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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

Table 1 presents historical statistics for instructors, students, and degrees, by 10-year periods, from 1890 to the present time. There were enrolled in 1890, excluding duplicates and preparatory students, a total of 121,942 students in collegiate courses. In 1900 this enrollment had reached 167,999; in 1910 it was 266,654; and in 1924 it amounted to 664,266. During this 34-year period the general population increased about 78 per cent, while enrollment of collegiate students increased 445 per cent. During this period enrollments in all kinds of secondary students increased 951 per cent. College enrollment, therefore, has grown nearly 6 times as fast as the general population, and secondary school enrollments have grown about 12 times as fast as the general population. Since college growth must of necessity come through the secondary schools, the continuous growth of the secondary schools becomes one of primary importance. The number of instructors, excluding those in preparatory departments, in 1890 is reported as 10,762, in 1900 as 18,056, in 1910 as 29,083, and in 1924 as 51,907. The number of students per teacher for each of these four years is 11.3, 9.3, 9.2, and 12.8.

From 1922 to 1924 the number of baccalaureate degrees conferred increased from 47,854 to 61,285; the number of first professional degrees from 12,053 to 17,357; and the number of graduate degrees from 7,332 to 9,261. During this two-year period the amount of productive funds of these institutions increased from $699,213,452 to $814,718,813, and the total annual receipts from $326,535,304 to $387,694,609. There is also an increase in student fees from $64,296,212 in 1922 to $81,168,998 in 1924. The student fees in 1924 are about 21 per cent of the total receipts, which means that for every dollar the student pays $4 more must come from other sources.

The summer-school enrollment increased from 25,538 men and 52,521 women in 1918 to 36,469 men and 58,369 women in 1920, to 62,994 men and 85,069 women in 1922, and to 76,155 men and 113,788 women in 1924. This is an annual increase of about 20 per cent for the men and 13 per cent for the women. In 1918, 33 per cent of the summer-school enrollment were men, and in 1924 this had increased to 40 per cent. The increase in enrollment in 1924 over 1918 is 198 per cent for the men and 117 per cent for the women.

TABLE 1.-Review of statistics of universities, colleges, and professional schools, by decades, 1890-1922, and for 1924

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1 Includes 982 men and 1,239 women teaching in other departments.

2 Includes 1,010 men and 1,241 women teaching in other departments.

3 Includes 1,073 men and 1,255 women teaching in other departments.

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Includes 27,533 men and 38,326 women in other departments.
Includes 26,496 men and 29,453 women in other departments.

" Includes 33,144 men and 39,859 women in other departments,

TABLE 1.-Review of statistics of universities, colleges, and professional schools, by decades, 1890-1922, and for 1924-Continued

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8 First degrees in theology, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, osteopathy, and veterinary medicine.

TABLE 2.-Number of collegiate and resident graduate students in universities and colleges from 1889-90 to 1923-24

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TABLE 3.-Institutions conferring the Ph. D. degree on examination in 1924

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University of Dubuque..

State University of Iowa..

University of Kansas...

Tulane University of Louisiana.

Johns Hopkins University.

University of Maryland..

Massachusetts Agricultural College..

Boston University..

Harvard University.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Radcliffe College..
Clark University..

University of Michigan.

University of Minnesota.

University of Missouri.
Washington University.
University of Nebraska.
Rutgers University..
Princeton University.
Cornell University.

Columbia University.
Fordham University.
New York University.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

University of North Carolina.

University of Cincinnati.

Ohio State University.

University of Dayton.
Bryn Mawr College...
St. Francis College...
Dropsie College..

University of Pennsylvania.
Duquesne University.

University of Pittsburgh.

Villanova College..

Brown University.

University of Texas.

Rice Institute...

University of Virginia.

University of Washington..

University of Wisconsin..
Marquette University..

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BENEFACTIONS

The total amount of gifts and bequests, excluding grants by the United States, by the several States, and the municipalities, reported for the year 1923-24 is $81,722,887. Of this amount $22,632,735 was for increase of plant, $12,380,569 for current expenses, and $46,709,583 for endowment. One hundred and forty-seven universities, colleges, and professional schools reported gifts above $100,000 each received during 1923-24, the total for these institutions amounting to $69,064,665.

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