American Men of Science Archives - Education by the Numbers

1910 State Research Universities

College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Notes
University of California	212	207	5	1	291	6	65	4,462,779	248,000	1,060,125
University of Illinois	236	47	10	2	512	53	86	647,131	157,836	1,216,500
Indiana University	94	43	0	0	169	10	27	744,000	77,156	265,281
University of Iowa	88	63	4	0	151	14	26	373,204	80,000	425,420
Iowa State University	19	1	0	0	109	33	16	686,778	31,000	444,119
University of Michigan	132	44	7	2	313	4	60	309,000	270,998	910,200
Michigan State University	0	0	0	0	83	21	10	986,338	31,824	186,551
University of Minnesota	80	50	0	0	184	9	84	1,448,799	145,000	1,965,731
University of Missouri	107	38	2	0	150	12	40	1,258,839	110,082	403,201
University of Nebraska	85	69	1	0	219	42	37	672,272	90,500	379,036
University of North Carolina	27	0	0	0	99	0	13	206,237	58,000	90,000
Ohio State University	65	31	0	0	200	14	47	924,053	95,837	676,472
University of Texas	17	16	0	0	97	6	22	2,050,000	72,732	295,000
University of Virginia	29	0	4	0	76	0	21	1,380,954	70,000	80,000
University of Washington	20	21	0	0	99	4	21		41,184	336,661	Endowment not reported
University of Wisconsin	475	54	17	1	421	38	77	626,161	151,580	1,223,604
College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Notes

Source: United States Department of the Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year Ended June 30, 1910 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1911); James McKeen Cattell (ed.), American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory, (New York: The Science Press, 1910).

1915 State Research Universities

College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation
University of California	534	478	18	4	598	82	5,532,606	328,000	1,934,483
University of Illinois	407	77	21	2	590	52	649,012	369,258	2,453,371
Indiana University	198	59	6	0	220	33	878,400	109,000	642,527
University of Iowa	127	78	7	0	180	22	499,428	125,630	925,987
Iowa State University	84	19	0	0	284	68	688,067	62,200	1,127,192
University of Michigan	269	88	8	1	481	22	1,013,290	368,238	1,059,000
Michigan State University			0	0	135	22		43,000	451,000
University of Minnesota	237	98	5	0	442	64	1,647,059	225,000	1,820,063
University of Missouri	184	72	0	2	212	14	1,307,339	2,000,000	744,333
University of Nebraska	179	145	2	2	205	62	811,010	123,000	1,006,525
University of North Carolina	36	0	2	0	76	0	154,900	74,750	125,417
Ohio State University	170	74	1	0	438	43	1,009,258	160,500	1,417,976
University of Texas	50	30	1	0	169	27	2,000,000	129,878	711,682
University of Virginia	51	0	2	0	122	0	2,215,859	90,000	109,167
University of Washington	75	34	1	0	184	33	5,000,000	82,322	634,893
University of Wisconsin	97	78	18	3	431	64	685,627	240,000	1,664,602
College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation

Source: United States Department of the Interior, Statistics of State Colleges and Universities, 1915 – 1916, Bulletin, 1916, no. 50 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1916).

1920 State Research Universities

College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation
University of California	432	531	19	4	1,031	147	145	7,253,926	479,000	2,682,897
University of Illinois	292	88	25	4	822	126	132	649,012	461,598	2,871,500
Indiana University	83	54	3	3	169	28	36	852,301	134,370	703,127
University of Iowa	265	217	8	3	206	57	50	301,889	162,000	1,269,583
Iowa State University	81	42	2	0	337	117	54	692,908	77,715	1,538,150
University of Michigan	261	79	9	5	449	5	99	1,329,477	432,394	2,346,750
Michigan State University	12	1	0	0	145	26	27	4,000	45,000	785,000
University of Minnesota	422	135	1	0	712	102	126	3,860,200	300,000	2,948,851
University of Missouri	121	58	2	0	224	32	44	1,646,841	223,670	920,298
University of Nebraska	145	126	2	1	268	70	51	896,989	147,500	1,532,425
University of North Carolina	35	5	0	0	112	0	18	262,200	93,914	360,000
Ohio State University	145	63	6	1	456	61	78	1,046,466	215,000	1,836,296
University of Texas	57	63	0	0	181	48	45	2,575,000	194,459	839,365
University of Virginia	44	0	4	0	114	0	28	2,745,055	120,300	188,667
University of Washington	67	60	2	0	188	37	37	6,343,627	120,530	1,133,978
University of Wisconsin	343	164	30	4	439	79	118	717,282	276,000	1,926,160
College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation

Source: United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education, 1918 – 1920, Bulletin, 1923, no. 29 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1923); James McKeen Cattell (ed.), American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory, (New York: The Science Press, 1921).

