Mathematics and Statistics Department Data

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Number of majors and minors by class and type:

Class Honors Regular Minors Total*
'09
6
11
22
37
'08
5
22
15
36
'07
7
22
26
47
'06
4
24
16
40
'05
2
18
15
32
'04
4
9
23
36
'03
6
10
9
25
'02
4
7
10
19
'01
1
6
4
10
'00
3
4
3
10

* Honors minors can also be course majors, so a number in this column can be less than the sum of its row.


Majors by gender:

Class Percent Men Percent Women
'09
76.5%
23.5%
'08
59.3%
40.7%
'07
78.8%
21.2%
'06
57.7%
42.3%
'05
45%
55%
'04
70.6%
29.4%
'03
60%
40%
'02
44.5%
55.5%
'01
88.9%
11.1%
'00
62.5%
37.5%


Class size data over the last several years:

Year
No. of Students
No. of Classes
Avg. Size*
06/07
983
52
18.9
05/06
906
52
17.4
04/05
927
52.5
18.0
03/04
902
47.5
19.0
02/03
802
48.5
16.5
01/02
716
41.5
17.3
00/01
743
47
15.8
99/00
791.5
48
16.5
98/99
837.5
47.5
17.6
97/98
823
47.5
17.3
96/97
886
52.5
16.9
95/96
768.5
42
18.3

* Stat courses tend to be bigger than the average, and Math courses tend to be smaller than the average.

 

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