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Student Enrollment

Enrollment by Intended and Declared Major

 

Enrollment by Declared Major

'07 - '08 '06 - '07 '05 - '06 '04 - '05 '03 - '04 '02 - '03 '01 - '02 '00 - '01** '99 - '00 '98 - '99 '97 - '98* '96 - '97
Architecture                    
Undergraduate #
128 127 126 135 126 121 118 120 35 46 44 75
Undergraduate %
4.3% 4.0% 4.0% 5.0% 4.4% 4.4% 4.3% 4.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.6% 2.9%
Graduate #
80 72 75 89 89 87 73 57 90 98 61 96
Graduate %
3.7% 9.0% 4.0% 5.0% 4.6% 4.7% 4.5% 3.8% 5.9% 6.3% 4.3% 6.7%
Engineering                    
Undergraduate #
819 769 751 738 766 781 753 755 414 464 409 654
Undergraduate %
27.3% 26.0% 25.0% 25.0% 26.8% 28.2% 27.6% 28.1% 29.8% 25.2% 24.4% 24.8%
Graduate #
521 490 500 486 484 462 428 362 345 366 328 320
Graduate %
24.3% 24.0% 25.0% 25.0% 24.8% 24.8% 26.1% 23.9% 22.6% 23.5% 23.3% 22.4%
Humanities                    
Undergraduate #
577 577 559 541 495 501 529 520 372 408 349 165
Undergraduate %
19.2% 19.0% 19.0% 18.0% 17.3% 18.1% 19.4% 19.3% 26.8% 22.2% 20.8% 6.3%
Graduate #
195 187 191 171 158 153 144 154 155 169 178 200
Graduate %
9.1% 9.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.1% 8.2% 8.8% 10.2% 10.2% 10.8% 12.6% 14.0%
Management                    
Undergraduate #
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Undergraduate %
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Graduate #
531 458 471 494 549 517 410 381 381 331 265 230
Graduate %
24.8% 23.0% 24.0% 26.0% 28.2% 27.8% 25.0% 25.2% 25.0% 21.3% 18.8% 16.1%
Music                    
Undergraduate #
118 117 128 128 120 124 114 125 53 54 57 104
Undergraduate %
3.9% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.2% 4.5% 4.2% 4.6% 3.8% 2.9% 3.4% 3.9%
Graduate #
159 170 162 165 183 191 161 166 175 185 179 178
Graduate %
7.4% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 9.4% 10.3% 9.8% 11.0% 11.5% 11.9% 12.7% 12.4%
Natural Sciences                    
Undergraduate #
674 692 704 695 658 597 572 601 225 361 350 616
Undergraduate %
22.5% 23.0% 23.0% 24.0% 23.0% 21.5% 21.0% 22.4% 16.2% 19.6% 20.8% 23.3%
Graduate #
396 388 375 359 332 291 277 250 261 257 239 261
Graduate %
18.5% 19.0% 19.0% 19.0% 17.0% 15.6% 16.9% 16.5% 17.1% 16.5% 17.0% 18.2%
Social Sciences                    
Undergraduate #
678 672 693 664 666 619 612 525 278 360 323 159
Undergraduate %
22.6% 22.0% 23.0% 23.0% 23.3% 22.3% 22.4% 19.5% 20.0% 19.6% 19.2% 6.0%
Graduate #
148 141 135 124 119 133 129 128 119 127 132 127
Graduate %
6.9% 7.0% 7.0% 6.0% 6.1% 7.1% 7.9% 8.5% 7.8% 8.2% 9.4% 8.9%
Interdisciplinary                    
Undergraduate #
6 39 21 32 26 28 30 43 10 148 147 439
Undergraduate %
0.2% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 1.6% 0.7% 8.0% 8.8% 16.6%
Graduate #
57 49 42 34 34 28 17 15 N/A 23 26 19
Graduate %
2.7% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.7% 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 1.5% 1.9% 1.3%
Continuing Studies                     
Undergraduate #
N/A N/A N/A N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 
Undergraduate %
N/A N/A N/A N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 

Graduate #

57 58 32 N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 
Graduate %
2.7% 3.0% 2.0% N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 
Undeclared                     
Undergraduate #
1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 428
Undergraduate %
0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.2%
Graduate #
N/A N/A N/A N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 
Graduate %
N/A N/A N/A N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 
                     
GRAND TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE
3,001 2,995 2,988 2,933 2,857 2,771 2,728 2,689 1,387 1,841 1,679 2,640
GRAND TOTAL GRADUATE
2,144 2,013 1,983 1,922 1,948 1,862 1,639 1,513 1,526 1,556 1,408 1,431

*Beginning in 1997 - 98, this category includes only junior and senior students.

**Beginning in 2000 - 01, this category includes intended and declared.

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