From 1995 to 2007, fall enrollment for graduate and professional students increased by 30 percent, from 2 to 2.6 million students (Snyder, Dillow, and Hoffman 2009, tables 206 and 207). Average tuition and fees also went up over this same period; the average full-time tuition and fees paid by graduate students increased 37 percent, in…

In 2007-08, about 3 million students were enrolled in graduate or first-professional degree programs in the United States. These students exhibited wide variation both demographically and in the types of programs and institutions they attended. They pursued degrees in all types of fields, from the physical and life sciences to the arts and…

This publication provides information about the cost of attending Pennsylvania colleges and universities including tuition, required fees, and room and board charges for the year 1994-95 as well as trend information for the past 10 years. Comparative national data are also provided. The main source of the Pennsylvania data was an annual survey of…

Information and statistical data about cancer are provided in seven categories. They include: (1) basic cancer data (considering how cancer works, trends in diagnosis and treatment, new cancer cases and deaths for 1985, and other areas); (2) major cancer sites (discussing lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, 5-year survival rates/trends…

Presented in this document are statistical tables showing the distribution of scholarship grades for the academic year 1973-74 at the University of California at Berkeley. The data is divided by the department and listed under lower division courses, upper division courses, graduate division courses, professional courses, and graduate 601-602…

This report includes detailed statistical tables concerning minorities attending medical school with emphasis on the underrepresented minorities (URM) consisting of Mexican Americans, mainland Puerto Ricans, American Indians, and Blacks. The report covers the following topics: medical school applicants, medical school acceptances, new entrants,…

In 1971, the Council for University Women's Progress first prepared tables which compared all Ph.D's attained by women to those attained by men in the same fields. This document brings this data up to date and supplements it with tables on master's and bachelor's degrees, as well as first professional degrees. The tables show data such as the…

This fact book presents comprehensive information on the 24 Florida four-year colleges associated with the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF), with data drawn primarily from the institutional surveys completed as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Introductory information describes the history of the…

Medical schools in the United States are described in terms of their curricula, students, faculty, finances, teaching hospitals, and clinics. The data are derived largely from responses to a questionnaire and from the AAMC student information system. Medical schools are examined by groups of institutions that share some similarity with each other…

In this fifth report on graduate student admissions, data are provided regarding applications received, applications accepted, and the resultant yield of enrollees in graduate programs. The data are arrayed by program level for all of those senior institutions of the State University of New York that offer graduate programs. The graduate student…

Post-college activities of Black U.S. graduates who studied engineering are the topic of this monograph, the last in a series of four reports examining Black engineering students at Purdue University. Black American B.S. degree recipients who studied engineering between 1938-1974 were surveyed. Advanced educational plans, type of employment, and…

This publication is the first regular report of the newly-funded Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Project on Expanding Regional Cooperation in Graduate and Professional Education. Information about approvals terminations, and adjustments in doctoral programs from July l, 1974 to June 30, 1977 was compiled from a survey of…

Veterinarians were surveyed to determine topics that were overemphasized in their professional education, topics that should have been emphasized more, and specific changes that would improve veterinary education. The survey results are tabulated. (BH)

First-year veterinary medicine students were surveyed during the first and last week of class to determine if student ratings of instructors are free of bias from generalized attitudes. The tabulated results indicate that the students were not biased by preconceived opinions of instructors. (BH)

Data on graduate medical education in Europe are tabulated in this report from the World Health Organization. The information was collected from a short questionnaire distributed in 1976 to countries of the European region using the English language, and in 1977 to those countries using French and Russian. The countries surveyed include: Algeria,…