Evening star., 1930-12-16
GAINS IN COLLEGE
ATTENDANCE SEEN
Survey OF SWarthmore Dean
Lays Part of Cause to In
dlStrial Condition. ~

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BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December l6.--At-
tendance at, American. colleges and ,unis
versities showed an upward trend this
year
The annual study of Raymond wal.
ters, dean OF Swarthmore College, pub
lished In the current issue Of school
and Society. shows the trend exceeded
that OF the last several years and ap-
preached the percentage increase OF the
postwar period
Reports from 43l institutions Of all
types in every State In the Union show
totals for November ! Of S7e,67l fall.
cent over the ,iuil-tins totals on No.
vember l, 1929. The grand total at
tendance, including paIt-ti1ne students
and the Summer session OF 1890, Is
S7i,1s4. ..,.
Analysis Of Conditions
The analysis Of Dean Walters shows
that so per cent Of these colleges and
universities have more students than
last year, with the size groups ranging
from the small colleges OF under 500,
Of which sos per cent had increases, 70
the large institutions Of 5000 and up
ward, OF which u per cent report IN
Last year the increase In full-time
students over November, 1928, was only
112 per cent for 226 universities and
colleges on the approved list OF the
Association of American Universities.
According to Dean Walters, the ex-
PLANTATION for the increase Of SM per
cent this academic year probably lies
in the continued faith Of the American
people in higher education and like
wise in present economic conditions.
when business and Industrial OPEN
ings are lacking for their children" he
states, parents who have savings are
disposed to send them on to college,"
He adds that this has been done more
in the case of boys than Of girls "There
are decreases in attendance at pumer-
GUS women's colleges and In the enroll
nlert of women at good many Of the
large co-educational universities" he
says.
Lists Largest Institutions.
The study, In addition to recording
the full-time and part-time attendance
of 4S1 institutions listed by the Amer
separately the 25 largest universities IN
the United States.
For full-time students the order, Is
presented by Dean Walters, as follows:
California (including' the university
at Berkeley and at Los Aneeles), 1882;
Columbia, 1883: Illinois, 12,7OD; Min-
nesota, 12,490; New York University,
12,147; Ohio State, 10,T0g: Michigan,
9,431; Wisconsin, 9,40l; Harvard, o,446;
University Of washington. (Seattle), T.
36S; University Of Pennsylvania. 7,252;
Pittsburgh, 1908; Northwestern, 6,184;
Texas, 5,970; Nebraska, SIZES: Cornell,
5,726; Chicago, 5,679; Boston University,
5,606; College Of the City Of New York,
5,312; Yale, $3.50: Oklahoma, 5,210;
University Of Iowa, 1850; Temple Uni
versity, 4,736; Hunter College, ASIA:
Cincinnati, 4,537. ~ .'5' -
Ranked as TO Grand Totala. .,.
Ranked as to grand totals, Include
ing part-tine and Summer students,
three New York City institutions lead
and another stands sixth. The grand
total order is as follows.
Columbia, 33,144; New York Univer-
sity, 20,214; College Of the City Of New
York, 24,762; California, 22,707; Min.
nesota, 1e,50s; Hunter. 15,A47i Illinois,
14,16e; Northwestern, l4,i52; pennsyis
versity Of Southern California, 1897;
Pittsburgh, 1885; Boston, 12,7l3:
Western Reserve, l2,460; Chicago, H.
757; Michigan, 11,756; Cincinnati, H.
454; Harvard, 1885; wisconsin, TO-
660: University of Washington (Se-
attle),. 1o,197; College of the City Of
Detroit, esq; Texas, o,2os: Nebraska,
8ses; Temple, s,os2; Fordham univer.
Ranking Women's Colleges. :
The 40 largest awomen's colleges are:
Hunter, 4,614: Smith, 1885; North
Carolina College, for Women, 1,70l;
Florida State College for Women, 1875:
Wellesley, 1850; Texas State College
for Women, 1,467; Mississippi State
College for Women, 1882; Ceoraia
State College for Women, 1,195; Vassar,
1,157; Mount Holyoke, 1923.
AS to woman undergraduates IN CO.
educational universities, the size order
OF the five largest groups is California,
5,724; Wisconsin, 2043; Minnesota,
1895; Illinois, 1889; Michigan. ISIS.
The nine largest liberal arts enroll
ments are reported by the following in
stitutions: California, 1896; New York
University, $3.50; Minnesota, 4,o18;
Michigan, 4,214; College of the City Of
New York, 1884; Illinois, $500; Crltrns
bia, $3.50; Harvard, 3,239; Texas, 3,i84.
The i've largest law schools are:
Harvard, 1897: New York University,
1871: Fordharn, l,1s6; Columbia, $685.
Michigan, 634. s
Showing In Medical Schools. -
Among medical schools those. having
the largest enrollmen are: Northwest
ern, TAO; Pennsylvania, 663; Minne-
sofa, 669; Illinois, 576; Michigan, 57S;
Chicago, 546; Harvard, SIT; Indiana,
439; Columbia, 430; Ohio State, 3lS.
In numbers of students in commerce
and finance, the largest schools are re-
ported as follows: Wharton School,
Pennsylvania. 2,267 Illinois, 2,133; Ohio
State, 1889: Boston University, 1 500.
New York University 1889; University
OF Washington, 1,193; Harvard, 1,0T4
Small Bank Closed.