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Enrolment Statistics

Staff for Resident Instruction, Research, and Extension

(Not including the business staff and office employes)

Resident Instruction1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
Deans (also are Professors)6  3  3  3  3  3  
Professors31  33  32  30  30  35  
Associate Professors9  12  15  12  16  19  
Assistant Professors0  4  14  20  33  39  
Instructors7  12  23  18  30  24  
Assistants and Fellows12  8  15  13  14  24  
Student-Assistants11  11  15  13  8  16  
U. S. Army Officers4  4  8  9  9  9  
U. S. Army Non-Commissioned Officers4  8  4  5  5  5  
Affiliated and Part-time0  2  4  8  4  4  
Total84  97  133  131  152  118  

 

Agricultural Experiment Station1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
 
Director1  1  1  1  1  1  
Professors(7) 7  (7) 7  (9) 9  (8) 11  (8) 10  (9) 11  
Associate Professors(3) 5  (3) 4  3  5  6  6  
Assistant Professors4  (1) 5  6  (2) 6  (2) 8  (3) 10  
Instructors(2) 5  (2) 3  4  (1) 8  (2) 8  (1) 5  
Assistants0  0  1  2  0  1  
Supervisors of County Stations8  8  8  8  8  7  
Total(12) 30  (13) 28  (9) 32  (11) 41  (12) 41  (13) 41  

 

  
Agricultural Extension Division1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
 
Director1  1  1  1  1  1  
Professors(1) 5  (2) 5  (2) 4  (2) 5  (2) 6  (2) 6  
Associate Professors8  (2) 6  (5) 9  (7) 12  (4) 9  (4) 14  
Assistant Professors6  (1) 8  (4) 12  (2) 13  (2) 15  (3) 12  
Instructors1  (1) 2  (1) 6  (2) 6  (2) 5  (3) 6  
Assistants0  (1) 2  1  5  0  0  
District Farm Demonstration Agents5  4  5  4  5  5  
District Home Demonstration Agents3  3  3  2  3  4  
District Farm Demonstration Agents (colored)2  3  2  1  2  2  
District Home Demonstration Agents (colored)1  1  1  1  1  1  
County Farm Demonstration Agents53  62  64  71  72  77  
County Home Demonstration Agents29  24  36  (1) 32  37  38  
Local Farm Demonstration Agents (colored)22  20  23  24  20  20  
Local Home Demonstration Agents (colored)7  7  6  6  6  6  
Total(1) 143   (7) 148   (12) 173   (14) 183   (10) 182   (12) 192  
Grand Total244  253  317  330  353  386  

() Numbers in parentheses are also included under another division, so indicate duplicates. These duplicates are omitted in the grand total. Many of the resident instruction group devote only a part of their time to teaching, the rest being given to experiment station or extension division service.

Students by Curricula

Curriculum1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
General Agriculture80  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Agricultural Economics……  ……  1  2  12  22  
Agricultural Education42  17  62  84  97  105  
Agricultural Engineering3  3  35  26  39  50  
Agronomy……  47  42  18  35  36  
Animal Husbandry……  44  26  16  21  23  
Dairy Husbandry……  6  16  13  22  23  
Horticulture5  13  28  17  23  18  
Home Economics……  ……  ……  15  25  26  
Architectural Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  ……  34  
Chemical Engineering46  45  44  44  75  103  
Civil Engineering79  77  137  142  140  115  
Electrical Engineering173  182  270  324  272  251  
Industrial Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  ……  65  
Mechanical Engineering131  130  120  113  108  129  
Mining Engineering13  21  25  29  16  19  
Business Administration……  ……  84  181  257  278  
Commercial Engineering……  ……  60  60  67  3  
Industrial Education……  29  20  ……  ……  ……  
Secretarial Training……  ……  3  3  0  0  
General Science12  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Biological Sciences12  17  21  27  36  39  
Chemistry9  6  16  18  13  18  
Geology2  3  5  5  5  6  
Metallurgy3  1  3  2  6  5  
Physics1  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Pre-Dental……  ……  8  10  6  5  
Pre-Law……  ……  17  17  12  13  
Pre-Medical……  ……  21  25  25  30  
Pre-Pharmacy……  ……  0  2  1  ……  
2-year Agriculture92  121  ……  ……  ……  ……  
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau Special Agriculture52  27  96  ……  ……  ……  
Special and Unclassified Students……  4  13  0  0  0  
Part-time Students……  ……  18  13  21  24  
Total755  793  1,191  1,206  1,334  1,440  

Students by Class Groups

Group1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
Graduate Students18  14  42  47  70  96  
Seniors88  88  179  175  214  234  
Juniors82  130  156  224  224  226  
Sophomores162  159  229  291  307  327  
Freshmen  247  250  460  462  506  545  
2d-year, 2-year Agriculture  18  37  ……  ……  ……  ……  
1st-year, 2-year Agriculture  74  84  ……  ……  ……  ……  
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau and Unclassified  66  31  125  7  13  12  
  Total755  793  1,191  1,206  1,334  1,440  
 
Winter Short Course30  53  21  18  58  55  
Summer Session……  ……  177  184  289  304  
  Total for Year785  846  1,389  1,408  1,681  1,799  

Note-Where a blank occurs in the above tables the curriculum was not offered in that year; and where a cipher occurs the curriculum was offered but no students were registered in it.

