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VII
Physics Programs
In this chapter 123 research-doctorate programs in physics are
assessed. These programs, according to the information supplied by
their universities, have accounted for 4,271 doctoral degrees awarded
during the FY1976-80 period--approximately 87 percent of the
aggregate number of physics doctorates earned from U.S. universities
in this five-year span. On the average, 56 full-time and
part-time students intending to earn doctorates were enrolled in a
program in December 1980, with an average faculty size of 28
members.2 The 123 programs, listed in Table 7.1, represent 122
different universities--only Stanford University has two physics
programs included in the assessment. All but two of the programs
were initiated prior to 1970. In addition to the 122 universities
represented in this discipline, only one other institution--Purdue
University--was initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for
inclusion in the assessment. Since no information was received (in
response to the committee's request) on a physics program at this
institution, it has not been included in the evaluations in this
discipline.
Before examining the individual program result=, presented in
Table 7.1, the reader is urged to refer to Chapter II, in which each
of the 16 measures used in the assessment is discussed. Summary
statistics describing every measure are given in Table 7.2. For all
but two of the measures, data are reported for at least 109 of the
123 physics programs. For measure 12, a composite index of the
size of a university library, data are available for 83 programs; for
measure 14, total university expenditures for research in this
t Date from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that
4,889 research doctorates in physics were awarded by U.S.
universities between FY1976 and FY1980.
2 See the reported means for measures 03 and 01 in Table 7.2.
3 As mentioned in Chapter I, the primary criterion for inclusion was
that a university had awarded at least 10 doctorates in physics
during the FY1976-78 period.
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discipline, data are available for 88 programs. The programs not
evaluated on measures 12 and 14 are typically smaller--in terms of
faculty size and graduate student enrollment--than other physics
programs. Were data on measures 12 and 14 available for all 123
programs, it is likely that the reported means for these two measures
would be appreciably lower (and that some of the correlations of
these measures with others would be higher).
Intercorrelations among the 16 measures (Pearson product-moment
coefficients) are given in Table 7.3. Of particular note are the
high positive correlations of the measures of program size {01-03)
with measures of publication records (15, 16), research expenditures
(14), and reputational survey ratings (08, 09, and 11~. Figure 7.1
illustrates the relation between the mean rating of the scholarly
quality of faculty (measure 08) and the number of faculty members
(measure 01) for each of the 121 physics programs. Figure 7.2 plots
the mean rating of program effectiveness (measure 09) against the
total number of FY1976-80 program graduates (measure 021. Although
in both figures there is a significant positive correlation between
program size and reputational rating, it is quite apparent that some
of the smaller programs received high mean ratings and some of the
larger programs received low mean ratings.
Table 7.4 describes the 211 faculty members who participated in
the evaluation of physics programs. These individuals constituted 57
percent of those asked to respond to the survey in this discipline
and 6 percent of the faculty population in the 123 research-doctorate
programs being evaluated.4 A majority of the survey participants
specialized in elementary particles or solid state physics, and more
than two-thirds held the rank of full professor. Approximately 85
percent had earned their highest degree prior to 1970.
One exception should be noted with regard to the survey
evaluations in this discipline. In the program listing on the survey
form, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces was identified as
being located in Alamogordo, which has a junior college branch of the
same institution. Since a large majority of faculty evaluators
indicated that they were unfamiliar with this program and it is quite
possible that some of them were misled by the inaccurate identifica-
tion of this institution, the committee has decided not to report the
survey results for this program.
To assist the reader in interpreting results of the survey
evaluations, estimated standard errors have been computed for mean
ratings of the scholarly quality of faculty in 121 physics programs
(and are given in Table 7.1~. For each program the mean rating and
an associated Confidence intervals of 1.5 standard errors are
illustrated in Figure 7.3 (listed in order of highest to lowest mean
rating). In comparing two programs, if their confidence intervals do
not overlap, one may safely conclude that there is a significant
4 See Table 2.3 in Chapter lI.
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difference in their mean ratings at a .05 level of significance.5
From this figure it is also apparent that one should have somewhat
more confidence in the accuracy of the mean ratings of higher-rated
programs than lower-rated programs. This generalization results
primarily from the fact that evaluators are not as likely to be
familiar with the less prestigious programs, and consequently the
mean ratings of these programs are usually based on fewer survey
responses.
