, Berkeley California, U of, Los Angeles Purdue U Illinois, U of, Urbana-Champaign Florida, U of

6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7 Georgia Institute of Technology 8 California, U of, Irvine 8 California, U of, San Diego 8 Wisconsin, U of, Madison

60 59 54 49 48 43 41 40 40 40

11 11 13 14 15

Northwestern U Washington, U of Pennsylvania, U of North Carolina, U of, Chapel Hill California Institute of Technology

39 39 38 37 36

16 17 18 19 19

Michigan, U of, Ann Arbor Cornell U Texas A&M U, College Station Michigan State U Wayne State U

35 34 33 32 32

21 22 22 24 24

Stanford U Pennsylvania State U Texas, U of, Austin California, U of, Davis Utah, U of

31 30 30 29 29

certified bachelor’s degrees over the past There were also small but measurable degrees awarded, with 260. The rest of the few years. The greatest percentage of certiincreases in bachelor’s degrees conferred top five schools in this category are also fied degrees was recorded in the 1991–92 on Hispanic students. Students from repeats, with the University of California, academic year, when it topped out at 43% of this ethnic group received 726 bachelor’s Los Angeles, in second place with 227 bachbachelor’s degrees. degrees, up from 720 the year before. In elor’s degrees. The University of CaliforThe consistent upswing of new bachcontrast, the number of Native Americans nia, San Diego, moved from fourth to third elor’s degrees is beginning to have an earning bachelor’s degrees dropped, going by conferring 202 bachelor’s degrees, and effect on the numbers of chemistry gradufrom 79 in 2007–08 to 69 in 2008–09. the University of Texas, Austin, took the ate students at all levels. The number of The CPT report also includes informafourth position with 192 bachelor’s degree first-year, full-time doctoral students has tion about international students studying chemists. Fifth on the list is the University been increasing; there were 3,940 of them at U.S. schools. The data show growth in of California, Berkeley, which awarded 147 last year, just about the same as the bachelor’s degrees. New schools in 3,936 students in 2007–08. The total the top 25 this year include California ACS COUNT OF CHEMICAL number of full-time doctoral students, Polytechnic State University, with however, declined slightly, falling 0.4% 88 bachelor’s degrees conferred; San ENGINEERING GRADUATES from 18,656 in 2007–08 to 18,574 last Francisco State University, with 85; Number of new Ph.D. degrees continues long, year. The committee’s numbers also and New York University, with 80. slow rise indicate that the total number of fullBACHELOR’S MASTER’S PH.D. time students who were working toTOP SCHOOLS for conferring mas2002 5,154 900 562 ward master’s degrees is 1,666, a 14.0% ter’s degrees in chemistry were UC 2003 4,964 1,036 574 rise from the year before. San Diego, with 58 degrees awarded; 2004 4,759 1,128 638 2005 4,418 1,242 798 The number of chemistry degrees the University of Minnesota, Twin 2006 4,418 1,122 846 granted to women continued to rise Cities, with 45 degrees awarded; 2007 4,456 952 878 last year, but the proportion of men to and the University of Michigan, Ann 2008 4,708 936 885 women getting degrees has leveled off. Arbor, with 34. Fairleigh Dickinson 2009 4,947 1,034 893 For the 2008–09 academic year, the University, Madison, made the biggest NOTE: Chemical engineering departments are not required to percentage of women receiving bachjump in master’s degrees conferred, report their data to ACS, so the number of departments included in elor’s degrees in chemistry was exactly going from only three in 2007–08 to 32 this category varies slightly from year to year. SOURCE: Annual reports of the ACS Committee