Biomedical Sciences Field Averages for Each Variable

Joan F Lorden; Charlotte V Kuh; James A Voytuk; National Research Council (US) An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs:
                    Panel on the Biomedical Sciences

EBiomedical Sciences Field Averages for Each Variable

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National Research Council (US) An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs: Panel on the Biomedical Sciences; Lorden JF, Kuh CV, Voytuk JA, editors. Research-Doctorate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences: Selected Findings from the NRC Assessment. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011. E, Biomedical Sciences Field Averages for Each Variable.

Field	Number of Programs	Average of Average Number of Publications (2000–2006) per Allocated Faculty, 2006	Average Citations per Publication	Percent of Faculty with Grants, 2006	Awards per Allocated Faculty Member, 2006	Percent of First Year Students with Full Financial Support, Fall 2005
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology	157	1.83	3.79	84.6%	3.30	95.8%
Standard deviation		0.80	1.53	15.2%	5.23	15.4%

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering	74	1.56	2.62	84.4%	0.68	85.8%
Standard deviation		0.87	1.07	17.0%	1.62	24.1%

Cell and Developmental Biology	120	1.67	4.36	86.3%	1.40	97.8%
Standard deviation		0.74	1.95	13.6%	2.33	10.1%

Genetics and Genomics	66	1.73	4.62	86.4%	1.46	93.5%
Standard deviation		0.71	2.02	14.8%	2.16	20.0%

Immunology and Infectious Disease	68	1.92	4.12	89.3%	0.78	96.7%
Standard deviation		0.81	1.51	12.8%	1.57	11.8%

Integrated Biological and Biomedical Sciences	113	1.32	3.45	76.5%	0.89	97.2%
Standard deviation		0.73	1.91	17.8%	1.87	9.0%

Microbiology	71	1.43	3.49	82.9%	1.03	97.6%
Standard deviation		0.64	1.49	15.2%	1.44	8.7%

Neuroscience and Neurobiology	93	1.66	3.87	86.0%	1.13	95.6%
Standard deviation		0.60	1.58	14.7%	1.84	15.6%

Nutrition	45	1.32	2.36	75.0%	0.51	88.6%
Standard deviation		0.68	1.04	18.8%	0.67	25.9%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health	117	1.90	2.95	84.7%	0.53	93.9%
Standard deviation		0.74	1.37	15.3%	0.97	18.8%

Physiology	58	1.57	2.94	82.1%	0.54	93.3%
Standard deviation		0.58	1.03	17.0%	0.87	18.7%

Field	Avg. Completion Percentage: 6 Years or less	Median Time to Degree (Full- and Part-Time Graduates), 2006	Percent with Academic Plans	Collects Data About Post-Graduation Employment (1=Yes; -1 =No)
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology	45.9%	5.63	69.4%	0.39
Standard deviation	15.8%	0.70	14.1%	0.92

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering	46.3%	5.06	57.4%	0.62
Standard deviation	21.2%	0.69	18.7%	0.79

Cell and Developmental Biology	50.1%	5.66	71.8%	0.65
Standard deviation	19.5%	0.72	14.5%	0.76

Genetics and Genomics	41.6%	5.73	67.1%	0.67
Standard deviation	18.6%	0.82	20.6%	0.75

Immunology and Infectious Disease	56.2%	5.36	69.5%	0.65
Standard deviation	17.5%	0.84	15.4%	0.77

Integrated Biological and Biomedical Sciences	47.4%	5.62	74.8%	0.45
Standard deviation	20.4%	0.80	11.1%	0.90

Microbiology	47.1%	5.58	66.8%	0.46
Standard deviation	18.7%	0.80	19.6%	0.89

Neuroscience and Neurobiology	46.2%	5.68	80.6%	0.74
Standard deviation	17.0%	0.66	12.1%	0.67

Nutrition	55.8%	4.88	58.5%	0.56
Standard deviation	19.9%	1.00	18.7%	0.84

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health	56.1%	5.21	55.0%	0.66
Standard deviation	18.0%	0.81	19.8%	0.76