5 See pp. 29-31 for a discussion of the interpretation of mean
ratings and associated confidence intervals.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
Character istics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
001. American University ~6 17 13 .33 9.8 .71 .00
Physics 35 45 42 5 7 25 55 2 8
002. Arizona State University-Tempe 18 12 22 .31 7.5 .69 .06
Physics 43 43 44 55 46 53 33
003 . Ar izona, University of-Tucson 35 25 43 . 21 9.0 . 58 .29
Physics 55 47 48 45 32 44 53
004. Auburn University 13 9 27 NA NA NA NA
Physics 40 42 45
005. Boston College 10 15 23 .05 6.5 .47 .26
Physics 38 44 44 32 56 35 50
006. Boston University 23 10 31 .21 8.5 .31 .15
Physics 4 7 42 45 46 36 21 41
007. Brandeis University 20 30 40 .42 7.0 .70 .43
Physics 45 49 4 7 64 51 54 65
008. Brown University 31 61 83 .20 7.1 .88 .37
Physics 52 58 55 45 49 69 60
009. CUNY-Graduate School 51 45 95 . 18 8. 1 .58 .23
Physics 66 53 5 7 43 41 44 48
010. California Institute of Technology 37 69 112 .42 6.2 .69 .31
Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy 56 61 61 64 59 53 54
011. California, University of-Santa Cruz 12 15 20 .20 NA .70 .10
Physics * 39 44 43 45 54 36
012. California, University of-Berkeley 72 179 265 .29 6.5 .77 .36
Physics 80 94 89 52 56 60 59
013. California, University of-Davis 22 19 38 .35 7.6 .70 .35
Physics 46 45 47 58 45 54 58
014. California, University of-Irvine 23 41 52 .14 6.1 .58 .19
Physics 47 52 49 39 59 44 44
015. California, University of-Los Angeles 46 67 183 .28 7.2 .74 .36
Physics 63 60 74 52 49 57 59
016. California, University of-Riverside 20 29 38 .14 7.3 .64 .29
Physics 45 48 47 40 48 49 52
017. California, University of-San Diego 38 60 109 .10 7.1 .65 .41
Physics 5 7 5 8 60 36 50 50 63
018. California, University of-Santa Barbara 23 37 50 .36 6.3 .70 .33
Physics 47 51 49 58 58 54 56
019. Carnegie-Mellon University 30 28 57 .36 6.5 .76 .35
Physics 52 48 50 59 56 59 57
020. Case Western Reserve University 25 26 32 .37 5.9 .76 .28
Physics 48 47 46 60 62 59 52
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. nNAn indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
Prog Survey Results
No.(08) (09) (10)
001.1.3 1.0 0.9
3 7 36 42
002.1.7 1.2 1.2
40 41 54
003.3.0 1.8 1.4
54 53 61
004.1.2 0.9 NA
35 34
005.1.2 0.6 NA
35 29
006.2.3
47
007.3.2
55
008.3.5
58
009.3.2
55
010.4.9
73
011.2.4
~47
012.4.9
72
013.2.5
48
014.3.0
54
015.3.8
62
016.2.4
47
017.4.1
65
018.3.8
61
019.3.5
59
020.2.9
53
1.5 1.2
46 55
1.9 0.9
55 38
2.0 1.2
56 52
1.8 1.2
53 53
2.7 1.0
71 43
1.6 1.2
48 54
2.7 0.8
70 37
1.6 1.1
49 51
1.9 1.1
54 51
2.2 1.2
60 52
1.6 1.1
48 48
2.2 1.0
61 46
2.1 1.7
58 76
2.0 0.9
57 42
1.8 0.9
53 38
University
ibrarv
(11) (12)
0.4 NA
41
0.4 -0.3
42 46
0.9 0.9
55 58
0.2 NA
37
0.1 NA
36
0.5
45
0.9
54
1.0
55
0.8
53
1.6
71
0.7
49
1.6
72
0.7
49
1.1
58
1.3
64
0.6
47
1.3
65
1.2
60
1.0
55
0.9
55
-0.4
-1.1
45
NA
39
NA
NA
NA
2.2
70
0.6
55
NA
2.
