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Enrolment Statistics

Staff for Resident Instruction, Research, and Extension

(Not including the business staff and office employes)

Resident Instruction1919-201920-211926-271928-291929-301930-31
Deans (also are Professors)6  3  3  3  3  3  
Professors31  33  30  30  35  36  
Associate Professors9  12  12  16  19  21  
Assistant Professors0  4  20  33  39  38  
Instructors7  12  18  30  24  28  
Assistants and Fellows12  8  13  14  24  24  
Student-Assistants11  11  13  8  16  10  
U. S. Army Officers4  4  9  9  9  9  
U. S. Army Non-Commissioned Officers4  8  5  5  5  5  
Affiliated and Part-time0  2  8  4  4  3  
Total84  97  131  152  178  177  
 
Agricultural Experiment Station1919-201920-211926-271928-291929-301930-31
 
Director1  1  1  1  1  1  
Professors(7) 7  (7) 7  (8) 11  (8) 10  (9) 11  (8) 14  
Associate Professors(3) 5  (3) 4  5  6  6  4  
Assistant Professors4  (1) 5  (2) 6  (2) 8  (3) 10  (8) 17  
Instructors(2) 5  (2) 3  (1) 8  (2) 8  (1) 5  6  
Assistants0  0  2  0  1  0  
Supervisors of County Stations8  8  8  8  7  8  
Total(12) 30  (13) 28  (11) 41  (12) 41  (13) 41  (16) 50  
   
Agricultural Extension Division1919-201920-211926-271928-291929-301930-31
 
Director1  1  1  1  1  1  
Professors(1) 5  (2) 5  (2) 5  (2) 6  (2) 6  (4) 7  
Associate Professors8  (2) 6  (7) 12  (4) 9  (4) 14  (6) 16  
Assistant Professors6  (1) 8  (2) 13  (2) 15  (3) 12  (3) 15  
Instructors1  (1) 2  (2) 6  (2) 5  (3) 6  (1) 4  
Assistants0  (1) 2  5  0  0  0  
District Farm Demonstration Agents5  4  4  5  5  5  
District Home Demonstration Agents3  3  2  3  4  4  
District Farm Demonstration Agents (colored)2  3  1  2  2  2  
District Home Demonstration Agents (colored)1  1  1  1  1  1  
County Farm Demonstration Agents53  62  71  72  77  85  
County Home Demonstration Agents29  24  (1) 32  37  38  46  
Local Farm Demonstration Agents (colored)22  20  24  20  20  21  
Local Home Demonstration Agents (colored)7  7  6  6  6  6  
Total(1) 143  (7) 148  (14) 183  (10) 182  (12) 192  (8) 213  
Grand Total244  253  330  353  386  416  

() 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

Curriculum1919-201924-251926-271928-291929-301930-31
General Agriculture80  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Agricultural Economics……  ……  2  12  22  36  
Agricultural Education42  17  84  97  105  105  
Agricultural Engineering3  3  26  39  50  51  
Agronomy……  47  18  35  36  41  
Animal Husbandry……  44  16  21  23  22  
Dairy Husbandry……  6  13  22  23  31  
Horticulture5  13  17  23  18  22  
Home Economics……  ……  15  25  26  29  
Architectural Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  34  51  
Chemical Engineering46  45  44  75  103  138  
Civil Engineering79  77  142  140  115  108  
Electrical Engineering173  182  324  272  251  284  
Engineering Geology2  3  5  5  6  6  
Industrial Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  65  78  
Mechanical Engineering131  130  113  108  129  156  
Mining Engineering13  21  29  16  19  22  
Business Administration……  ……  181  257  278  275  
Commercial Engineering……  ……  60  67  3  ……  
Industrial Education……  29  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Secretarial Training……  ……  3  0  0  1  
General Science12  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Biological Sciences12  17  27  36  39  41  
Chemistry9  6  18  13  18  29  
Metallurgy3  1  2  6  5  7  
Physics1  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Pre-Dental……  ……  10  6  5  12  
Pre-Law……  ……  17  12  13  16  
Pre-Medical……  ……  25  25  30  30  
Pre-Pharmacy……  ……  2  1  ……  1  
2-year Agriculture92  121  ……  ……  ……  ……  
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau Special Agriculture52  27  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Special and Unclassified Students……  4  0  0  0  4  
Part-time Students……  ……  13  21  24  21  
Total755  793  1,206  1,334  1,440  1,617  
Students by Class Groups
Group1919-201920-211926-271928-291929-301930-31
Graduate Students18  14  47  70  96  100  
Seniors88  88  175  214  234  241  
Juniors82  130  224  224  226  255  
Sophomores162  159  291  307  327  366  
Freshmen  247  250  462  506  545  639  
2d-year, 2-year Agriculture  18  37  ……  ……  ……  ……  
1st-year, 2-year Agriculture  74  84  ……  ……  ……  ……  
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau and Unclassified  66  31  7  13  12  16  
  Total755  793  1,206  1,334  1,440  1,617  
 
