Table 6A
Enrollment in Undergraduate Degree Programs by Discipline Division and Sex,
Systemwide, Fall 1972 - Fall 1979
Discipline Division Sex 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Agriculture Men 4,267 4,353 4,889 4,887 5,266 5,508 5,255 5,012
Women 945 1,244 1,704 2,077 2,235 2,818 2,857 3,001
Total 5,212 5,597 6,593 6,964 7,501 8,326 8,112 8,013
Architecture Men 1,890 1,844 1,725 1,763 1,737 1,597 1,521 1,636
Women 208 247 308 367 458 479 492 499
Total 2,098 2,091 2,033 2,130 2,195 2,076 2,013 2,135
Area Studies Men 338 314 258 254 185 131 128 109
Women 530 474 413 356 292 286 237 197
Total 868 788 671 610 477 417 365 306
Biological Sciences Men 8,948 9,199 8,965 8,622 7,714 7,261 6,345 5,745
Women 4,375 5,141 5,594 5,754 5,588 5,512 5,355 5,375
Total 13,323 14,340 14,559 14,376 13,302 12,773 11,700 11,120
Business-Management Men 24,941 25,492 26,489 29,482 29,144 30,432 30,421 32,142
Women 5,371 5,806 8,474 10,880 13,118 16,012 18,698 22,544
Total 30,312 31,298 34,963 40,362 42,262 46,444 49,119 54,686
Communications Men 3,105 3,264 3,768 4,164 4,136 4,137 4,110 4,191
Women 1,357 1,672 2,032 2,412 2,857 3,358 3,750 4,503
Total 4,462 4,936 5,800 6,576 6,993 7,495 7,860 8,694
Education Men 9,108 9,084 8,248 8,243 7,610 7,637 7,057 6,483
Women 6,506 7,200 6,944 6,584 6,500 7,047 6,919 6,706
Total 15,614 16,284 15,192 14,827 14,110 14,684 13,976 13,189
Engineering Men 10,340 10,146 10,640 11,988 11,818 14,315 16,005 17,935
Women 194 198 339 522 692 1,003 1,364 1,787
Total 10,534 10,344 10,979 12,510 12,510 15,318 17,369 19,722
Fine and Applied Arts Men 7,006 6,896 6,968 7,106 6,734 6,699 6,520 6,100
Women 8,531 8,717 8,842 8,927 8,719 9,007 9,031 8,804
Total 15,537 15,613 15,810 16,033 15,453 15,706 15,551 14,904
Foreign Languages Men 1,035 988 912 864 771 706 641 570
Women 2,735 2,691 2,457 2,188 1,960 1,764 1,576 1,523
Total 3,770 3,679 3,369 3,052 2,731 2,470 2,217 2,093
Health Professions Men 1,448 1,569 1,693 1,825 1,933 1,992 1,945 1,805
Women 7,018 7,641 7,960 8,946 9,394 9,771 9,963 9,929
Total 8,466 9,210 9,653 10,771 11,327 11,763 11,908 11,734
Home Economics Men 364 91 90 96 118 145 135 125
Women 4,444 4,798 4,895 4,854 4,900 4,899 4,536 4,282
Total 4,808 4,889 4,985 4,950 5,018 5,044 4,671 4,407
Information Sciences Men 606 867 1,083 1,319 1,524 1,793 2,234 3,154
Women 142 186 274 345 468 585 781 1,407
Total 748 1,053 1,357 1,664 1,992 2,378 3,015 4,561
Letters Men 5,113 4,611 4,260 4,011 3,375 3,232 2,975 2,655
Women 9,608 7,950 6,611 5,821 5,032 5,065 4,642 4,349
Total 14,721 12,561 10,871 9,832 8,407 8,297 7,617 7,004
Mathematics Men 3,283 2,783 2,384 2,120 1,795 1,668 1,549 1,401
Women 1,582 1,420 1,277 1,162 1,020 958 945 884
Total 4,865 4,203 3,661 3,282 2,815 2,626 2,494 2,285
Physical Sciences Men 3,854 3,932 3,728 3,854 3,784 3,794 3,744 1,704
Women 710 828 850 1,018 1,029 1,099 1,191 1,212
Total 4,564 4,760 4,578 4,872 4,813 4,893 4,935 2,916
Psychology Men 5,668 5,173 5,261 5,514 4,609 4,312 3,889 3,382
Women 5,812 6,002 6,648 7,127 6,811 6,953 6,842 6,837
Total 11,480 11,175 11,909 12,641 11,420 11,265 10,731 10,219
Public Affairs Men 5,946 6,893 6,710 7,661 7,255 6,792 5,908 4,847
Women 3,435 3,989 4,611 5,616 6,235 6,664 6,784 6,315
Total 9,381 10,882 11,321 13,277 13,490 13,456 12,692 11,162
Social Sciences Men 21,332 19,509 16,469 15,292 12,817 11,572 10,006 8,536
Women 16,497 14,812 11,910 10,610 9,607 9,310 8,540 7,776
Total 37,829 34,321 28,379 25,902 22,424 20,882 18,546 16,312
Interdisciplinary Studies Men 847 1,445 2,065 2,627 2,978 2,976 2,798 2,491
Women 838 3,640 6,668 8,353 8,900 9,346 9,066 8,830
Total 1,685 5,085 8,733 10,980 11,878 12,322 11,864 11,321
Undeclared Men 9,111 10,995 12,836 13,349 12,207 11,339 11,365 11,161
Women 9,548 11,086 14,012 14,951 13,798 14,323 14,938 15,633
Total 18,659 22,081 26,848 28,300 26,005 25,662 26,303 26,794
All Divisions Men 128,550 129,448 129,441 135,041 127,510 128,038 124,551 121,184
Women 90,386 95,742 102,823 108,870 109,613 116,259 118,507 122,393
Total 218,936 225,190 232,264 243,911 237,123 244,297 243,058 243,577