68
-1.0
39
-0.0
49
- O. . 1
48
NA
.35 7760
49 61
.42 394
54 44
.35 1727
49 47
.09 763
32 45
.74 2386
75 49
.44 5627
55 56
.45 868
56 45
.40 11341
52 69
.61 1619
66 47
.40 1992
53 48
.56 1231
63 46
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
41
50
41
41
Research
Support
(13) (14)
NA NA
.33 NA
48
.46
56
.08
32
.50
59
PublishedSurvey Ratings
Articles_ Standard Error
(15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
9 .14 .14 .07 .06
4041
39 .12 .13 .10 .06
4343
6187 137 .08
57 53
NA 14
41
609 15
45 41
.44 NA 28
55 42
.65 667 54
69 45 45
.39 1491 136
52 47 53
.22 NA 187
41 58
370
76
19
41
323
71
57
45
115
51
269
66
38
43
136
53
115
51
128
52
79
47
.08
.14 .16
.14 .12
.11 .11
.08 .07
NA .04
NA .04
.10 .07
43
.08 .05 .07 .07
45
52
58
71
42
69
45
51
67
44
52
51
51
48
.09 .06 .09 .08
.10 .09 .11 .08
.03 .06 .05 .05
.12 .09 .10 .07
.04 .06 .06 .05
.10 .08
.08 .07
.08 .05 .05 .06
.07 .05 .05 .06
.10 .09 .09 .07
.08 .06 .07 .06
.08 .0 5 .06 .07
.09 .06 .08 .07
.09 .07 .07 . 07
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
Character istics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
021. Catholic University of America 12 27 42 .09 8.3 .71 .06
Physics 39 48 47 35 38 54 33
022. Chicago, University of 38 88 115 .27 6.8 .85 . 39
Physics 5 7 66 61 51 53 66 62
023. Cincinnati, University of 24 23 38 . 19 8.0 .47 .11
Physics 48 46 47 44 41 35 37
024 . Clarkson College of Technology 11 8 11 .20 6.5 .70 .20
Physics 39 42 42 45 56 54 45
025. Clemson University 23 18 5 .26 6.3 .50 .09
Physics and Astronomy 47 45 41 50 57 37 36
026. Colorado State University-Fort Collins 21 14 26 .15 9.3 .69 .31
Physics 45 44 44 41 29 53 54
027. Colorado, University of 37 72 89 .29 6.8 .63 .20
Physics 56 61 56 53 52 48 45
028. Columbia University 33 81 120 . 16 7.6 .77 .36
Physics 54 64 62 41 45 60 59
029. Connecticut, University of-Storrs 31 26 31 .26 8.1 .44 .19
Physics 52 4 7 45 50 40 32 44
030. Cornell University-I thaca 45 89 166 .27 6.5 .87 .36
Physics 62 67 71 51 55 68 59
031. Dartmouth College 15 21 20 .17 5.5 .79 .47
Physics and Astronomy 41 46 43 42 65 61 68
032. Delaware, University of-Newark 24 20 27 .39 8.9 .74 .44
Physics 48 45 45 62 33 5 7 65
033. Denver, University of 17 10 17 .27 6.3 .55 .18
Physics 43 42 43 51 5 7 41 43
034. Drexel University 25 13 44 .25 6.5 .57 .00
Physics and Atmospheric Science 48 43 48 49 56 43 28
035. Duke University 19 27 46 .33 5.9 .64 .46
Physics 44 48 48 57 62 48 67
036. Florida State University-Tallahassee 27 37 35 .21 6.4 .73 .33
Physics 50 51 46 46 56 56 56
037. Florida, University of-Gainesville 25 21 51 .35 6.3 .63 .08
Physics 48 46 49 58 58 47 35
038. Georgetown University 10 18 14 .35 8.0 .75 .19
Physics 38 45 42 58 41 58 44
039. Georgia Institute of Technology 23 20 37 .42 6.5 .65 .26
Physics 4 7 45 4 7 64 56 50 50
040. Harvard University 28 84 93 .35 5.6 .88 .41
Physics 50 65 57 58 64 69 63
`,,am was initiated since 1970.
line of data for every program, raw values for ~
. ~ ~d line values are reported in standardized form, we
standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survev Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) tl3)(14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
021. 2.0 1.5 0.9 0.5 NA .58889 38 .12 .11 .10 .07
43 46 39 44 6545 4343
022. 4.6 2.6 0.9 1.5 0.9 .507819 246 .07 .06 .08 .06
70 69 41 67 57 5961 6469
023. 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 -0.2 .25NA 47 .12 .10 .06 .06