Winter Short Course30  53  18  58  55  42  
Summer Session……  ……  184  289  304  364  
  Total for Year785  846  1,408  1,681  1,799  2,023  

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 Country1919-201920-211926-271928-291929-301930-31
Alabama2  2  1  0  2  1  
California0  1  0  0  0  0  
Colorado0  0  0  0  0  2  
Connecticut0  0  0  4  5  8  
Delaware0  0  2  3  4  5  
District of Columbia2  3  7  13  16  14  
Florida0  0  2  1  2  2  
Georgia2  1  2  1  3  2  
Illinois0  0  0  1  1  4  
Indiana0  0  1  0  0  2  
Iowa0  0  2  0  0  2  
Kansas0  0  1  0  0  0  
Kentucky5  3  4  3  7  10  
Louisiana0  0  2  2  1  0  
Maryland4  6  6  6  10  17  
Massachusetts0  2  0  0  1  1  
Michigan1  1  1  2  5  2  
Minnesota0  0  1  0  0  0  
Mississippi,1  0  0  0  1  0  
Missouri,0  0  2  3  2  0  
New Jersey2  2  3  4  6  12  
New York0  0  2  6  10  21  
North Carolina3  5  15  11  12  12  
Ohio0  0  6  10  8  7  
Oklahoma0  0  0  0  0  1  
Pennsylvania1  4  6  8  20  25  
South Carolina7  4  4  5  5  5  
Tennessee3  4  13  12  13  11  
Texas1  2  0  0  1  1  
West Virginia18  17  41  46  61  75  
Wisconsin0  0  0  1  2  0  
Canada0  0  0  0  0  1  
China0  1  1  1  1  0  
France0  0  1  0  0  0  
Mexico0  2  0  0  1  1  
Philippine Islands0  0  1  1  0  0  
Porto Rico2  1  0  0  0  1  
Russia0  0  0  1  1  1  
Switzerland0  0  0  1  1  0  
VIRGINIA.701  732  1,097  1,246  1,293  1,413  
Total755  793  1,224  1,392  1,495  1,659  

Typical Annual Distribution of Virginia Students by Counties

(The cities are included in the counties)

Va. map of Distribution of Students

 

This distribution is on the basis of 1,099 students. The average for a period of years was taken as the basis. While the enrolment in later years is much greater the relative distribution is fairly represented in this diagram.

Graduates by Curricula

Curriculum1919-201920-211926-271928-291929-301930-31
General Agriculture21  ……  ……  ……  ……  ……  
Agricultural Economics……  ……  ……  0  0  0  
Agricultural Education6  2  12  11  18  17  
Agricultural Engineering……  3  3  10  9  7  
Agronomy……  2  5  4  7  3  
Animal Husbandry……  5  4  1  3  4  
Dairy Husbandry……  1  1  3  3  5  
Horticulture1  0  3  4  2  5  
Home Economics……  ……  ……  4  5  2  
Architectural Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  2  10  
Chemical Engineering8  11  6  7  9  16  
Civil Engineering9  16  19  19  18  26  
Electrical Engineering17  14  39  40  37  34  
Industrial Engineering……  ……  ……  ……  15  10  
Mechanical Engineering14  14  17  12  23  11  
Mining Engineering1  0  7  3  3  7  
Business Administration……  ……  7  32  42  39  
Commercial Engineering……  ……  16  18  4  ……  
Industrial Education……  2  1  ……  ……  ……  
Secretarial Work……  ……  1  0  0  1  
Biological Sciences0  1  3  2  7  8  
Chemistry2  4  4  5  0  5  
Geology0  0  1  2  1  0  
Metallurgy0  0  0  1  0  3  
Total79  75  149  178  208  213  

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

Degree1919-201920-211926-271928-291929-301930-31
Master of Science3  4  9  9  15  25  
Chemical Engineer1  1  0  0  0  0  
Civil Engineer0  3  0  2  2  1  
Electrical Engineer2  0  3  4  2  1  
Mechanical Engineer1  0  2  2  0  1  
Mining Engineer (E.M.)0  0  0  0  0  0  
Total7  8  14  17  19  28  
Agricultural Extension Enrolment
Group1924-251926-271928-291929-301930-31
Farm Women as Demonstrators8,226  5,959  5,220  6,814  25,497  
Farmers as Demonstrators14,765  18,926  22,946  27,432  22,872  
Farm Women in Clubs2,077  3,796  3,982  4,805  7,149  
Farmers in Clubs6,188  7,846  6,212  6,045  2,107  
Boys and Girls in Clubs14,339  15,516  15,545  19,087  23,194  
Boys and Girls in Summer Courses2,055  2,056  2,246  2,397  2,349  
Leaders and Agents in Summer Courses……  307  239  346  284  
Institute and Conference Attendance151,360  186,988  209,892  200,000  200,000