Physiology	50.9%	5.13	76.6%	0.38
Standard deviation	23.0%	0.94	15.5%	0.93

Field	Non-Asian Minority Faculty as a Percent of Total Core and New Domestic Faculty, 2006	Female Faculty as a Percent of Total Core and New Faculty, 2006	Non-Asian Minority Students as a Percent of Total Domestic Students, Fall 2005	Female Students as a Percent of Total Students, Fall 2005	International Students as a Percent of Total Students, Fall 2005
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology	3.5%	23.3%	10.5%	46.3%	37.4%
Standard deviation	6.6%	11.2%	11.7%	13.4%	21.2%

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering	3.6%	15.2%	11.3%	35.4%	41.1%
Standard deviation	4.5%	10.0%	10.3%	10.6%	19.5%

Cell and Developmental Biology	2.8%	26.7%	10.9%	53.3%	32.1%
Standard deviation	3.4%	8.8%	9.8%	11.2%	20.1%

Genetics and Genomics	3.7%	26.8%	11.6%	55.7%	29.3%
Standard deviation	6.4%	9.0%	14.2%	11.8%	17.5%

Immunology and Infectious Disease	4.0%	25.1%	13.7%	56.3%	25.7%
Standard deviation	5.5%	12.3%	10.9%	10.7%	16.2%

Integrated Biological and Biomedical Sciences	4.0%	26.3%	9.8%	51.9%	29.2%
Standard deviation	5.5%	12.3%	12.1%	10.9%	16.7%

Microbiology	4.6%	25.0%	12.5%	58.1%	25.0%
Standard deviation	10.6%	10.4%	13.6%	10.2%	16.4%

Neuroscience and Neurobiology	2.8%	25.8%	11.1%	51.5%	23.8%
Standard deviation	3.7%	11.6%	7.9%	11.9%	16.5%

Nutrition	7.1%	50.2%	15.2%	77.0%	37.4%
Standard deviation	9.7%	18.2%	19.9%	13.3%	16.7%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health	3.7%	21.8%	13.7%	52.9%	37.6%
Standard deviation	7.7%	9.3%	13.6%	11.6%	22.7%

Physiology	4.8%	21.1%	13.7%	53.6%	32.7%
Standard deviation	8.4%	9.5%	17.6%	15.1%	18.3%

Field	Average Number of Ph.D.s Graduated, 2002–2006	Percent of Interdisciplinary Faculty, 2006	Average GRE Scores, 2004–2006	Percent of First Year Students with External Fellowships, 2005	Is Student Work Space Provided? (1=Yes; -1 =No)
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology	4.99	27.9%	714	15.1%	0.68
Standard deviation	3.18	24.1%	44	28.4%	0.73

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering	4.77	37.2%	755	14.8%	0.49
Standard deviation	4.02	25.4%	31	22.5%	0.88

Cell and Developmental Biology	5.28	25.5%	702	16.7%	0.68
Standard deviation	5.17	21.5%	39	27.5%	0.73

Genetics and Genomics	4.55	28.4%	709	18.6%	0.76
Standard deviation	2.77	25.8%	49	30.1%	0.66

Immunology and Infectious Disease	4.33	23.5%	697	26.7%	0.44
Standard deviation	2.36	21.6%	37	35.3%	0.90

Integrated Biological and Biomedical Sciences	6.53	21.4%	682	15.1%	0.59
Standard deviation	5.63	21.9%	50	26.7%	0.81

Microbiology	4.61	28.2%	677	13.8%	0.66
Standard deviation	2.88	22.8%	46	25.8%	0.75

Neuroscience and Neurobiology	4.73	23.2%	705	25.9%	0.57
Standard deviation	2.86	22.8%	45	32.9%	0.83

Nutrition	3.28	28.9%	652	10.4%	0.60
Standard deviation	2.24	23.8%	71	24.6%	0.81

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health	4.48	27.3%	699	13.4%	0.69
Standard deviation	2.79	23.2%	41	24.8%	0.72

