The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
EXCELS IN ENROLMENT
Comparison with Twenty-six Insti-
tutions of Similar Rank Reveals
Fast Growth-Four Schools Show
Decrease in Total Attendance,
While Seven Make Gains.

Registration returns for November l
1910, of twenty-seven leading univer-
stiles show Columbia to have by far
the largest enrolment.
Four institutions exhibit a decrea Sc
in the grand total enrolment this year
Harvard, Iowa, Indiana, a6 Virginia
as against four institutions in 1909
two in 1908. and five in 1907. The
largest gains in terms of student units,
including the summer session attend
ance, but deducting summer students
who returned for work in the fall. were
registered by Columbia with an in
crease of 1870, California (67D, Min
nesota Cpd, Wisconsin (5OO), Chicago
1885, Northwestern C346). and Penn
sylvania C33e).
Last year seven institutions showed
a gain of more than 800 students each.
but only one (Columbia) registered an
increase of more than 400 students.
Omitting' the summer session attend
ance, the largest gains have been made
by Columbia (796), Minnesota (G2D,
California (496)! Wisconsin C4O7),
Northwestern (379), Nebraska (236),
and Chicago (23D-seven universities
exhibiting an increase of more than 200
SluutulS III the ldll dllCuuduCtt do
against eleven last year. II will be
is an Eastern institution, whereas the
eleven last year were fairly well di-
Vided between East and West.
Ranking in 1909.
According to figures for 1909, the twen-
ty-seven universities named ranked as
follows: Columbia, Harvard, Chicago,
Michigan, Cornell, Pennsylvania. Illinois,
Minnesota, Wisconsin. California. New
York University, Nebraska. Yale, SYRIA
cuse, Northwestern, Ohio State Missouri,
Texas. Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Tulane,
Stanford, Princeton, Western Reserve,
Virginia, Johns Hopkins. Comparing this
with the order for 1910. it is seen that
Chicago and Michigan have passed Har-
ward, that Pennsylvania has changed
places with Cornell, that Illinois has been
passed by Minnesota. California. and
Wisconsin, that California and WisCon-
sin have changed places, that Northwest
ern has passed Yale and Syracuse, that
Kansas has outstripped Iowa and Indi-
ana. as Indiana and Tulane have Iowa,
and, finally, that Johns Hopkins and Vir-
ginia have changed places.
For the first time in the annals of
universities llle I-VLD mas
been passed, Columbia having a grand
total registration of All students, fig
ure that will closely approach the 5000
mark before the end of the academic
year. Pennsylvania is the sixth institu-
ton to pass the 5000 mark; Cornell
passed it in 1909, Chicago and Michigan
in 1908, Columbia in 1907. and Harvard
somewhat earlier
If the summer session enrolment be
omitted, the universities in the table
rank in size as follows: Columbia, Mime
sofa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Harvard,
Cornell, Illinois, California, Wisconsin,
New York. Northwestern, Nebraska,
Yale, Syracuse, Chicago, Ohio State. Mis-
souri, Kansas. Texas, Iowa. Stanford.
Princeton. Indiana, Western Reserve
Tulane, Johns Hopkins. Virginia, this
order also showing a number of changes
as compared with 1909 notably the ad-
vancement of Minnesota from seventh
to second place
Examining the various faculties in or
der. one finds that the usual gains in the