on Professional the same as last year at 49.9%, or half master’s degrees last year. Training of the total graduates. The number of The perennial leader in awardmen receiving a bachelor’s rose from ing chemistry Ph.D.s is UC Berkeley, 6,979 to 7,304, a 4.7% rise, and the number bachelor’s degrees awarded to students enwhich led the list again in 2008–09 with of women increased from 6,942 to 7,273, a rolled from outside the U.S. going from 683 60 doctorates. Its sister institution at 4.8% rise. two years ago to 752 last year. UCLA moved into the second spot on the The percentage of women receiving The data for Ph.D. degrees by ethnicity list, with 59 Ph.D.s awarded, a significant Ph.D.s, on the other hand, is growing. are much more variable from year to year jump from 28 awarded the year before. Schools conferred 988 doctorates on wombecause the numbers for minority groups Purdue University was third, with 54 Ph.D.s en in 2008–09, up from 853 the year before, are much smaller than the number of gradconferred, followed by the University of Ilfor a 15.8% rise. For men, 1,555 Ph.D.s were uates as a whole. For example, according to linois, Urbana-Champaign, with 49 and the awarded, up from 1,509, which is a 3.0% the CPT data, doctorates in chemistry for University of Florida, with 48. jump. The percentage of women awarded African Americans have risen over the past For chemical engineering, the UniverPh.D.s last year was 38.9% of the total, up two years. For 2008–09, CPT reports that sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, awarded the from 36.1% in 2007–08. 74 African Americans received Ph.D.s, up most bachelor’s degrees last year, with from 52 the year before. For comparison, 113, followed by Purdue University, with ANOTHER COMPONENT of the CPT rein 2006, only 45 Ph.D.s were reported to 106, and last year’s top school, the Univerport tracks chemistry graduates on the basis be awarded to African American students. sity of Texas, Austin, with 99. The most of their ethnic background. These data show And Hispanic Americans were awarded 77 master’s degrees in chemical engineering a steady but slow increase in the number of doctorates last year, a rise from 68 the prewere awarded by Lamar University, with graduates in most minority group categovious year. The number of Ph.D.s awarded 56, followed by Massachusetts Institute of ries, although the numbers are still someto international students at U.S. schools, Technology, with 49, and Illinois Institute what low. For African American students, however, dropped. Students in this group of Technology, with 31. 871 were awarded bachelor’s degrees last received 964 doctorates, a slight decrease MIT was the school conferring the most year, up from 835 the year before, for a 4.3% from the 972 awarded in 2007–08. Ph.D.s in chemical engineering in 2008–09, rise. That number equals 6.0% of the total The colleges and universities that with 43 degrees. Second was last year’s leadbachelor’s degrees awarded in 2008–09. graduate the largest numbers of chemistry er, Georgia Institute of Technology, with Asian American students, the largest minorstudents according to the CPT report have 37. UT Austin was again third, with 29 docity group in the report, received 15.1% of the shifted around over the years, but many torates awarded. Northeastern University total bachelor’s degrees awarded, or 2,207 schools are perennially near the top. For made the biggest jump in awarding chemidegrees. This represents a 7.9% rise from the the third year in a row, the University of cal engineering doctorates, going from 2,046 degrees awarded in 2007–08. Washington heads the list of bachelor’s three Ph.D.s in 2007–08 to 24 last year. ■ WWW.CEN-ONLINE.ORG

