Combined CSWA Survey Results

Combined STScI/CSWA Survey Results
compiled for the Web by Jennifer L. Hoffman
last updated 7/19/04

	This page presents the results of the 1992, 1999, and 2003 CSWA surveys sorted by institution. The data shown in these tables represent combined "faculty" and "research" personnel at each professorial rank. In cases of joint physics and astronomy departments, we asked for data representing astronomers only. Raw data are available at the survey results page; this table is also available in Excel and PDF formats. Please contact me with any questions or comments. Click below to jump to the data for a particular institution.

Boston	Caltech	Case Western	CfA (Harvard)	CfA (SAO)
Columbia	Cornell	Harvard	IfA	Indiana
Johns Hopkins	Louisiana St.	MIT	NOAO	Northwestern
NRAO	Ohio State	Penn State	Princeton	Purdue
Rice	SAO	Stony Brook	STScI	U. Arizona
UC Berkeley	UCLA	UC Santa Cruz	U. Chicago	U. Colorado
U. Hawaii	U. Illinois	U. Iowa	U. Maryland	U. Massachusetts
U. Minnesota	U. New Mexico	U. Texas	U. Virginia	U. Washington
U. Wisconsin	Yale

Boston University, Department of Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	25	83.3	5	16.7
Postdocs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	3	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	7	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	13	100.0	0	0.0

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	16	66.7	8	33.3
Postdocs	3	75.0	1	25.0
Asst Profs	4	50.0	4	50.0
Assoc Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	10	90.9	1	9.1
Total PhDs	21	77.8	6	22.2

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	11	50.0	11	50.0
Postdocs	12	70.6	5	29.4
Asst Profs	3	60.0	2	40.0
Assoc Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Full Profs	15	88.2	2	11.8
Total PhDs	31	75.6	10	24.4

California Institute of Technology, Department of Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	24	77.4	7	22.6
Postdocs	20	87.0	3	13.0
Asst Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	7	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	12	85.7	2	14.3
Total PhDs	41	89.1	5	10.9

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	15	78.9	4	21.1
Postdocs	16	69.6	7	30.4
Asst Profs	6	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	10	83.3	2	16.7
Total PhDs	33	78.6	9	21.4

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	23	67.6	11	32.4
Postdocs	48	81.4	11	18.6
Asst Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Assoc Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Full Profs	23	92.0	2	8.0
Total PhDs	73	83.0	15	17.0

Case Western Reserve University, Department of Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	1	50.0	1	50.0
Postdocs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	5	100.0	0	0.0

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	1	100.0	0	0.0
Postdocs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Asst Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	3	60.0	2	40.0

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	1	100.0	0	0.0
Postdocs	2	50.0	2	50.0
Asst Profs	0	-	0	-
Assoc Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Full Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	4	57.1	3	42.9

Columbia University, Department of Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	15	68.2	7	31.8
Postdocs	8	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	4	66.7	2	33.3
Assoc Profs	2	66.7	1	33.3
Full Profs	7	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	21	87.5	3	12.5

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	17	77.3	5	22.7
Postdocs	7	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	5	62.5	3	37.5
Assoc Profs	5	83.3	1	16.7
Full Profs	9	90.0	1	10.0
Total PhDs	26	83.9	5	16.1

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	23	71.9	9	28.1
Postdocs	11	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	4	57.1	3	42.9
Assoc Profs	6	85.7	1	14.3
Full Profs	11	78.6	3	21.4
Total PhDs	32	82.1	7	17.9

Cornell University, Department of Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	27	90.0	3	10.0
Postdocs	24	96.0	1	4.0
Asst Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	13	92.9	1	7.1
Total PhDs	43	95.6	2	4.4

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	19	63.3	11	36.7
Postdocs	20	76.9	6	23.1
Asst Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	16	94.1	1	5.9
Total PhDs	42	85.7	7	14.3

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	20	69.0	9	31.0
Postdocs	31	77.5	9	22.5
Asst Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	19	95.0	1	5.0
Total PhDs	53	84.1	10	15.9

Harvard University, Department of Astronomy (part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	27	81.8	6	18.2
Postdocs	0	-	0	-
Asst Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	16	94.1	1	5.9
Total PhDs	18	90.0	2	10.0

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	28	80.0	7	20.0
Postdocs	10	90.9	1	9.1
Asst Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Full Profs	16	94.1	1	5.9
Total PhDs	28	90.3	3	9.7

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	31	75.6	10	24.4
Postdocs	14	82.4	3*	17.6
Asst Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	12*	92.3	1	7.7
Total PhDs	30	88.2	4	11.8

* In the 2003 data, 7 male full professors affiliated with both Harvard and SAO are also listed at SAO, while one female
postdoc is also listed as an assistant professor at the University of Colorado.

