Mar., 1922
T H E JOURNAL OF I N D U S T R I A L AND ENGINEERIhTG CHEMISTRY
Investment in Chemical Education ' in the United States, 1920-1921 (Compiled by Research Information Service, National Research Council).
By Clarence J. West and Callie Hull At the request of the Chemical Foundation of New York City the Research Information Service of the National Research Council has compiled a series of tables showing the investment in chemical education in the United States for the collegiate year 1920-1921. This information was secured by sending questionnaires to the 600 universities and colleges listed in the Educational Directory of the U. S. Bureau of Education. Reports were received from about 450 institutions. This number, therefore, represents approximately three-fourths of all the colleges and universities in the United States. It represents, however, a much larger proportion of the amount of money invested, as practically all of the large colleges and universities responded. In nine states returns were complete; in practically all of the other states returns varied between two-thirds and three-fourths of the institutions listed. The information was tabulated first by university or college grouped under the individual state, but on account of the length of these tables, the statistics have been summarized by state in Table I. The ten states leading in investment in chemical education for this period are listed in Table 11. These figures include not only the actual money invested, but also the appropriations for new buildings and equipment under construction a t this time. This latter amount, $7,553,300, is divided between 17 states and 27 institutions. Of these institutions Cornell
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leads with $2,000,000 and Yale is next with $1,866,900. The sums reported by the other institutions vary between $5000 for Howard College, Alabama, and $465,000 for the University of Minnesota. Twelve institutions reported a total of about ;82,000,000 worth of building under consideration. TABLE11-TEN STATESLGADING IN INVESTXENT IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 1920-1921 New York $ 6 790 015 Minnesota $ 2,351,210 Massachusetts 4'146'917 Illinois 1,868,983 3:196:204 California 1,490,587 Ohio Connecticut 2,786,495 Michigan 1,390,850 Pennsylvania 2,404,521 Indian a 1,098,726
Those states having over $500,000 invested in buildings and equipment are shown in Table 111. The cost of maintenance and the number of students are also given. From these figures one may roughly approximate the cost per student per year in the states listed. TABLE111-STATES HAVINQOVER $500,000 INVESTED IN BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT BOR CHEMISTRY Approximate Cost of Maintenance Valuation of of Chemical and Buildings and Chemical EngineerTotal NumState EouiDment inz Denartments ber of Students New York $ 3,973,469 1,345,571 865,556 16,453 Massachusetts 5,954 2,793,873 Ohio 2,014,679 503,825 8,571 6,444 1,864,852 464,269 FEihsylvania 1,515,972 168,447 Minnesota 5,823 1,490,272 370,782 7,779 Illinois 1,217 045 27 1,192 California 3,869 276,901 Michigan 4,862 840:499 Oklahoma 773 000 1,786 88 800 152:226 3,667 Indiana 745:OOO Texas 3 393 659,495 204,706 618,500 151,095 C G & c ticut 1:351 605,000 43,500 New Hampshire 711 569,710 236,774 Wisconsin 3,361 550,105 135,044 Missouri 2,932 546,750 102,462 Colorado 2,102
TABLE I-INVESTMENT tN CHEMICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1020-1921
STATE Alabama. Arizona.. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut, Delaware, Dist. of Columbia.. Florida. Georgia. Idaho Illinois. Indiana. Iowa.. Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine.. Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri. Montana .............. Nebraska. Nevada. New Hampshire.. New Jersey.. New Mexico.. New York.. North Carolina.. North Dakota.. Ohio.. Oklahoma. Oregon Pennsylvania. Rhode Island.. South Carolina.. South Dakota... Tennessee. Texas Utah.. Vermont.
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Wisconsin. Wyoming. ............. TOTAL
Number of Institutions Reporting 8 1 5 12 8 5 1 6 3 8 1
23 11 15 14 7 5 4 9 16 9 9 5 10 2 8 1 2 3 3 31 14 4 31 5 5 33 2 11 6 13 11 2 4 15 4 3 8 1
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Approximate Valuation of Buildings and Equipment $ 191,044 60,000 45,500 1,217,045 546,750 618,500 75,000 410,233 97,000 169,650 21,000 1,490,272 745,000 444,210 385,971 100,940 374,630 329,679 343,489 2,793,873 840,499 1,515,972 451,000 550 105 220:ooo 496,820 30,000 605,000 275,000 120,000 3,973,459 358,000 130,000 2,014,679 773,000 59,600 1,854,852 100,000 323,620 1 6 1,000 450,700 659,495 196,093 298,675 436,750 263,969 43,000 569,710
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c o s t of Maintenance of Chemical Total Number of and Chemical Students in Chemical Valuation of Funds Engineering Total Number of Engineering (where New Buildings Received Departments Students in Chemistry Separate Department under Construc- for Chemical (Salaries, Chemi(All Courses) I s Maintained) tion and Their Endowment cals Supplies UnderUnderEouioment durine Year Ser4ices. etc.f Graduate graduate Graduate graduate ... 5 5,000 8; 39,436 ' $ -600 8 901 1 41 2513 .... 17,500 3 ~ . . 22,000 8 514 ... 271,192 3,825 2,350 44 14 67 102,462 350 24 2,078 54 151,095 47 1,304 2,016',900 ... 11,682 .... 156 37 121,443 1,268 .... 70 12 133 28,450 2 .... 536 56,543 1,255 44 .... 18 315 291 ... 370:782 .... 6,686 7,929 1,093 16 342 152,226 3,625 201,500 42 3 101 133,545 400,000 2,720 19 2 31 101,103 82,500 4,000 2,406 44 155 34,929 786 17 75,800 .... 1,157 75,114 23 5 111 49,210 .... 2 563 2 81 .... 1,713 97,725 48 .... 5,776 178 7,473 1,345,571 52 273 4,748 114 8,450 276,901 265,000 39 1,435 5,691 132 168,447 665,000 1800 32 132 48 650 1165 12 275,000 22:ooo ... 2:899 33 135:044 150,000 1,300 343 400 28,655 250,000 12,000 2 30 87,906 13 50,000 1,808 14,000 11,800 1 120 43,500 .... 2 709 66 64,309 4 1,028 14,600 178 ... ... 805,556 2,009,000 15,364 2,000 1,089 89 744 81 300 50,000 2,000 1,690 16 341258 2 .... 508 4 675;000 503,825 2,700 139 8,432 9 292 .... 88,800 1,776 10 150 .... 1,047 33,423 5 ... 79,900 464,269 112 5,500 6,332 11 257 36,006 450,000 .... 833 14 2 : .... 1,141 58,780 400 45,276 .... 653 12 ... 87,294 60 2,274 'IS 3,357 204,706 36 1,000 6 67 .... 714 20 780 6 39'234 100,000 2 782 116:501 52,000 3,101 28 1 138 .... 1,031 108,777 18 218 100,000 199 11 750 ... ... 716 30,000 3,263 236:774 98 8 206 85 6,500
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