43 46 46 45 47 43 4444
024. 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.3 NA .55NA 55 .17 .12 .08 .06
34 32 39 39 62 4544
025. 1.8 1.2 NA 0.2 NA .13NA 42 .15 .17 NA .05
41 40 38 35 4443
026. 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.3 -1.1 .19414 74 .18 .11 .10 .05
40 46 53 39 38 3944 4745
027. 3.1 1.9 1.0 1.0 -0.9 .223044 195 .08 .06 .08 .07
54 55 44 57 41 4150 5958
028. 4.5 2.3 0.6 1.5 1.7 .331701 172 .06 .06 .07 .07
69 63 29 67 66 4847 5658
029. 2.3 1.6 1.1 0.7 -0.5 .191284 59 .08 .09 .06 .07
47 48 50 50 44 3946 4545
030. 4.7 2.8 1.3 1.5 1.6 .18 14914 356 .05 .05 .06 .06
70 74 58 69 65 38 78 74 76
031. 2.2 1.9 1.1 0.4 -1.1 .20 NA 23 .21 .18 .08 .06
46 55 50 41 38 40 42 42
032. 2.0 1.3 1.4 0.4 NA .29 387 67 .11 .10 .09 .07
44 43 60 43 46 44 46 46
033. 1.6 0.8 NA 0.1 NA .47 1372 28 .17 .14 NA .04
40 32 36 5 7 46 42 42
034. 1.8 1.3 1.1 0.5 NA .16 555 48 .11 .11 .10 .07
41 42 49 45 37 45 44 44
035. 3.0 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.3 .26 1405 53 .10 .07 .06 .08
53 54 45 53 52 44 46 45 45
036. 3.0 1.8 1.3 0.8 -0.4 .44 2081 89 .10 .07 .08 .08
53 52 59 53 45 55 48 48 49
037. 2.6 1.7 1.5 0.7 0.8 .40 1126 85 .13 .09 .10 .08
49 51 69 50 57 53 46 48 47
038. 1.0 NA NA 0.1 -0.6 .30 NA 13 .16 NA NA .04
34 36 43 46 41 41
039. 2.3 1.5 1.0 0.5 NA .52 1781 82 .10 .09 .09 .07
47 47 45 45 61 47 48 47
040. 4.9 2.8 1.0 1.7 3.0 .68 5602 337 .03 .05 .06 .06
73 73 46 72 78 71 56 73 80
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported:
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. NINA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06)(07)
041. Houston, University of 18 15 36 .15 7.8 .39.31
Physics 43 44 46 41 43 2754
042. Howard University 9 11 NA NA NA NANA
Physics 3 7 43
043. Illinois Institute of Technology 16 14 12 .23 7.1 .62 .15
Physics 42 44 42 48 50 47 4]
044. Illinois, University of-Chicago Circle 28 17 34 .11 8.8 .47 .16
Physics 50 45 46 36 34 35 4]
045. Illinois, University-Urbana/Champaign 68 162 287 .13 6.0 .92 .35
Physics 78 89 93 39 60 72 5 8
046. Indiana University-Bloomington 42 35 67 .27 7.5 .77 .43
Physics 60 50 52 51 46 60 65
047. Iowa State University-Ames 43 46 76 .30 5.9 .82 .36
Physics 61 53 54 53 61 64 5 8
048. Iowa, University of-Iowa City 22 35 24 .23 6.4 .53 .29
Physics and Astronomy 46 50 44 48 5 7 39 53
049. Johns Hopkins University 18 34 56 .34 7.3 .78 .25
Physics 43 50 50 58 48 61 49
050. Kansas State University-Manhattan 24 11 10 .13 5.3 .60 .13
Physics 48 43 41 39 67 45 39
051. Kansas, University of 24 15 20 .33 6.9 .44 .28
Physics and Astronomy 48 44 43 57 52 32 52
052. Kent State University 16 15 50 .31 6.8 .56 .19
Physics 42 44 49 55 53 42 44
053. Kentucky, University of 22 9 11 .30 6.4 NA NA
Physics and Astronomy 46 42 42 54 57
054. Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge 30 13 32 .25 6.9 .67 .24
Physics and Astronomy 52 43 46 49 51 51 48
055. Maryland, University of-College Park 75 144 181 .17 7.0 .65 .30
Physics and Astronomy 82 84 73 42 50 49 54
056. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 87 195 300 .25 5.6 .72 .36
Physics 91 99 96 50 64 56 59
057. Massachusetts, University of-Amherst 35 29 42 .35 7.2 .68 .32
Physics and Astronomy 55 48 47 58 49 52 56
058. Michigan State University-East Lansing 48 26 68 .16 5.8 .67 .30
Physics 64 47 52 41 62 51 54
059. Michigan, University of-Ann Arbor 50 51 81 .29 6.6 .62 .28
Physics 65 55 55 53 54 47 52