1925 State Research Universities

College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation
University of California	1,007	889	53	4	1,160	309	34	10,506,506	898,441	5,800,558
University of Illinois	619	165	58	2	855	150	27	1,032,662	687,345	4,693,689
Indiana University	125	84	8	0	226	44	5	1,413,779	183,325	1,545,174
University of Iowa	288	230	14	0	412	121	9	286,313	293,725	2,877,063
Iowa State University	302	79	40	8	361	105	1	694,982	133,064	2,373,887
University of Michigan	574	248	45	3	632	27	30	2,687,770	619,508	5,058,633
Michigan State University	135	16	4	0	212	39	1	1,010,495	51,760	1,634,492
University of Minnesota	828	309	36	4	549	130	26	7,415,911	472,000	4,562,426
University of Missouri	210	143	6	1	278	61	6	1,689,448	314,868	1,550,339
University of Nebraska	205	151	3	0	41	93	2	937,800	201,590	2,269,523
University of North Carolina	146	37	11	0	175	0	4	1,455,569	167,000	1,259,602
Ohio State University	552	218	29	2	694	89	16	1,120,212	276,161	4,384,657
University of Texas	179	134	2	0	272	80	9	16,167,272	286,707	1,674,719
University of Virginia	90	30	8	0	139	0	7	3,672,677	150,000	355,635
University of Washington	239	213	5	0	211	42		4,899,200	212,361	1,386,792
University of Wisconsin	671	316	67	10	684	170	35	1,164,067	344,000	3,770,845
College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation

Source: United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education, 1924 – 1926, Bulletin, 1927, no. 40 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1928); James McKeen Cattell (ed.), American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory, (New York: The Science Press, 1927).

1930 State Research Universities

College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Funds spent on organized research	Notes
University of California	1,026	1,277	73	10	1,328	332	13,914,231	1,118,911	10,172,673	1,320,106
University of Illinois	856	278	59	11	934	164	863,039	836,496	5,219,516	902,349
Indiana University	183	172	18	1	241	64	1,272,608	218,750	2,248,021		Funds spent on organized research not reported.
University of Iowa	413	330	46	7	451	118	815,532	366,726	2,612,530	178,288
Iowa State University	336	135	26	1	346	124	695,163	180,048	2,561,000	508,177
University of Michigan	833	346	75	6	766	61	4,428,140	748,864	5,719,236	50,769
Michigan State University	151	30	3	1	210	41	1,055,273	75,898	2,040,220	431,931
University of Minnesota	992	417	60	7	722	230	1,736,633	654,447	5,415,132	739,808
University of Missouri	281	166	12	2	327	55	10,343,820	410,821	2,070,924	261,635	Library volumes decreased between 1930 and 1935, this is probably an error, but these are the figures reported in the Biennial Survey
University of Nebraska	308	196	10	1	287	109	960,927	256,826	2,390,750	329,612
University of North Carolina	200	86	23	4	212	2	1,543,737	223,295	983,718		Funds spent on organized research not reported.
Ohio State University	936	406	60	8	584	82	1,043,658	359,700	5,319,189		Funds spent on organized research not reported.
University of Texas	283	211	14	5	294	62	30,143,190	422,973	1,875,755	81,397
University of Virginia	156	47	15	1	235	3	6,883,296	172,230	648,921	64,799
University of Washington	294	307	11	2	345	130		258,911	2,136,771		Funds spent on organized research not reported.
University of Wisconsin	833	376	124	6	567	137	829,239	796,000	4,296,246	122,380	Library volumes decreased between 1930 and 1935, this is probably an error, but these are the figures reported in the Biennial Survey
College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	Doctorates awarded to males	Doctorates awarded to females	Male faculty	Female faculty	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Funds spent on organized research	Notes

Source: United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education, 1928 – 1930, Bulletin, 1931, no. 20 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1932); Endowment figures are for 1931 – 1932 in Biennial Survey of Education, 1930 – 1932, Bulletin, 1933, no. 2 ( Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1935).

