Graduate Education
These publications and reports cover issues concerning graduate physics and astronomy education, and degree production at US universities. They provide current
data and historic trends for enrollments and degree production, including student demographics, educational experiences and post degree plans. Included
are the results of a survey of physics and astronomy graduate students and an evaluation of the impact of visa regulations in the post-9/11 era.
There is also a report describing the characteristics that distinguish a professional master's degree program from a more traditional, academic master's degree program.
2009 Roster of Physics Departments (August 2010)
Enrollment and degree data on each degree-granting physics department in the US.
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Archive of Rosters
2009 Roster of Astronomy Departments (August 2010)
Enrollment and degree data on each degree-granting astronomy department in the US.
Current Report
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Archive of Rosters
focus on Astronomy Enrollments and Degrees (July 2010)
The trend data in this report includes astronomy enrollments from the fall of 2008 and astronomy degrees at the bachelor's, master's and doctorate levels from the class of 2008.
In addition to presenting enrollments and degrees trends, it also examines issues of gender and citizenship.
focus on Graduate Physics Enrollments and Degrees (January 2010)
Physics graduate students up 33% in 8 years.
This focus on presents findings from the annual survey of Enrollments and Degrees. The trend data detailed in this focus on include graduate enrollments from the fall of
2007 and graduate degrees from the class of 2007. In addition to presenting enrollments and degrees trends, it also examines issues of
gender and citizenship. This focus on is part of a series that also covers astronomy and undergraduate-level physics enrollments and degrees.
Enrollments and Degrees Report, 2006
A report on academic enrollments (including Fall 2006) and degrees conferred at the bachelor's,
master's, and doctorate levels (including academic year 2005-2006) at colleges and universities
with physics or astronomy degree-granting programs.
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Graduate Student Report: First-Year Physics and Astronomy Students,
2003-2004
A look at the enrollments trends, characteristics, subfields of specialization, types of support,
and career goals for first-year physics and astronomy graduate students.
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Core and Breadth in Physics Doctoral Education
This report presents the results of a survey conducted for the APS/AAPT Task Force on Graduate
Education. Physics departments that grant PhDs report on core requirements in their curriculum
and the steps they take to ensure breadth of knowledge in physics. Other topics include
the extent to which departments use a comprehensive exam and the topics covered by such an exam,
requirements about training in ethics, and the effect of interdisciplinary programs on traditional
core requirements.
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Physics Students From Abroad: Monitoring the Continuing Impact of
Visa Problems
This 12 page report documents the impact of visa regulations on international students in US physics
graduate programs during the Fall of 2004. It quantifies the number of first-year international
students who enrolled and the proportion who were denied entrance or substantially delayed due to
visa difficulties. The report describes changes in visa denial rates and international student
enrollment patterns compared to two years earlier. It also discusses the visa problems experienced
by non-US citizen faculty, postdocs and previously enrolled students when they tried to return from
travel abroad.
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Physics Students From Abroad in the Post-9/11 Era
A look at the impact of new visa regulations in the post-9/11 era on students from other countries.
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Programs that match every interest-
MS degrees in physics (2005)
This report updates the discussion about differences between professional masters programs
and traditional academic masters programs. The report identifies and describes the features
of Sloan-Funded Professional Sciences Masters in physics, the strongest Professional Masters
Programs in physics, new and small Professional Masters Programs, and accredited programs
in Medical Physics.
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