Aerospace Department Chairs Association 2015 Enrollment Survey

Conducted by theNational Institute of Aerospace

Presented by:Dr. Drew Landman

Old Dominion University

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Background to 2015 survey

• 72 Institutions surveyed• 45 Responses received (63% response rate)• 33 “Select” Schools (high response consistency since 1989; 26 responses this year)

•Auburn•Iowa State•Miss St•NC State•Notre Dame•OK State•Parks College•Penn State•Purdue•San Diego St•Syracuse•Texas A&M•Cincinnati•Colorado•Illinois

•Maryland•Michigan•Minnesota•Oklahoma•Virginia•Washington•VA Tech•Wichita St•AZ State•Embry R (FL)

•GA Tech•Princeton•Florida•Missouri S&T•U TX (Arl)•Texas•WVU•Kansas

Red = No response

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Member University Participants

• Auburn• AZ State• Caltech • CA Poly Pom • CA Poly SLO• Case Western• Embry R (AZ) • Embry R (FL)• Georgia Tech• GWU • Illinois Tech • MIT • Miss St • NC State• Notre Dame • Ohio State U• OK State • Old Dominion• Parks College

• Penn State • Princeton • Purdue • San Diego St • Stanford• SUNY Buffalo• Texas A&M• Arizona• UCF• Cincinnati• Colorado

(Boulder)• Florida • Illinois • Kansas• Maryland • Michigan • Minnesota • Missouri S&T

Thanks for your participation!!

• NM State• Oklahoma• Rutgers• Syracuse • Texas Austin• Texas Arlington• Virginia • U Alabama (Hunts)• UC Davis • UC San Diego• UCLA• USAFA• USC • UT Knoxville• Va Tech • Wichita St • WVU

Response rate this year is “good”

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Regular Members – Non-participation in 2015

•Alabama•AFIT•Cornell•Colorado (Springs)•Howard•Iowa State•Miami•RPI•San Jose State•Toronto•UTSI

There is always next year!

•USNA•VKI•UC Irvine•Washington•WPI

Changes This Year

• Mrs.Dana Reid did most of the hard work• Air Force Education with Industry (EWI) fellow assigned to NIA

• Results were checked and compiled this year by Dr. Colin P. Britcher of Old Dominion University

• Final cross-checking will be completed post-meeting

• Minor changes in graph format to improve readability

• Changed period of analysis to 25 years maximum (introduced last year)

• Substitute briefer: Dr. Drew Landman of Old Dominion University

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Enrollment Data

• Simple average charts compare the average enrollments for each year based on the number of universities that responded. No weighting to accommodate different response patterns is attempted.

• “Select” average charts compare the average enrollments for each year based on those of the 33 “select” universities that have responded consistently over the last 20 years.

• For 2015, these data are sorted primarily upon Aero data, even for most combined departments. (There were 27 mixed departments responding and all but one were able to separate U/G data between Aero and others; numbers vary for students and faculty).

Average Undergraduate Enrollment Data

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Average Undergraduate Enrollment Data(All Responses)

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Average Undergraduate Enrollment Data(Selected Schools)

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Average Graduate Enrollment Data

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Average Graduate Enrollment Data

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Simple Average Female/Minority Undergraduate Enrollment Data

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Simple Average Female/Minority/Foreign Graduate Enrollment Data

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Aero Department OnlyAverage Degrees Data

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Undergraduate Enrollment Data

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Undergraduate Enrollment Data (continued)

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Graduate Enrollment Data

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Graduate Enrollment Data (continued)

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2015 BS Degrees Awarded

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2015 BS Degrees Awarded (continued)

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2015 MS Degrees Awarded

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2015 MS Degrees Awarded (continued)

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2015 PhD Degrees Awarded

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2015 PhD Degrees Awarded (continued)

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Aero Department Only Faculty Level Data

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Aero Department Only Faculty Level Data (continued)

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Mixed DepartmentFaculty Level Data

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Other Data

Aero MS STUDENTS – THESIS DATA 2450 : Total MS – Aero 45 % Thesis 45 % Non-Thesis 10 % Not Reported / Not Clear

DO YOU HAVE AN ENROLLMENT CAP?

13 % Yes87 % No or not reported

6 SchoolsResponded

“Yes”

• NC State• Texas Austin• VA Tech

• Purdue• Ohio State• USC

Mixed MS STUDENTS – THESIS DATA 2995 : Total MS – Mixed 38 % Thesis 53 % Non-Thesis 9 % Not Reported / Not Clear

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Other Data

FACULTY LEVELS - Mixed

683 : Total Tenure/Tenure-Track798 : Total FTE

24 %: Asst Prof25 %: Assoc Prof51 %: Full Prof

17 %: Minority11 %: Female

FACULTY LEVELS - Aero

526 : Total Tenure/Tenure-Track616 : Total FTE

24 %: Asst Prof21 %: Assoc Prof55 %: Full Prof

13%: Minority12%: Female

Some issues with interpreting reports that give Aero and Mixed data for same school

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Questions / Improvement Suggestions

• Some ambiguity in interpreting data for “Mixed” programs – students numbers are probably OK, faculty numbers less certain

• Post Brief on NIA or ADCA website? Both?

• What other data do you want to see? Email Colin Britcher

• Charts are now capped at a 25 year look-back window, although prior data is retained

• Check all programs to ensure continued viability?

• Expand to include more international programs?

Questions ?

Contact us:Dr. Colin P. Britcher Dana Reidcolin.britcher@nianet.org dana.reid@nianet.org(757) 325-6730 (757) 325-6709

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