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Fall 2005 - Fall 2009 Student Enrollment Trends by Ethnic Background
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    • Major Fall Changes from
    08 to 09     		5-Yr Changes
    2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
    N% N% N% N% N% N% N%
    Actuarial Mathematics 3 0.3 -- -- -- -- NANA NANA
    Actuarial Sciences -- 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 3 0.2 2 200.0 NANA
    Applied and Engineering Physics 3 0.3 3 0.3 7 0.7 4 0.4 3 0.2 - 1 - 25.0 0 0.0
    Astronomy 2 0.2 3 0.3 2 0.2 5 0.5 4 0.3 - 1 - 20.0 2 100.0
    Biodefense -- 37 3.5 5 0.5 3 0.3 2 0.2 - 1 - 33.3 NANA
    Bioinformatics 45 5.1 57 5.3 55 5.2 28 2.8 20 1.6 - 8 - 28.6 - 25 - 55.6
    Bioinformatics & Comp Biology -- -- -- 17 1.7 31 2.5 14 82.4 NANA
    Bioinformatics Management -- -- -- 4 0.4 1 0.1 - 3 - 75.0 NANA
    Biology 419 47.2 513 47.9 493 46.6 486 47.8 640 51.0 154 31.7 221 52.7
    Biosciences 6 0.7 12 1.1 14 1.3 13 1.3 14 1.1 1 7.7 8 133.3
    Chemistry 101 11.4 108 10.1 108 10.2 108 10.6 136 10.8 28 25.9 35 34.7
    Chemistry & Biochemistry -- -- -- -- 3 0.2 NANA NANA
    Climate Dynamics 10 1.1 11 1.0 12 1.1 15 1.5 12 1.0 - 3 - 20.0 2 20.0
    Computational & Data Sciences -- -- 1 0.1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0 0.0 NANA
    Computational Sci & Informatics 80 9.0 74 6.9 58 5.5 42 4.1 38 3.0 - 4 - 9.5 - 42 - 52.5
    Computational Science 5 0.6 6 0.6 4 0.4 1 0.1 3 0.2 2 200.0 - 2 - 40.0
    Computational Tec & Applicat 1 0.1 -- -- 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
    Earth Science 7 0.8 8 0.7 13 1.2 7 0.7 12 1.0 5 71.4 5 71.4
    Earth Systems Science -- 1 0.1 -- 3 0.3 2 0.2 - 1 - 33.3 NANA
    Earth Systms & Geoinfmtn Science 14 1.6 20 1.9 25 2.4 27 2.7 26 2.1 - 1 - 3.7 12 85.7
    Environmental Management 2 0.2 2 0.2 -- 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 - 1 - 50.0
    Environmental Science and Policy 12 1.4 13 1.2 11 1.0 12 1.2 11 0.9 - 1 - 8.3 - 1 - 8.3
    Environmental Science and Public Policy 30 3.4 37 3.5 35 3.3 28 2.8 25 2.0 - 3 - 10.7 - 5 - 16.7
    Forensics -- -- -- -- 6 0.5 NANA NANA
    Geographic & Cartographic Sciences 10 1.1 9 0.8 6 0.6 4 0.4 6 0.5 2 50.0 - 4 - 40.0
    Geographic Information Science 2 0.2 2 0.2 1 0.1 3 0.3 -- NANA NANA
    Geography 8 0.9 6 0.6 9 0.9 8 0.8 13 1.0 5 62.5 5 62.5
    Geology 2 0.2 5 0.5 5 0.5 3 0.3 2 0.2 - 1 - 33.3 0 0.0
    Geospatial Intelligence -- -- -- -- 3 0.2 NANA NANA
    Global & Environmental Change -- -- -- 5 0.5 6 0.5 1 20.0 NANA
    Mathematics 51 5.7 61 5.7 52 4.9 49 4.8 72 5.7 23 46.9 21 41.2
    Medical Technology 47 5.3 49 4.6 53 5.0 47 4.6 41 3.3 - 6 - 12.8 - 6 - 12.8
    Nanotechnology & Nanoscience 1 0.1 3 0.3 5 0.5 -- -- NANA NANA
    Neuroscience 5 0.6 5 0.5 5 0.5 5 0.5 5 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
    Physical Sciences 8 0.9 7 0.7 10 0.9 8 0.8 6 0.5 - 2 - 25.0 - 2 - 25.0
    Physics 11 1.2 13 1.2 11 1.0 17 1.7 26 2.1 9 52.9 15 136.4
    Pre-Medicine 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 -- NANA NANA
    Remote Sensing & Image Processng 1 0.1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -- -- NANA NANA
    Undeclared -- 3 0.3 53 5.0 58 5.7 80 6.4 22 37.9 NANA
    Unit Total 887 100.0 1,071 100.0 1,057 100.0 1,016 100.0 1,256 100.0 240 23.6 369 41.6