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Fall 2005 - Fall 2009 Student Enrollment Trends by Academic Major
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College of Science
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    •   Fall Changes from
    08 to 09     		5-Yr Changes
    2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
    Major Degree N% N% N% N% N% N% N%
    Actuarial Mathematics CERG 4 0.2 -- -- -- -- NANA NANA
    Actuarial Sciences CERG -- 1 0.0 2 0.1 3 0.1 6 0.2 3 100.0 NANA
    Applied and Engineering Physics MS 20 1.0 16 0.6 12 0.4 10 0.4 10 0.3 0 0.0 - 10 - 50.0
    Astronomy BA 3 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 5 0.2 5 0.2 0 0.0 2 66.7
     BS 12 0.6 16 0.6 15 0.6 19 0.7 18 0.6 - 1 - 5.3 6 50.0
    Biodefense MS -- 59 2.4 6 0.2 -- -- NANA NANA
     PHD -- 92 3.7 15 0.6 12 0.4 8 0.3 - 4 - 33.3 NANA
    Bioinformatics MS 36 1.7 35 1.4 29 1.1 11 0.4 3 0.1 - 8 - 72.7 - 33 - 91.7
     PHD 55 2.7 47 1.9 48 1.8 34 1.2 26 0.9 - 8 - 23.5 - 29 - 52.7
     CERG -- 2 0.1 2 0.1 1 0.0 -- NANA NANA
    Bioinformatics & Comp Biology MS -- -- -- 20 0.7 31 1.0 11 55.0 NANA
     PHD -- -- -- 6 0.2 11 0.4 5 83.3 NANA
     CERG -- -- -- 2 0.1 3 0.1 1 50.0 NANA
    Bioinformatics Management MS -- -- -- 4 0.1 1 0.0 - 3 - 75.0 NANA
    Biological Threat & Defense CERG 3 0.1 -- -- -- -- NANA NANA
    Biology BA 128 6.2 159 6.4 147 5.5 149 5.4 149 5.0 0 0.0 21 16.4
     BS 719 34.8 835 33.5 931 34.6 978 35.2 1,068 36.0 90 9.2 349 48.5
     MS 19 0.9 17 0.7 14 0.5 14 0.5 26 0.9 12 85.7 7 36.8
     NDG -- -- 1 0.0 -- -- NANA NANA
    Biosciences PHD 16 0.8 23 0.9 33 1.2 34 1.2 37 1.2 3 8.8 21 131.3
    Chemistry BA 24 1.2 32 1.3 29 1.1 27 1.0 28 0.9 1 3.7 4 16.7
     BS 150 7.2 174 7.0 176 6.5 168 6.0 196 6.6 28 16.7 46 30.7
     MS 22 1.1 17 0.7 22 0.8 25 0.9 37 1.2 12 48.0 15 68.2
    Chemistry & Biochemistry PHD -- -- -- -- 9 0.3 NANA NANA
    Climate Dynamics PHD 14 0.7 14 0.6 14 0.5 19 0.7 17 0.6 - 2 - 10.5 3 21.4
    Computational & Data Sciences BS -- -- 1 0.0 8 0.3 7 0.2 - 1 - 12.5 NANA
    Computational Sci & Informatics PHD 122 5.9 118 4.7 112 4.2 106 3.8 84 2.8 - 22 - 20.8 - 38 - 31.1
     NDG 34 1.6 32 1.3 15 0.6 7 0.3 1 0.0 - 6 - 85.7 - 33 - 97.1
    Computational Science MS 11 0.5 13 0.5 11 0.4 7 0.3 9 0.3 2 28.6 - 2 - 18.2
    Computational Tec & Applicat CERG 5 0.2 1 0.0 3 0.1 4 0.1 4 0.1 0 0.0 - 1 - 20.0
    Earth Science BS 44 2.1 47 1.9 72 2.7 69 2.5 71 2.4 2 2.9 27 61.4
