ADCA 2005 Fall Enrollment Survey

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ADCA 2005 Fall Enrollment Survey

• Mike Halick
• National Institute of Aerospace
• 10 Jan 06

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Background

• 67 Institutions surveyed
• 57 responses received
• 2 no data available responses
• 7 new respondents
• Case Western
• Embry Riddle, AZ
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Stanford
• UC Irvine
• UC Long Beach
• UC San Diego
• For readability, data is presented by thirds or
  halves

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Undergraduate Data
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Undergraduate Data
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Undergraduate Data
Princeton provided combined stats in 04 and
Aero-only in 05
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Graduate Data
Combined Departments
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Graduate Data
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2004 Degrees Awarded
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2004 Degrees Awarded
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2004 Degrees Awarded
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2004 Degrees Awarded
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Faculty Data
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Faculty Data
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Observations

• 2.2 overall increase in undergraduate enrollment
  for schools that provided 2004 and 2005 data
• 8.9 overall increase in graduate enrollment for
  schools that provided 2004 and 2005 data
• Maybe slightly skewed by combined department
  reporting

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Simple Average Charts

• These charts compare the average enrollments for
  each year based on the number of universities
  that responded.
• This year several more institutions have
  responded which may have skewed the undergraduate
  data slightly downward and the graduate data
  slightly upward but provides a truer picture of
  actual enrollment averages (only 36 responses
  last year)

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Simple Average Data
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Simple Average Data
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Simple Average Data
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Simple Average Data
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Simple Average Data
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Observations

• Undergraduate enrollment peaked in 2003 and is
  now in a slightly downward trend
• Graduate enrollments continue to increase based
  on historical averages, peak will occur in the
  2006-2008 timeframe
• Increase in doctoral candidates skewed by new
  reporting from several large programs (Stanford,
  MIT, Michigan, UC Davis, etc.)
• Female minority enrollments continue to be
  between 16-19 of total

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Improvements for next year

• Number of classes offered?
• Full-time vs. Part-time Faculty?
• Co-Op Programs?
• Average program length?
• How to handle reporting from joint departments
  (Mechanical and Aerospace, etc.)?
• Split out 4th year and 5th year seniors?
• Posting to the NIA Website Intent is to make
  data publicly available unless anyone objects
• What else would ADCA like to see?