060. Minnesota, University of 46 43 83 .28 7.8 .66 .42
Physics and Astronomy 63 53 55 52 43 50 63
* indicates program was initiated since 197u
NOTE: On the f irst line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13)(14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
041. 2.1 1.3 1.6 0.3 -0.9 .44542 77 .17 .16 .12 .06
45 42 72 39 40 5544 4747
042. 1.1 1.0 NA 0.2 -0.4 NANA 27 .23 .18 NA .05
34 36 37 45 4242
043. 1.7 1.1 1.0 0.4 NA .56NA 42 .11 .14 .12 .06
40 39 45 43 63 4444
044. 2.1 1.4 1.2 0.6 NA .321014 47 .13 .11 .12 .08
44 45 52 47 4746 4444
045. 4.3 2.5 1.1 1.6 2.0 .464815 363 .07 .0 6 .06 .06
67 66 50 70 68 5654 7575
046. 3.1 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 .384224 112 .07 .07 .07 .07
55 54 55 56 58 5153 5151
047. 2.9 1.8 1.0 0.7 -0.5 .14NA 106 .11 .08 .07 .07
53 52 46 50 44 36 5050
048. 2.5 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 .503475 58 .12 .09 .04 .07
49 52 43 45 52 5951 4545
049. 3.1 1.9 0.8 0.8 -0.4 .392000 89 .09 .06 .07 .07
55 56 36 51 45 5248 4849
050. 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.3 NA .21NA 66 .18 .12 .10 .06
43 41 42 41 40 4646
051. 2.2 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.1 .33NA 21 .11 .10 .08 .08
45 46 45 47 50 48 4242
052. 1.7 1.2 1.2 0.4 -1.8 .44NA 20 .13 .14 .13 .07
41 41 53 42 32 55 4242
053. 1.8 1.2 1.4 0.6 -0.1 .23NA 27 .10 .13 .12 .08
41 40 62 47 48 41 4242
054. 2.5 1.4 1.3 0.7 -0.3 .371340 65 .10 .11 .08 .06
49 44 59 50 46 5046 4646
055. 3.7 2.1 0.9 1.4 0.2 .318341 290 .07 .06 .06 .07
61 59 38 67 51 4762 6868
056. 4.8 2.7 1.0 1.7 -0.3 .3131429 559 .04 .05 .06 .05
72 71 45 73 46 47 99 94 97
057. 2.7 1.7 1.4 0.8 -0.7 .37 1267 68 .09 .07 .10 .07
50 51 61 53 42 51 46 46 48
058. 3.2 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.3 .50 2612 144 .10 .06 .09 .08
56 55 59 60 52 59 49 54 55
059. 3.7 2.1 1.0 1.1 1.8 .42 2912 169 .07 .05 .08 .08
60 60 43 60 66 54 50 56 56
060. 3.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 .28 2664 197 .07 .06 .08 .07
59 5 7 44 56 60 45 49 59 59
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation z 10. NNA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
Prog
No. University - Department/Academic Unit
Prooram Size
(01) (02)
Characteristics of
Program Graduates
(03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
061. Missouri, University of-Columbia 19 17 20 .06 6.6 .59 .18
Physics 44 45 43 32 54 44 43
062. Missouri, University of-Rolla 22 21 23 .27 6.0 .73 .13
Physics 46 46 44 51 60 56 39
063. Montana State University-Bozeman 13 12 25 .50 8.8 .50 .10
Physics 40 43 44 71 33 3 7 36
064. Nebraska, University of-Lincoln 30 15 37 .27 9.0 .68 .32
Physics and Astronomy 52 44 4 7 51 32 52 55
065. Nevada, University of-Reno 12 15 9 NA NA NA NA
Physics 39 44 41
066. New Hampshire, University of 17 17 20 .24 6.2 .56 .25
Physics 43 45 43 48 59 42 49
067. New Mexico State University-Las Cruces 13 15 24 .50 8.8 .50 .17
Physics 40 44 44 71 34 3 7 42
068. New Mexico, University of-Albuquerque 22 15 45 .23 7.0 .67 .14
Physics and Astronomy 46 44 48 47 51 51 40
069. New York University 26 50 59 .48 8.6 .68 .20
Physics 49 55 51 69 36 52 45
070. North Carolina State University-Raleigh 31 18 38 .40 7.5 .60 .15
Physics 52 45 4 7 62 46 45 41
071. North Carolina, University of~Chapel Hill 30 37 43 .12 6.3 .71 .32
Physics and Astronomy 52 51 48 38 58 54 56
072. North Texas State University-Denton 12 19 23 .30 9.0 .74 .21
Physics 39 45 44 54 32 5 7 46
