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Physics Enrollments

FEB 01, 2011
Results from the 2008 Survey of Enrollments and Degrees
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Research Manager ,  AIP
Physics Enrollments

The trend data in this report include undergraduate and graduate level physics enrollments from the fall of 2008. It also includes breakdowns by both gender and citizenship for the graduate level enrollments. The findings in this report come from the annual AIP survey of Enrollments and Degrees.

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