Assessing Graduate Programs
Is Your Graduate Department in Physics Female Friendly?
The APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) has facilitated the collection of responses to a series of questions about graduate programs in physics that should be helpful to those interested in assessing the climate for women at various graduate schools. Department chairs (or their assignees) were asked the five questions below. All the responses are self-reported by department chairs (or their assignees), and the APS and CSWP assume no responsibility for the accuracy of the information submitted.
The responses, for each institution, can be obtained by clicking on the name of the institution below. The questions are:- How many tenure-track or tenured faculty -- male/female?
- How many graduate students ? -- male/female?
- How many post doctoral associates? -- male/female?
- Is there a family leave policy for graduate students? If so, describe.
- Is there family health insurance available for graduate students? Is it included in the stipend?
- In a paragraph, please describe why someone applying to graduate school who is interested in a female-friendly department should choose your institution.
The institutions listed are below. If you are a department chair, and would like to add (or change) your institution's contribution, please e-mail Sue Otwell for the web site address where data can be entered.
169 total surveys as of today
Arizona State University (Physics and Astronomy)
Arkansas State University (Chemistry and Physics)
Brigham Young University (Physics & Astronomy)
California State Univerisity Northridge (Physics and Astronomy)
Clemson University (Physics and Astronomy)
Columbia University (Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics)
Columbia University (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Dartmouth College (Physics & Astronomy)
Florida Institute of Technology (Physics & Space Sciences)
George Mason University (Physics and Astronomy)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Indiana University Bloomington (Astronomy)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Iowa State University (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Mississippi State University (Physics and Astronomy)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico State University (Astronomy)
North Carolina State University
Ohio State University (Astronomy)
Princeton University (Astronomy)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers University (Physics and Astronomy)
San Francisco State Univ (Physics and Astronomy)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Stony Brook (Physics and Astronomy)
Syracuse University (Department of Physics)
U. of Kansas (Physics and Astronomy)
U. of Oklahoma (Homer L. Dodge Department of Phys. and Astr.)
U. of Oklahoma (Physics and Astronomy)
University of Alabama (Physics and Astronomy)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
University of Arizona, Dept. of Astronomy/Steward Observatory (Astronomy)
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of British Columbia (Physics and Astronomy)
University of California Berkeley
University of California Los Angeles (Dept. Physics and Astronomy)
University of California, Berkeley (Astronomy)
University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis (Applied Science)
University of California, Irvine (Physics and Astronomy)
University of California, Riverside (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz (Astronomy/Astrophysics)
University of Colorado (Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences)
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Delaware (Physics & Astronomy)
University of Denver (Physics and Astronomy)
University of Houston Clear Lake
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
University of Illinois, Astronomy Department
University of Iowa (Physics and Astronomy)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisville (Physics and Astronomy)
University of Maryland (Astronomy)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan (Applied Physics)
University of Michigan (Astronomy Dept)
University of Minnesota (Department of Astronomy)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Texas (Physics)
University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics
University of Oregon (Physics)
University of Pittsburgh (Physics and Astronomy)
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras
University of South Carolina (Physics and Astronomy)
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at Austin (Astronomy Department)
University of Toledo (Physics & Astronomy)
University of Washington (Astronomy)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
