Natural Sciences Facts & Data
Undergraduate Admissions
| YEAR |
APPLIED |
ACCEPTED |
ENTERING |
| 2004-2005 |
2,371 |
602 (25%) |
213 (9%) |
| 2005-2006 |
2,532 |
669 (25%) |
215 (9%) |
| 2006-2007 |
2,447 |
673 (27%) |
210 (8%) |
| 2007-2008 |
2,556 |
709 (28%) |
205 (8%) |
| 2008-2009 |
3,100 |
677 (22%) |
215 (7%) |
| 2009-2010 |
3,578 |
778 (22%) |
263 (7%) |
Undergraduate Student Major Counts - Fall 2011
| Astronomy |
0 |
| Astrophysics |
5 |
| Biochemistry & Cell Biology |
145 |
| Biological Sciences |
20 |
| Chemical Physics |
3 |
| Chemistry |
43 |
| Earth Science |
13 |
| Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
43 |
| Environmental Science |
1 |
| Mathematics |
43 |
| Natural Sciences Division |
576 |
| Physics |
35 |
| School of Natural Sciences Total |
927 |
Graduate Student Major Counts - Fall 2011
| Applied Physics |
6 |
| Applied Physics/Chemistry |
2 |
| Applied Physics/Physics |
17 |
| Astrophysics |
- |
| Biochemistry & Cell Biology |
55 |
| Bioscience Research & Health Policy |
3 |
| Chemistry |
124 |
| Earth Science |
40 |
| Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
23 |
| Environmental Analysis & Decision Making |
9 |
| Mathematics |
31 |
| Nanoscale Physics |
6 |
| Physics |
84 |
| Space Physics & Astronomy |
9 |
| Subsurface Geoscience |
19 |
| School of Natural Sciences Total |
428 |
Bachelors Degrees Awarded - 2006-2011
| |
2005
-2006
|
2006
-2007
|
2007
-2008
|
2008
-2009
|
2009
-2010
|
2010
-2011
|
2011
-2012
|
| Astronomy |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Astrophysics |
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
| Biochemistry |
4
|
na/
|
n/a
|
na/
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| Biochemistry & Cell Biology |
61
|
68
|
64
|
55
|
68
|
58
|
62
|
| Biological Sciences |
7
|
14
|
15
|
18
|
19
|
18
|
6
|
| Biology |
10
|
6
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| Chemical Physics |
3
|
2
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
n/a
|
| Chemistry |
13
|
18
|
12
|
11
|
12
|
19
|
22
|
| Earth Science |
5
|
6
|
3
|
13
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
| Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
12
|
5
|
6
|
10
|
13
|
21
|
17
|
| Environmental Science |
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
| Geology and Geophysics |
-
|
na/
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
| Mathematics |
20
|
23
|
20
|
25
|
19
|
25
|
21
|
| Physics |
10
|
19
|
15
|
14
|
15
|
9
|
14
|
| Space Physics & Astronomy |
na/
|
n/a
|
n/a-
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
| NATURAL SCIENCES TOTAL |
148
|
167
|
144
|
153
|
162
|
163
|
152
|
Faculty Facts
| 118 |
full-time faculty members, 100% hold PhDs |
| 1 |
Nobel Laureate |
| 3 |
National Academy of Science Members |
| 12 |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Recipients |
| 7 |
American Academy of Arts and Science Fellows |
| 11 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows |
| 4 |
American Geophysical Union Fellows |
| 8 |
American Physical Society Fellows |
| 13 |
Sloan Foundation Fellows |
| 3 |
Packard Foundation Fellows |