1935 State Research Universities

College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	All doctorates awarded	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Funds spent on organized research	Notes
University of California	1,880	1,298	98	2,075	463	36	20,608,178	1,289,199	6,876,152	1,587,728	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Illinois	1,206		94	920	237	29	1,064,238	1,047,103	4,395,316	816,750	Faculty reduced to full-time status; Male and female graduate students combined.
Indiana University	182	187	19	318	97	5	1,452,120	255,177	1,490,000		Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Iowa	845	426	101	418	139	12	817,773	479,500	2,001,540	59,474	Faculty reduced to full-time status
Iowa State University	418	112	62	663	153	1	695,329	245,115	1,940,000	465,107	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Michigan	1,230	548	95	761	66	34	10,728,402	955,623	3,859,247	174,660	Faculty reduced to full-time status
Michigan State University	176	30	8	455	104	2	1,055,273	120,937	1,521,454	372,806	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Minnesota	1,281	525	76	903	228	30	12,799,935	799,206	4,165,726	796,510	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Missouri	341	136	20	659	115	7	1,817,760	336,573	1,660,293	245,533	Faculty reduced to full-time status; Library volumes decreased between 1930 and 1935, this is probably an error, but these are the figures reported in the Biennial Survey
University of Nebraska	367	196	17	427	158	4	964,771	300,000	1,713,525	292,566	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of North Carolina	200	84	24	226	20	7	1,614,770	325,000	611,037	47,602	Faculty reduced to full-time status
Ohio State University	1,308		77	742	131	15		455,400	2,993,603	216,693	Faculty reduced to full-time status; Male and female graduate students combined.
University of Texas	361	213	21	330	70	9	34,259,590	452,627	1,193,892	103,166	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Virginia	210	43	24	346	24	8	10,822,725	265,000	382,621	41,020	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Washington	559	501	26	374	124		500,000	386,109	1,279,900	15,700	Faculty reduced to full-time status
University of Wisconsin	878	324	120	674	157	32	1,451,408	789,581	3,901,534	753,000	Faculty reduced to full-time status; Library volumes decreased between 1930 and 1935, this is probably an error, but these are the figures reported in the Biennial Survey
College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	All doctorates awarded	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Funds spent on organized research	Notes

Source: United States Department of Interior, Biennial Survey of Education, 1934 – 1936, Bulletin, 1937, no. 2 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1938); James McKeen Cattell (ed.), American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory, (New York: The Science Press, 1933).

1940 State Research Universities

College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	All doctorates awarded	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Funds spent on organized research	Notes
University of California	1,701	1,081	129	2,620	712	54	23,160,235	1,081,151	8,220,593	2,037,441	There is a decrease in library volumes from 1935 to 1940. The decrease is possibly because the University of California reported volumes for all campuses in previous years.
University of Illinois	553	163	130	1,282	335	36	1,320,667	1,217,675	5,454,711	1,114,614
Indiana University	246	186	17	434	94	7	2,404,167	345,230		67,624
University of Iowa	820	472	91	572	156	13	1,032,958	473,238			Library volumes decreased from 1935 to 1940 - as reported in Biennial Survey
Iowa State University	339	31	47	656	191	3	684,740	297,507	2,225,685	631,602
University of Michigan	887	492	83	772	117	46	14,356,133	1,098,197		207,125
Michigan State University	261	56	13	561	113	2	1,555,273	152,263	2,526,517	471,741
University of Minnesota	599	365	68	1,224	300	28	16,833,931	1,088,166	4,558,929	1,365,856
University of Missouri	156	60	25	640	153	6	2,080,312	395,780	2,407,353	360,496
University of Nebraska	207	70	24	466	161	3	1,107,722	353,431	1,742,892	329,922
University of North Carolina	410	133	32	372	18	12	2,121,758	386,390		75,183
Ohio State University	370	120	111	1,132	200	19	1,653,253	552,904	3,976,928	24,906
University of Texas	620	299	41	524	110	8	28,937,980	639,732	2,121,915	229,158	Endowment - decrease due to reapportionment for Texas A&M.
University of Virginia	246	42	28	158	41	12	11,028,877	338,535		15,281
University of Washington	425	403	35	287	117	1	5,021,381	356,993		170,197	Library volumes decreased from 1935 to 1940 - as reported in Biennial Survey
University of Wisconsin	740	212	160	734	183	33	1,644,335	450,022	3,633,777	856,482	Library volumes decreased from 1935 to 1940 - as reported in Biennial Survey
College name	Male graduate students	Female graduate students	All doctorates awarded	Male faculty	Female faculty	Faculty in Am Men of Science	Endowment	Library volumes	State appropriation	Funds spent on organized research	Notes

Source: United States Department of the Interior, Biennial Survey of Education, 1938 – 1940 and 1940 – 1942, (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1944); James McKeen Cattell (ed.), American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory, (New York: The Science Press, 1938); Doctorates and endowment for institutions not classified as federal land grant institutions come from American Council on Education, American Universities and Colleges, 1940 (Washington DC: American Council on Education, 1940).

1910 – 1940 State Research Universities Sample Dataset

1910 – 1940 State Research Universites Sample Dataset