Indiana University, Department of Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	16	88.9	2	11.1
Postdocs	0	-	0	-
Asst Profs	0	-	0	-
Assoc Profs	2	66.7	1	33.3
Full Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	6	85.7	1	14.3

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	11	91.7	1	8.3
Postdocs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	4	80.0	1	20.0
Total PhDs	8	88.9	1	11.1

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	11	78.6	3	21.4
Postdocs	0	-	0	-
Asst Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	4	66.7	2	33.3
Total PhDs	5	62.5	3	37.5

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	-	0	-
Postdocs	9	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	0	0.0	1	100.0
Full Profs	8	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	18	94.7	1	5.3

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	26	66.7	13	33.3
Postdocs	10	66.7	5	33.3
Asst Profs	10	76.9	3	23.1
Assoc Profs	11	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	14	93.3	1	6.7
Total PhDs	45	83.3	9	16.7

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	25	65.8	13	34.2
Postdocs	11	68.8	5	31.3
Asst Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	12	92.3	1	7.7
Total PhDs	24	80.0	6	20.0

Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	8	100.0	0	0.0
Postdocs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	0	-	0	-
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	6	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	10	100.0	0	0.0

1999*	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	48	82.8	10	17.2
Postdocs	23	88.5	3	11.5
Asst Profs	0	0.0	5	100.0
Assoc Profs	0	0.0	4	100.0
Full Profs	27	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	50	80.6	12	19.4

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	8	61.5	5	38.5
Postdocs	12	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	2	66.7	1	33.3
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	10	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	25	96.2	1	3.8

* 1999 data appear to be for the entire department, rather than for astronomers only; thus, they are probably not comparable with the 1992
and 2003 data.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	42	79.2	11	20.8
Postdocs	3	75.0	1	25.0
Asst Profs	2	50.0	2	50.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	19	95.0	1	5.0
Total PhDs	26	86.7	4	13.3

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	31	91.2	3	8.8
Postdocs	10	90.9	1	9.1
Asst Profs	20	87.0	3	13.0
Assoc Profs	8	88.9	1	11.1
Full Profs	13	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	51	91.1	5	8.9

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	26	81.3	6	18.8
Postdocs	17	68.0	8	32.0
Asst Profs	13	86.7	2	13.3
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	8	88.9	1	11.1
Total PhDs	40	78.4	11	21.6

National Optical Astronomy Observatory

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	0.0	2	100.0
Postdocs	9	81.8	2	18.2
Asst Profs	3	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	19	95.0	1	5.0
Total PhDs	32	91.4	3	8.6

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	-	0	-
Postdocs	14	73.7	5	26.3
Asst Profs	16	94.1	1	5.9
Assoc Profs	17	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	32	91.4	3	8.6
Total PhDs	79	89.8	9	10.2

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	-	0	-
Postdocs	8	88.9	1	11.1
Asst Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Assoc Profs	10	90.9	1	9.1
Full Profs	24	96.0	1	4.0
Total PhDs	43	91.5	4	8.5

Northwestern University, Department of Physics and Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	4	57.1	3	42.9
Postdocs	7	87.5	1	12.5
Asst Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	13	92.9	1	7.1

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	4	66.7	2	33.3
Postdocs	3	75.0	1	25.0
Asst Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	3	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	10	90.9	1	9.1

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	5	71.4	2	28.6
Postdocs	4	80.0	1	20.0
Asst Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	11	84.6	2	15.4

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	6	75.0	2	25.0
Postdocs	13	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	11	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	8	88.9	1	11.1
Full Profs	42	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	74	98.7	1	1.3

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	6	75.0	2	25.0
Postdocs	10	76.9	3	23.1
Asst Profs	15	88.2	2	11.8
Assoc Profs	15	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	34	97.1	1	2.9
Total PhDs	74	92.5	6	7.5

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	4	100.0	0	0.0
Postdocs	7	63.6	4	36.4
Asst Profs	5	71.4	2	28.6
Assoc Profs	7	77.8	2	22.2
Full Profs	38	97.4	1	2.6
Total PhDs	57	86.4	9	13.6

The Ohio State University, Department of Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	11	78.6	3	21.4
Postdocs	4	80.0	1	0.0
Asst Profs	4	66.7	2	33.3
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	5	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	14	82.4	3	17.6

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	15	83.3	3	16.7
Postdocs	3	60.0	2	40.0
Asst Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	5	71.4	2	28.6
Full Profs	7	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	16	80.0	4	20.0

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	18	81.8	4	18.2
Postdocs	2	66.7	1	33.3
Asst Profs	1	50.0	1	50.0
Assoc Profs	3	60.0	2	40.0
Full Profs	13	92.9	1	7.1
Total PhDs	19	79.2	5	20.8

The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	15	65.2	8	34.8
Postdocs	7	87.5	1	12.5
Asst Profs	3	75.0	1	25.0
Assoc Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	9	81.8	2	18.2
Total PhDs	23	85.2	4	14.8

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	11	61.1	7	38.9
Postdocs	7	70.0	3	30.0
Asst Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	4	80.0	1	20.0
Full Profs	9	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	24	85.7	4	14.3