Students by States and Countries

State or Country1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
Alabama2  2  1  1  0  2  
California0  1  0  0  0  0  
Connecticut0  0  0  0  4  5  
Delaware0  0  0  2  3  4  
District of Columbia2  3  7  7  13  16  
Florida0  0  1  2  1  2  
Georgia2  1  5  2  1  3  
Illinois0  0  0  0  1  1  
Indiana0  0  1  1  0  0  
Iowa0  0  1  2  0  0  
Kansas0  0  0  1  0  0  
Kentucky5  3  11  4  3  7  
Louisiana0  0  2  2  2  1  
Maryland4  6  10  6  6  10  
Massachusetts0  2  1  0  0  1  
Michigan1  1  0  1  2  5  
Minnesota0  0  1  1  0  0  
Mississippi,1  0  0  0  0  1  
Missouri,0  0  0  2  3  2  
New Jersey2  2  5  3  4  6  
New York0  0  2  2  6  10  
North Carolina3  5  11  15  11  12  
Ohio0  0  3  6  10  8  
Oklahoma0  0  1  0  0  0  
Pennsylvania1  4  8  6  8  20  
South Carolina7  4  3  4  5  5  
Tennessee3  4  8  13  12  13  
Texas1  2  0  0  0  1  
West Virginia18  17  28  41  46  61  
Wisconsin0  0  0  0  1  2  
China0  1  1  1  1  1  
Colombia0  0  1  0  0  0  
France0  0  0  1  0  0  
Mexico0  2  0  0  0  1  
Philippine Islands0  0  0  1  1  0  
Porto Rico2  1  0  0  0  0  
Russia0  0  0  0  1  1  
Switzerland0  0  0  0  1  1  
VIRGINIA.701  732  1,079  1,097  1,246  1,293  
Total755  793  1,191  1,224  1,392  1,495  

Typical Annual Distribution of Virginia Students by Counties

Map of distribution of students

 

(The cities are included in the counties)

This distribution is on the basis of 1,099 students. The number of Virginia students enrolled in 1927-28 was 1,167 and the number in 1928-29 was 1,246. The average for a period of years was taken as the basis.

Graduates by Curricula

Curriculum1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
General Agriculture21  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Agricultural Economics……  ……  ……  ……  0  0  
Agricultural Education6  2  6  12  11  18  
Agricultural Engineering……  3  13  3  10  9  
Agronomy……  2  7  5  4  7  
Animal Husbandry……  5  4  4  1  3  
Dairy Husbandry……  1  3  1  3  3  
Horticulture1  0  6  3  4  2  
Home Economics……  ……  ……  ……  4  5  
Architectural Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  ……  2  
Chemical Engineering8  11  7  6  7  9  
Civil Engineering9  16  18  19  19  18  
Electrical Engineering17  14  33  39  40  37  
Industrial Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  ……  15  
Mechanical Engineering14  14  14  17  12  23  
Mining Engineering1  0  7  7  3  3  
Business Administration……  ……  ……  7  32  42  
Commercial Engineering……  ……  7  16  18  4  
Industrial Education……  2  4  1  ……  ……  
Secretarial Work……  ……  ……  1  0  0  
Biological Sciences0  1  5  3  2  7  
Chemistry2  4  4  4  5  0  
Geology0  0  1  1  2  1  
Metallurgy0  0  2  0  1  0  
Total79  75  141  149  178  208  

Note -- Where a blank occurs in this table the curriculum was not offered in that year; and where a cipher occurs the curriculum was offered but there was no graduate in it.

Graduate Degrees Conferred

Degree1919-201920-211924-251926-271928-291929-30
Master of Science3  4  6  9  9  15  
Chemical Engineer1  1  0  0  0  0  
Civil Engineer0  3  0  0  2  2  
Electrical Engineer2  0  2  3  4  2  
Mechanical Engineer1  0  2  2  2  0  
Mining Engineer (E.M.)0  0  0  0  0  0  
Total7  8  10  14  17  19  

Agricultural Extension Enrolment

Group1924-251926-271928-291929-30
Farm Women as Demonstrators8,226  5,959  5,220  6,814  
Farmers as Demonstrators14,765  18,926  22,946  27,432  
Farm Women in Clubs2,077  3,796  3,982  4,805  
Farmers in Clubs6,188  7,846  6,212  6,045  
Boys and Girls in Clubs14,339  15,516  15,545  19,087  
Boys and Girls in Summer Courses2,055  2,056  2,246  2,397  
Leaders and Agents in Summer Courses……  307  239  346  
Institute and Conference Attendance151,360  186,988  209,892  200,000