073. Northeastern University 32 18 64 .16 7.5 .37 .21
Physics 53 45 52 41 46 26 46
074. Northwestern University 24 26 45 .26 6.5 .71 .50
Physics and Astronomy 48 47 48 50 56 54 71
075. Notre Dame, University of 21 30 37 .16 6.3 .80 ;34
Physics 45 49 4 7 41 5 7 62 5 7
076. Ohio State University~olumbus 36 57 105 .12 6.7 .60 .26
Physics 56 57 59 38 54 45 50
077. Ohio University-Athens 19 26 58 .08 7.8 .71 .24
Physics 44 47 50 34 43 55 48
078. Oklahoma State University-Stillwater 22 25 26 .33 6.5 .75 .17
Physics 46 47 44 57 56 58 42
079. Oklahoma, University of-Norman 22 16 16 .24 9.0 .71 .24
Physics and Astronomy 46 44 43 48 32 54 48
080. Oregon State University-Corvallis 17 6 17 NA 7.5 NA NA
Physics 43 41 43 46
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean ~ 50 and
standard deviation s 10. "NAT indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survev ResultsLibrary support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09)(10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)(16) t08) (09) (10) (11)
061. i.o 1.31.5 0.3 -0.2 .26 NA 44 .15 .15 .11 .06
43 4366 41 47 44 4443
062. 2.0 1.61.3 0.4 NA .46 1287 70 .15 .13 .13 .06
43 4960 43 56 46 4645
063. 1.8 1.31.4 0.4 NA .31 565 28 .16 .15 .13 .07
41 4262 42 47 45 4242
064. 2.4 1.61.0 0.6 -0.5 .33 1203 68 .11 .11 .08 .07
48 4845 46 44 48 46 4647
065. 0.9 NANA 0.1 NA .00 NA 15 .19 NA NA .03
32 35 27 4141
066. 1.7 NA1.3 0.2 NA .47 NA 16 .11 NA .11 .04
40 56 38 57 4142
067. NA NANA NA NA .08 392 25 NA NA NA NA
32 44 4242
068. 2.1 1.31.7 0.4 -1.0 .18 406 21 .15 .11 .13 .07
44 4375 41 40 38 44 4242
069. 3.2 1.90.9 0.9 0.5 .54 1659 132 .08 .05 .07 .07
55 5541 55 54 62 47 5355
070. 2.2 1.41.6 0.5 NA .23 400 57 .11 .12 .09 .07
45 4572 44 41 44 4544
071. 3.0 1.91.1 0.9 1.0 .30 546 75 .08 .07 .08 .06
53 5550 53 59 46 44 4747
072. 1.3 0.71.2 0.4 NA .08 382 23 .16 .20 .11 .07
36 3052 41 32 44 4243
073. 2.7 1.71.1 0.8 NA .44 1223 58 .10 .09 .08 .07
50 504 7 51 55 46 4546
074. 3.0 1.91.0 0.9 0.3 .38 1254 154 .09 .06 .08 .08
54 5544 54 52 51 46 5555
075. 2.4 1.61.0 0.7 -1.3 .67 850 82 .10 .08 .09 .08
47 4845 50 36 70 45 4849
076. 3.0 1.81.2 0.9 0.9 .50 1675 118 .09 .06 .08 .07
53 5352 55 57 59 47 5151
077. 2.0 1.61.1 0.5 NA .16 NA 16 .12 .11 .09 .07
44 4848 45 37 4141
078. 1.8 1.2NA 0.2 -1.9 .27 NA 45 .16 .14 NA .05
41 40 37 30 44 4444
079. 2.1 1.41.5 0.3 -0.6 .27 NA 34 .12 .12 .12 .05
44 4468 40 44 44 4343
080. 1.8 1.21.0 0.3 NA .29 NA 47 .15 .13 .09 .06
41 4045 40 46 4445
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. GINA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit(01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
101. Syracuse University20 29 38 .16 7.4 .52 .24
Physics45 48 47 41 47 38 49
102. Temple University24 14 34 .21 8.8 .37 .05
Physics4B 44 46 46 33 26 32
103. Tennessee, University of-Knoxville 43 33 36 .36 7.1 .48 .16
Physics and Astronomy 61 49 46 59 50 36 42
104. Texas A & M University 35 29 34 .35 7.5 .56 .24
Physics 55 48 46 58 46 42 48
105. Texas, U of-Health Science Center, Houston 19 9 7 NA NA NA NA
Physics (M D Anderson HospitalJ 44 42 41
106. Texas, University of-Austin 58 89 202 .32 6.0 .67 .31
Physics 71 67 77 56 60 51 54
107. Texas, University of-Dallas 21 18 46 .00 6.6 .71 .47
Physics* 45 45 48 27 55 54 68
108. Tufts University 20 7 21 NA NA NA NA
Physics 45 41 44
109. Tulane University 10 4 10 NA NA NA NA
Physics 3 8 41 41
110. Utah State University-Logan 15 11 15 .27 6.5 .60 .00