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DATA FROM ACS COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, 2008–09 Chemistry and chemical engineering degrees awarded by schools offering an ACS-approved program CHEMISTRY BACHELOR’S TOTAL CERTIFIED

A Abilene Christian U Agnes Scott C Akron, U of Alabama, U of Birmingham Huntsville Tuscaloosa Alaska Fairbanks, U of Albion C Albright C Alfred U Allegheny C Alma C American U Amherst C Andrews U Appalachian State U Arcadia U Arizona State U Arizona, U of Arkansas State U Arkansas Tech. U Arkansas, U of Fayetteville Little Rock Armstrong Atlantic State U Ashland U Auburn U Augsburg C Augustana C Illinois South Dakota Austin C Austin Peay State U B Baldwin-Wallace C Ball State U Barnard C Bates C Baylor U Beloit C Bemidji State U Benedictine U Berry C Bethel U Birmingham-Southern C Bloomsburg U Boise State U Boston C Boston U Bowdoin C Bowling Green State U Bradley U Brandeis U Bridgewater State C

M.S.

PH.D.

23 10 8

3 4 4

— — 3

— — 13

28 11 23 7 25 11 5 21 13 9 12 4 31 12 101 74 20 11

28 7 2 3 2 4 0 0 2 2 9 1 8 9 10 19 7 5

3 2 6 3 — — — — — 1 — — — — 16 12 3 —

1 — 11 3 — — — — — 2 — — — — 23 25 — —

39 11 14

3 1 2

2 5 —

9 0 —

2 9 8

1 5 3

— 1 —

— 12 —

7 10 9 13

0 4 1 2

— — — —

— — — —

8 31 12 7 54 13 9 6 10 12 6

0 14 12 1 8 7 3 6 3 4 0

— 4 — — 1 — — — — — —

— — — — 4 — — — — — —

11 7 34 22 22 15 19 12 20

2 1 8 14 2 2 6 0 14

— — 3 19 — 2 3 8 —

— — 20 15 — 9 — 6 —

CHEMISTRY

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING B.S. M.S. PH.D.

15

4

4

13 49

4 4

— 5

ns 36

4

12

35

2

1

41

4

BACHELOR’S TOTAL CERTIFIED

Brigham Young U Brown U Bryn Mawr C Bucknell U Butler U

C California Inst. of Tech. 11 88 California Polytech. State U 31 California State Polytech. U California State U Bakersfield 12 Chico 16 Dominguez Hills 8 East Bay 23 Fresno 21 Fullerton 70 Long Beach 48 Los Angeles 37 Northridge 44 Sacramento 24 San Bernardino 27 San Marcos 11 Stanislaus 8 California, U of Berkeley 147 Davis 55 Irvine 118 Los Angeles 227 Riverside 28 San Diego 202 Santa Barbara 56 Santa Cruz 59 Calvin C 17 Canisius C 19 Capital U 3 Carleton C 34 Carnegie Mellon Ua Carroll U (formerly 14 Carroll C) Carthage C 14 40 Case Western Reserve U Catholic U of America 8 8 Centenary C of Louisiana Central Arkansas, U of 8 Central C 6 Central Connecticut 6 State U Central Florida, U of 30 Central Michigan U 8 Central Missouri, U of 3 Central Oklahoma, U of 28 Central Washington U 17 Centre C 34 Charleston, C of 27

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M.S.

PH.D.

12 0 11 5 3

8 10 1 3 —

3 12 0 — —

53 4

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8 2

25

2

—

11 30

2 7

36 —

21

5

7

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—

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2 5 7 3 6 0 7 8 36 7 5 10 4

— — — 13 5 5 10 17 3 4 — — —

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ns

1 53 50 12 9 115 46 23 3 3 0 4

7 4 14 17 12 58 8 9 — — — —

60 29 40 59 11 40 24 14 — — — —

85 37 32 69 21 35 27

6 2 20 1 1 2 1

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62

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CHEMISTRY BACHELOR’S TOTAL CERTIFIED

Chatham U Chicago State U Chicago, U of Christian Brothers Ca Cincinnati, U of Citadel, The City U of New York Graduate Center Brooklyn C City C Herbert H. Lehman C Hunter C Queens C C of Staten Island Claflin U Claremont McKenna C, Pitzer C, and Scripps C Clarion U Clark U Clarkson U Clemson U Cleveland State U Coe C Colby C Colgate U Colorado C Colorado School of Mines Colorado State U Colorado State U, Pueblo Colorado, U of Boulder Colorado Springs Denver & Health Sciences Center Columbia U Concordia C Connecticut C Connecticut, U of Cooper Uniona Cornell C Cornell U Creighton U D Dartmouth C Davidson C Dayton, U of Delaware State U Delaware Valley C Delaware, U of Delta State U Denison U Denver, U of DePaul U DePauw U Detroit Mercy, U of Dickinson C District of Columbia, U of the Drake U Drew U Drexel U Drury U

M.S.

PH.D.

8 16 56

4 2 35

— — 27

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— 32 26 10 42 11 14 6 15

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4 17 27 19 5 5 24 11 19 24

1 6 8 16 5 0 11 5 8 24

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30 35 15

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74

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28 11 17 6 6 54 9 13 22 14 26 29 15 2

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PH.D.

