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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XV. No. 366. 



UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION STATISTICS. 

 A KNOWLEDGE of the present condition of 

 the status of higher education in the United 

 States may be gleaned from the accompany- 

 ing table, wherein are enumerated statistics 

 relating to the registration at seventeen of 

 the leading universities in the country, both 



East and West. The.se figures have been 

 obtained from the proper officials of the in- 

 stitutions concerned, and are as correct as 

 statistics of this nature can be made. With 

 but slight exceptions, these figures are ap- 

 proximately as of November 1, 1901. 

 The gain or loss in the enrollment in 



College Arts, Men 

 College Arts, Women 

 Scientific Schools * 



Law 



Medicine 



Agricnlture 



Art 



Dentistry 



Divinity 



Forestry 



Music 



Pharmacy 



Teachers College 



Veterinary 



Graduate Schools 



Courses for Teachers. 



Summer Session 



Other Courses 



Deduct double regist, 



2099 (49) 



100 (—21) 

 161 (—10) 



t 

 178 (—30) 

 141 (—11) 



85(1) 

 t 



168' {ii] 



799 (366) 



494 K^.^ 

 535l(^'') 



257 (?) 



192 (12) 



95(?) 



404(74) 



175o"('— 40) 

 ........ 



481 (17) 

 326 (34) 

 601 (61) 

 441 (14) 

 800 (49) 



526 (78) 



472 (60) 

 400 (—279) 

 579 (162) 

 18 (—2) 

 [222] 



1 817 (73) 



1017(134) 



197(21) 



415(79) 



86 (—5) 



38(16) 



51(10) 

 183 (—9) 



424 (—21) 



Harvard. 



1983 (—9) 

 452 (3) II 

 549 (42) 

 628 (—19) 

 506 (—99) 

 32 (—1) 



105 (—21) 

 37(9) 



312 (—29) 

 982 (—5) 



■[io]" 



660(100) 

 385 (65) 



135 (10) 



51(11) 



50(?) 

 453 (120) 

 233 (?) 

 [?] 



Johns 

 Hopkins. 



163(-15) 



227 (16) 



169 (9) 



97(16) 

 [1] 



Grand Total. 

 Teaching Staff. 



3540 (319) 

 250 



3727 (—47) 

 202 



4422 (225) 

 466 



3216 (313) 

 387 



5576 (—148) 

 495 



1967 (?) 

 78 



655 (25) 

 139 



the various departments of the universities 

 enumerated are indicated in each instance, 

 where obtainable, by figures vnthin paren- 

 theses. These figures have been revised, 

 and may not tally exactly with the figures 

 to be found in Science published on 

 December 21, 1900. The enrollment figures 

 for the University of Nebraska are for the 

 first time included in this table. 



While statistics of this character may not 

 be exactly the same for two weeks in suc- 

 cession, as those engaged in university ad- 

 ministrative work well knoAV, nevertheless 

 such figures are general enough in import 

 to indicate the trend of the advancement of 

 higher education in various sections of the 



* Includes schools of engineering, chemistry, archi- 

 tecture, mines and mechanic arts. 



f Included in scientific schools. 



t Included in college. 



2 Barnard College. 



II Eadcliffe College. 



country. Changes in curricula, stiffening 

 of entrance requirements, and the inaugu- 

 ration of new policies, materially affect the 

 enrollment statistics of any university. 



Particular attention is called to the effect 

 of the introduction of the new entrance re- 

 quirements to the Harvard Medical School. 

 The demand of four years' liberal training 

 in a college previous to entrance upon the 

 work of the Harvard Medical School has 

 resulted in a loss of almost 100; but this 

 change will inevitably result to the advan- 

 tage of the Harvard Medical course. 



Attention is also called to the increased 

 enrollment in the summer sessions of both 

 our eastern and western universities. 



While there has been a falling off in the 

 grand total of attendance on some of the 

 universities tabulated, there has at the same 

 time taken place a steady forward move- 

 ment in the progress of higher education. 