Physics 41 43 42 51 56 45 28
111. Utah, University of-Salt Lake City 17 20 24 .22 7.0 .67 .22
Physics 43 45 44 47 51 51 47
112. Vanderbilt University 18 17 17 .50 6.8 .75 .31
Physics and Astronomy 43 45 43 71 52 5 8 55
113. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ 36 11 21 .55 6.0 .91 .18
Physics 56 43 44 75 60 71 43
114. Virginia, University of 31 53 58 .23 5.8 .66 .26
Physics 52 56 50 48 62 50 50
115. Washington State University-Pullman 16 16 20 .29 7.8 .64 .14
Physics 42 44 43 52 44 49 40
116. Washington University-Saint Louis 26 31 61 .32 6.1 .68 .32
Physics 49 49 51 55 59 52 55
117. Washington, University of-Seattle 45 45 37 .18 7.0 .71 .41
Physics 62 53 4 7 43 51 55 63
118. Wayne State University 24 16 14 .25 6.8 .73 .33
Physics and Astronomy 48 44 42 49 53 56 56
119. William & Mary, College of 24 21 32 .42 6.4 .58 .12
Physics 48 46 46 65 57 43 38
120. Wisconsin, University of-Madison 54 29 163 .17 7.3 .60 .26
Physics 68 48 ?0 42 48 45 50
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. "NA. indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABI`E 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survey ResultsLibrary Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13)(14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
101. 2.9 1.9 1.1 0.7 -0.3 .401217 73 .11 .08 .06 .08
52 55 47 49 46 5346 4747
102. 2.3 1.5 0.9 0.5 -0.4 .29405 39 .12 .11 .09 .06
46 46 42 46 45 4644 4344
103. 2.5 1.6 1.3 0.5 -0.4 .02710 65 .11 .10 .09 .06
49 48 56 44 45 2845 4646
104. 2.6 1.6 1.4 0.7 -0.5 .31663 121 .10 .09 .09 .08
50 48 63 50 44 4745 5153
105. NA NA NA 0.1 NA .37NA NA NA NA NA .03
34 51 NA
106. 3.9 1.9 1.9 1.1 1.6 .318726 293 .08 .07 .04 .05
62 55 83 60 65 4763 6866
107. 1.9 1.1 NA 0.2 NA .243407 NA .16 .16 NA .06
43 39 39 4251 NA
108. 2.2 1.5 1.0 0.4 NA .25NA 29 .14 .13 .05 .06
45 48 43 42 43 4242
109. 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.3 -1.0 .30NA 9 .18 .15 .17 .05
35 30 51 40 39 46 4041
110. 1.4 1.0 NA 0.1 NA .33NA 11 .17 .16 NA .04
37 37 36 48 4141
111. 2.4 1.6 1.4 0.7 -0.6 .821171 112 .11 .12 .10 .08
47 48 60 48 43 8046 5150
112. 2.3 1.6 1.1 0.5 -0.7 .33657 29 .13 .10 .15 .06
46 49 49 44 42 4845 4243
113. 2.9 1.6 1.6 0.8 -0.0 .33801 74 .11 .09 .09 .08
52 48 73 53 49 4845 4745
114. 2.9 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.7 .451424 119 .08 .07 .09 .07
53 54 59 57 56 5647 5152
115. 1.2 1.1 NA 0.2 -0.3 .25424 31 .15 .14 NA .04
36 38 37 46 4344 4342
116. 2.8 1.8 1.0 0.8 -0.4 .311579 64 .09 .10 .09 .06
51 53 44 51 45 4747 4646
117. 3.9 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.5 .513339 176 .06 .06 .07 .06
62 60 65 64 63 6051 5757
118. 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.4 -0.4 .38NA 77 .10 .12 .10 .06
42 39 31 43 45 51 4747
119. 2.4 1.6 1.2 0.6 NA .50468 34 .11 .09 .08 .06
47 48 53 46 5944 4343
120. 3.8 2.1 0.9 1.4 1.6 .265082 279 .08 .06 .06 .07
61 60 42 65 64 4355 6765
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are repot tea:
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation - 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
121. Wisconsin, University of-Milwaukee 17 13 15 .24 7.3 .75 .13
Physics 43 43 42 48 48 58 39
122. Wyoming, University of 18 16 21 .23 6.7 .55 .14
Physics Id Astronomy 43 44 44 47 54 41 40
123. Yale University 39 54 103 .24 5.6 .77 .39
Physics 58 56 59 49 64 60 61
* indicates program was initiated since 1970
i.