60 11

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E Earlham C East Carolina U East Stroudsburg U East Tennessee State U Eastern Illinois U Eastern Kentucky U Eastern Michigan U Eastern New Mexico U Eastern Washington U Eckerd C Elizabethtown C Elmhurst C Elon U Emory U Emporia State U Evansville, U of

19 51 18 35 9 46 28 4 30 11 4 7 10 93 21 14

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F Fairfield U Fairleigh Dickinson U, Madison Fisk U Florida A&M U/Florida State Ua Florida A&M U Florida Atlantic U Florida Inst. of Tech. Florida International U Florida State U Florida, U of Fordham U Fort Lewis C Framingham State C Francis Marion U Franklin & Marshall C Furman U

16 37 8 56 73 133 15 14 4 3 19 28

2 21 2 18 13 3 8 4 1 1 11 28

7 1 3 12 13 9 — — — — — 5

— 5 2 9 13 48 — — — — — —

G Geneva C George Mason U George Washington U Georgetown U Georgia Inst. of Tech. Georgia Southern U Georgia State U Georgia, U of Gettysburg C Gonzaga U Goucher C Governors State U Grambling State U Grand Valley State U Grinnell C Gustavus Adolphus C

4 25 20 22 46 37 36 33 25 8 5 9 14 26 31 41

2 0 8 6 29 29 5 16 6 8 2 6 3 6 9 10

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35

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66

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98

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NOTE: For brevity, B.S. and M.S. are used to denote all bachelor’s and master’s degrees, respectively, in each column. a Listed on the basis of chemical engineering accreditation by ABET. b The chemistry program at Mount Saint Vincent and Manhattan C are integrated into a combined department with instruction in chemistry located at Manhattan C. c Saint Vincent C and Seton Hill U are integrated into a combined department. ns = Data not submitted.

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H Hamilton C Hamline U Hampden Sydney C Hampton U Hartford, U of Hartwick C Harvard U Harvey Mudd C Haverford C Hawaii, U of, Manoa Hendrix C Hillsdale C Hiram C Hobart & William Smith C Hofstra U Holy Cross, C of the Hope C Houston, U of Houston, U of Clear Lake Downtown Howard U Humboldt State U I Idaho State U Idaho, U of Illinois Inst. of Tech. Illinois State U Illinois Wesleyan U Illinois, U of Chicago Springfield Urbana-Champaign Indiana State U Indiana U Bloomington Northwest South Bend Southeast Indiana U of Pennsylvania Indiana U-Purdue U Fort Wayne Indianapolis Iowa State U Iowa, U of Ithaca C

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3 — — —

4 — — —

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PH.D.


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Ohio Northern U Ohio State U Ohio U Ohio Wesleyan U Oklahoma State U Oklahoma, U of Old Dominion U Oregon State U Oregon, U of Otterbein C P Pace U New York Pleasantville Pacific Lutheran U Pacific, U of the Pennsylvania State Erie, Behrend C Pennsylvania State U Pennsylvania, U of Philadelphia U Pittsburg State U Pittsburgh, U of Polytechnic U Pomona C Portland State U Portland, U of Prairie View A&M U Princeton U Providence C Puerto Rico, U of Mayagüez Río Piedras Puget Sound, U of Purdue U Purdue U, Calumet R Ramapo C of New Jersey Randolph C Randolph-Macon C Redlands, U of Reed C Regis U Rensselaer Polytech. Inst. Rhode Island C Rhode Island, U of Rhodes C Rice U Richard Stockton C of New Jersey Richmond, U of Rider U Roanoke C Rochester Inst. of Tech. Rochester, U of Rockford C Roger Williams U Rollins C Roosevelt U Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