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	18	75.0	6	25.0
Postdocs	19	79.2	5	20.8
Asst Profs	5	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	4	80.0	1	20.0
Full Profs	12	92.3	1	7.7
Total PhDs	40	85.1	7	14.9

Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	14	73.7	5	26.3
Postdocs	3	50.0	3	50.0
Asst Profs	0	-	0	-
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	7	77.8	2	22.2
Total PhDs	12	70.6	5	29.4

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	14	77.8	4	22.2
Postdocs	10	90.9	1	9.1
Asst Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	11	84.6	2	15.4
Total PhDs	23	88.5	3	11.5

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	12	75.0	4	25.0
Postdocs	8	72.7	3	27.3
Asst Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	12	85.7	2	14.3
Total PhDs	26	83.9	5	16.1

Purdue University, Department of Physics

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	3	75.0	1	25.0
Postdocs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	0	-	0	-
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	6	100.0	0	0.0

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	-	0	-
Postdocs	0	-	0	-
Asst Profs	0	-	0	-
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	1	100.0	0	0.0

2003*	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	81	82.7	17	17.3
Postdocs	11	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	5	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	3	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	34	94.4	2	5.6
Total PhDs	53	96.4	2	3.6

* 2003 data are for the entire department, rather than for astronomers only; thus, they are not comparable with the 1992 and 1999 data.

Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy*

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	30	76.9	9	23.1
Postdocs	5	83.3	1	16.7
Asst Profs	0	-	0	-
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	11	91.7	1	8.3
Total PhDs	17	89.5	2	10.5

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	20	74.1	7	25.9
Postdocs	4	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	3	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	13	92.9	1	7.1
Total PhDs	20	95.2	1	4.8

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	24	92.3	2	7.7
Postdocs	3	75.0	1	25.0
Asst Profs	9	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	3	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	5	83.3	1	16.7
Total PhDs	20	90.9	2	9.1

* In 1992 and 1999, Rice had a separate astronomy department, to which those data refer. Astronomy merged with Physics in 2000.

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	-	0	-
Postdocs	38	76.0	12	24.0
Asst Profs	39	83.0	8	17.0
Assoc Profs	37	92.5	3	7.5
Full Profs	25	89.3	3	10.7
Total PhDs	139	84.2	26	15.8

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	42	77.8	12	22.2
Postdocs	50	82.0	11	18.0
Asst Profs	51	85.0	9	15.0
Assoc Profs	55	88.7	7	11.3
Full Profs	56	90.3	6	9.7
Total PhDs	212	86.5	33	13.5

2003*	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	10**	76.9	3	23.1
Postdocs	91	79.8	23	20.2
Asst Profs	34	97.1	1	2.9
Assoc Profs	40	76.9	12	23.1
Full Profs	72**	88.9	9	11.1
Total PhDs	237	84.0	45	16.0

* In the 2003 data, "Grad Students" = Predoctoral Fellows; "Postdocs" = SAO Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scientists + Federal
and Trust employees at grades 11 and 12; "Asst Profs" = Federal and Trust employees at grade 13; "Assoc Profs" = Federal
and Trust employees at grade 14; "Full Profs" = Trust Employees at grades 15 and IL + Federal Employees at grades 15, SL, and EX.

** In the 2003 data, 7 male full professors affiliated with both Harvard and SAO are also listed at Harvard, while one male
graduate student is also listed at the University of Virginia.

Stony Brook University, Department of Physics and Astronomy

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	15	71.4	6	28.6
Postdocs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Asst Profs	0	0.0	1	100.0
Assoc Profs	0	-	0	-
Full Profs	7	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	9	90.0	1	10.0

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	8	66.7	4	33.3
Postdocs	4	80.0	1	20.0
Asst Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	4	80.0	1	20.0
Total PhDs	12	85.7	2	14.3

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	5	71.4	2	28.6
Postdocs	0	0.0	1	100.0
Asst Profs	2	100.0	0	0.0
Assoc Profs	1	100.0	0	0.0
Full Profs	6	100.0	0	0.0
Total PhDs	9	90.0	1	10.0

Space Telescope Science Institute*

1992	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	4	66.7	2	33.3
Postdocs	21	75.0	7	25.0
Asst Profs	22	75.9	7	24.1
Assoc Profs	28	90.3	3	9.7
Full Profs	34	97.1	1	2.9
Total PhDs	105	85.4	18	14.6

1999	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	-	0	-
Postdocs	11	68.8	5	31.3
Asst Profs	15	83.3	3	16.7
Assoc Profs	24	77.4	7	22.6
Full Profs	26	96.3	1	3.7
Total PhDs	76	82.6	16	17.4

2003	Men	%	Women	%
Grad Students	0	-	0	-
Postdocs	25	75.8	8	24.2
Asst Profs	9	75.0	3	25.0
Assoc Profs	20	83.3	4	16.7
Full Profs	34	94.4	2	5.6
Total PhDs	88	83.8	17

Combined STScI/CSWA Survey Results