NOTE: On the f irst line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Physics
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
121. 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.4 NA .35 415 NA .17 .11 .14 .06
42 42 45 42 50 44 NA
1.7 1.2 1.1 0.3 NA .28 936 11 .14 .17 .12 .06
40 40 51 40 45 45 4141
4.2 2.4 0.9 1.4 2.1 .15 4215 178 .08 .06 .07 .07
65 65 42 66 69 3 7 53 5 75 7
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 7.2 Summary Statistics Describing Each Program Measure--Physics
Number
of
P rograms Standard
Measure Evaluated Mean Deviation 1
2 3
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Program Size
01 Raw Value 123281512 17 19212325313746
Std Value 123501039 43 44454748525663
02 Raw Value 123353311 15 16192429355169
Std Value 123501043 44 44454748505561
03 Raw Value 122565314 20 253438445881111
Std Value 122501042 43 44464748505560
Program Graduates
04 Raw Value 115.26.11.13 .16 .20.23.26.28.31.35.41
Std Value 115501038 41 45475052555864
05 Raw Value 1157.11.18.8 7.9 7.57.27.06.66.56.25.9
Std Value 115501034 42 46495155565861
06 Raw Value 114.66.12.48 .56 .60.64.68.70.72.75.78
Std Value 114501035 42 45485253555860
07 Raw Value 114.26.12.11 .15 .18.22.26.30.33.36.41
Std Value 114501038 41 43475053565863
Survey Results
08 Raw Value 1212.71.01.5 1.8 2.02.32.52.83.03.54.1
Std Value 121501038 41 43464852545965
09 Raw Value 1181.7.51.1 1.2 1.41.61.61.81.92.02.3
Std Value 118501039 41 45494953555763
10 Raw Value 1091.1.2.9 .9 1.01.01.11.11.21.31.4
Std Value 109501041 41 45455050545863
11 Raw Value 122.7.4.2 .3 .4.5.7.8.91.11.4
Std Value 122501038 40 42455052545966
University Library
12 Raw Value 83 .1 1.0 -1.1 -.7 -.5 -.4 -.2 .2 .6 .91.7
Std Value 83 50 10 38 42 44 45 47 51 55 5865
Research Support
13 Raw Value 121 .36 .15 .16 .24 .28 .31 .33 .39 .44 .49.54
Std Value 121 50. 10 37 42 45 47 48 52 55 5962
14 Raw Value 88 2943 4353 415 591 876 1206 1372 1696 2610 38936502
Std Value 88 50 10 44 45 45 46 46 47 49 5258
Publication Records
15 Raw Value 120 106 102 19 28 42 57 68 82 119 169 269
Std Value 120 50 10 41 42 44 45 46 48 51 56 66
16 Std Value 120 50 10 42 42 44 45 46 48 51 S6 66
NOTE: Standardized values reported in the oreced
ing table have been computed from exact values
_
of the mean and standard deviation and not the rounded values reported here. Since the
scale used to compute measure 16 is entirely arbitrary, only data in standardized form
are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 7.3 Intercorrelations Among Program Measures on 123 Programs in Physics
Measure
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Program Size
01 .77 .80 -.13 .21 .19 .38 .68.60 .02 .71 .44-.07 .54 .71.72
02 .92 -.02 .32 .40 .41 .76.73 -.17 .78 .47.13 .66 .85.86
03 -.05 .28 .34 .39 .75.70 -.09 .77 .54.09 .68 .86.85
Program Graduates
04 .11 .17 .01 .15.19 .06 .11 .05-.03 .04 .07.05
05 .34 .29 .42.44 .00 .38 .23.21 .31 .37.38
06 .51 .42.44 -.14 .43 .25.13 .25 .41.43
07 .58.56 -.18 .56 .34.14 .31 .47.48
Survey Results
08 .96 -.15 .96 .67.24 .61 .85.86
09 -.17 .92 .65.23 .61 .82.82
10 - .18 - .11- .05 - .08 - .13- . 14
11 .66.27 .58 .85.86
University Library
12 .17 .33 .63.61
Research Suppor t
13
14
Publication Records
15
16
.07 .20 .21
.80 .80
.99
NOTE: Since in computing correlation coefficients program data must be available for both of the measures
being correlated, the actual number of programs on which each coefficient is based varies.
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FIGURE 7.1 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) versus number of faculty members
(measure 01)--121 programs in physics.
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FIGURE 7.2 Mean rating of program effectiveness in educating research scholars/scientists
(measure 09) versus number of graduates in last f ive years (measure 02)--118
programs in physics.
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TABLE 7.4 Characteristics of Survey Participants in Physics
Respondents
N
Field of Specialization
%
Atomic/Molecular Physics2914
Elementary Particles5627
Nuclear Structure3014
Solid State Physics5526
Other/Unknown4119
Faculty Ran k
Professor14870
Associate Professor5024
Assistant Professor136
Year of H inkiest Degree
Pre-1950136
1950-596229
1960-691034 9
Post-19693215
Unknown11
Evaluator Selection
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Other4220
Survey Form
With Faculty Names19191
Without Names2010
Total Evalu211100
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FIGURE 7.3 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty in 121 programs in physics.
NOTE: Programs are listed in sequence of mean rating, with the highest-rated program appearing at the
top of the page. The broken lines (---) indicate a confidence interval of +1.5 standard errors
around the reported mean (x) of each program.
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