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ACS INVESTS IN DIGITAL SERVICES THE AMERICAN Chemical Society’s Of-

fice of Public Affairs (OPA) has invested in a new Digital Services Unit that is bringing the capability of producing high-definition videos and other multimedia products inhouse. With these new capabilities, ACS can produce these products at a fraction of what an outside contractor would typically charge, says Michael Woods, OPA assistant director of science communications. “ACS members now have access to videos that are much richer, much more interesting, and much more informative,” Woods adds. “By producing these videos internally, you’re dealing with individuals who not only know chemistry, but they know the ACS membership. Members are going to receive content that is engineered for a specific audience.” The Digital Services Unit began operating at full capacity last December. Examples of recent products include the member welcome video and new “C&EN Picks of the Day” videos being played throughout the ACS national meeting in Boston this week. “People will sometimes tune out the welcoming video loop after a few days at the national meeting,” says Adam Dylewski, OPA manager of digital services. “Our goal is to have something fresh for people to watch each day, whether it’s the C&EN Picks of the Day or some extra content from Bytesize Science (www.acs.org/bytesizescience).” The idea of expanding ACS’s digital capabilities originated in 2007 when OPA began producing its first podcasts. “People were coming to us for advice on how to do podcasts,” Woods says. “As we talked with people in other ACS business units, we realized that they were using outside contractors to produce their podcasts and videos, and the fees being charged by the outside contractors were just amazingly high.” Today, the Digital Services Unit boasts cutting-edge multimedia equipment, including high-definition digital cameras, professional sound systems, and portable teleprompters. In addition to its own projects, the Digital Services Unit also produces videos for other ACS offices and divisions, such as the Office of High School Chemistry and the Publications Division. OPA’s fees are about half of what an outside contractor would typically charge. The unit is building an archive of educational videos that can be used for outreach by ACS’s Chemistry Ambassadors (www.acs.

org/chemistryambas DIGITAL SERVICES Dylewski (from sadors) and other volleft), Kirk unteers. “The idea is Zamieroski, and to create a portfolio of Janali Thompson educational chemistry create ACS multimedia content that is accesproducts insible to a large audihouse. ence,” Dylewski says. The Digital Services Unit is producing a video on how to inexpensively produce your own videos and multimedia products, Woods says. Meanwhile, the unit continues to expand and welcomes partnerships with all ACS groups, including the local sections, committees, and divisions. For more information, visit www.bit.ly/ACSvideo.—LW

SACNAS OPENS OFFICE IN ACS THE SOCIETY for the Advancement of

Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), based in Santa Cruz, Calif., has opened a satellite office. The group’s new location is in the American Chemical Society’s Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Building, in Washington, D.C. “ACS sees this as an important step in our continued commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in STEM education and career development efforts,” says ACS Executive Director and CEO Madeleine Jacobs. “Having SACNAS leadership and members colocated in our building clearly demonstrates that ACS values diversity and is committed to working together with minority advocacy organizations to increase the diversity of scientists in our nation and within our organizations.” SACNAS is not the first scientific organization to rent space in the Othmer building. Other organizations located at ACS include the Council of Scientific Society

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Presidents and the Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America. Still, the colocation of SACNAS within ACS is significant. On Jan. 30, ACS and SACNAS signed a memorandum of understanding in which the two organizations pledged to collaborate to advance the progress of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American people in the chemical sciences (C&EN, Feb. 15, page 58). Joy Titus-Young, ACS manager of diversity programs, says having a SACNAS office within ACS will help ACS promote its diversity programs, such as ACS Scholars and Project SEED, to the SACNAS membership. “Hopefully, members of SACNAS who weren’t aware of these programs can now take advantage of them,” she says. The new office will also allow ACS and SACNAS to collaborate on legislative issues, says John Christensen, who is the SACNAS fellow for science policy and works in the new office. There’s strength in numbers. “We can imagine times where SACNAS and ACS members’ collective voice on a variety of key legislative issues will bring enhanced credibility to our shared position,” says Jacobs. “This type of collaboration is much easier to achieve when your two organizations are within such close proximity.”—LW

WISCONSIN LOCAL SECTION YCC HOSTS CAREER SYMPOSIUM THE ACS WISCONSIN Local Section

Younger Chemists Committee is hosting a career symposium on Oct. 23 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Topics will range from networking to alternative careers in chemistry. Speakers will include A. Maureen Rouhi, deputy editor-in-chief of C&EN; Doug Raubal, a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Yi He, a research chemist at 3M. For more information, visit ycc.chem.wisc.edu.—LW Announcements of ACS news may be sent to [email protected].

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