    Earth Systems Science BS 3 0.1 2 0.1 -- 1 0.0 -- NANA NANA
     MS 5 0.2 8 0.3 9 0.3 11 0.4 14 0.5 3 27.3 9 180.0
    Earth Systms & Geoinfmtn Science PHD 23 1.1 34 1.4 42 1.6 51 1.8 60 2.0 9 17.6 37 160.9
    Environmental Biology/ Public Policy PHD 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- NANA NANA
    Environmental Management CERB 1 0.0 1 0.0 -- -- -- NANA NANA
     CERG 6 0.3 4 0.2 2 0.1 6 0.2 3 0.1 - 3 - 50.0 - 3 - 50.0
    Environmental Science and Policy MS 47 2.3 59 2.4 52 1.9 65 2.3 58 2.0 - 7 - 10.8 11 23.4
    Environmental Science and Public Policy PHD 106 5.1 113 4.5 105 3.9 100 3.6 102 3.4 2 2.0 - 4 - 3.8
    Forensics CERG -- -- -- 1 0.0 20 0.7 19 1900.0 NANA
    Geographic & Cartographic Sciences MS 53 2.6 62 2.5 50 1.9 65 2.3 62 2.1 - 3 - 4.6 9 17.0
     NDG -- -- 3 0.1 1 0.0 -- NANA NANA
    Geographic Information Science CERG 5 0.2 13 0.5 29 1.1 25 0.9 9 0.3 - 16 - 64.0 4 80.0
    Geography BA 25 1.2 32 1.3 32 1.2 34 1.2 30 1.0 - 4 - 11.8 5 20.0
     BS 23 1.1 27 1.1 35 1.3 35 1.3 30 1.0 - 5 - 14.3 7 30.4
    Geology BA 9 0.4 15 0.6 19 0.7 16 0.6 17 0.6 1 6.3 8 88.9
     BS 8 0.4 10 0.4 5 0.2 1 0.0 -- NANA NANA
    Geospatial Intelligence CERG -- -- -- 3 0.1 25 0.8 22 733.3 NANA
    Global & Environmental Change BS -- -- -- 22 0.8 31 1.0 9 40.9 NANA
    Mathematics BA 39 1.9 46 1.8 46 1.7 33 1.2 41 1.4 8 24.2 2 5.1
     BS 88 4.3 99 4.0 110 4.1 99 3.6 111 3.7 12 12.1 23 26.1
     MS 17 0.8 20 0.8 19 0.7 25 0.9 23 0.8 - 2 - 8.0 6 35.3
     PHD 5 0.2 12 0.5 17 0.6 17 0.6 21 0.7 4 23.5 16 320.0
     NDG -- -- 1 0.0 -- 1 0.0 NANA NANA
    Medical Technology BS 77 3.7 71 2.8 89 3.3 78 2.8 67 2.3 - 11 - 14.1 - 10 - 13.0
    Nanotechnology & Nanoscience CERG 5 0.2 8 0.3 10 0.4 1 0.0 -- NANA NANA
    Neuroscience PHD 16 0.8 16 0.6 18 0.7 21 0.8 22 0.7 1 4.8 6 37.5
    Physical Sciences PHD 20 1.0 25 1.0 34 1.3 28 1.0 14 0.5 - 14 - 50.0 - 6 - 30.0
    Physics BS 41 2.0 54 2.2 53 2.0 64 2.3 62 2.1 - 2 - 3.1 21 51.2
     PHD -- -- -- 16 0.6 32 1.1 16 100.0 NANA
    Pre-Medicine CERB 2 0.1 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 -- NANA NANA
    Remote Sensing & Image Processng CERG 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
    Undeclared BPRE -- 4 0.2 5 0.2 4 0.1 2 0.1 - 2 - 50.0 NANA
     NDG -- 3 0.1 115 4.3 131 4.7 131 4.4 0 0.0 NANA
     NDU -- -- 79 2.9 82 2.9 109 3.7 27 32.9 NANA
    Unit Total 2,069 100.0 2,493 100.0 2,694 100.0 2,781 100.0 2,964 100.0 183 6.6 895 43.3