Physiology	3.19	25.4%	682	16.0%	0.76
Standard deviation	1.51	21.4%	56	32.0%	0.66

Field	Is Health Insurance Provided? (1=Yes; -1 =No)	Number of Student Activities (Max=18)	Total Faculty, 2006	Number of Allocated Faculty, 2006	Assistant Professors as a Percent of Total Faculty, 2006	Tenured Faculty as a Percent of Total Faculty, 2006
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology	0.71	16	39.03	19.00	18.3%	69.2%
Standard deviation	0.71	2	23.48	11.00	11.5%	16.5%

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering	0.73	16	43.61	22.37	20.4%	64.5%
Standard deviation	0.69	2	31.03	14.20	10.9%	14.2%

Cell and Developmental Biology	0.87	17	52.28	26.96	19.7%	67.7%
Standard deviation	0.50	2	40.59	23.42	8.9%	14.7%

Genetics and Genomics	0.85	16	47.12	19.30	19.1%	65.6%
Standard deviation	0.53	3	30.59	10.58	9.5%	13.9%

Immunology and Infectious Disease	0.85	17	39.40	24.06	20.1%	58.0%
Standard deviation	0.53	2	18.90	11.43	9.8%	19.2%

Integrated Biological and Biomedical Sciences	0.61	16	54.35	35.41	16.6%	64.9%
Standard deviation	0.80	2	47.49	28.53	9.3%	18.2%

Microbiology	0.75	16	37.70	19.90	18.6%	67.1%
Standard deviation	0.67	2	24.48	11.77	11.2%	17.2%

Neuroscience and Neurobiology	0.85	17	48.96	27.32	17.7%	66.9%
Standard deviation	0.53	2	25.98	15.59	8.9%	17.4%

Nutrition	0.73	17	28.93	16.73	14.7%	66.0%
Standard deviation	0.69	1	18.73	10.97	9.7%	20.0%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health	0.79	16	32.32	18.86	16.3%	66.4%
Standard deviation	0.61	2	19.84	11.39	8.6%	14.0%

Physiology	0.76	16	33.57	19.13	13.4%	68.6%
Standard deviation	0.66	3	19.10	9.11	7.7%	15.3%

Field	Number of Core and New Faculty, 2006	Number of Students Enrolled, Fall 2005	Average Annual First Year Enrollment, 2002–2006	Percent of Students with Research Assistantships, Fall 2005	Percent of Students with Teaching Assistantships, Fall 2005
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology	26.30	41.27	9.13	39.3%	10.1%
Standard deviation	16.66	27.29	8.58	31.3%	18.8%

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering	25.28	59.88	11.79	46.0%	7.6%
Standard deviation	20.05	53.69	8.61	24.8%	13.0%

Cell and Developmental Biology	38.39	46.43	12.61	40.0%	8.2%
Standard deviation	34.62	42.48	16.11	30.2%	15.4%

Genetics and Genomics	32.05	41.32	9.59	42.3%	7.7%
Standard deviation	22.77	29.40	11.72	30.6%	16.3%

Immunology and Infectious Disease	28.59	33.16	10.25	32.1%	2.0%
Standard deviation	14.63	17.54	15.39	31.1%	7.8%

Integrated Biological and Biomedical Sciences	40.07	59.30	12.33	28.0%	28.3%
Standard deviation	35.53	52.11	12.01	25.1%	29.8%

Microbiology	25.65	37.85	9.70	42.6%	14.1%
Standard deviation	19.56	24.09	12.15	31.4%	22.9%

Neuroscience and Neurobiology	37.70	43.24	9.54	30.7%	6.2%
Standard deviation	23.85	26.00	10.16	27.5%	15.2%

Nutrition	19.20	22.02	5.03	41.8%	9.3%
Standard deviation	14.09	20.36	3.73	31.7%	16.9%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health	22.16	31.87	7.31	41.8%	9.7%
Standard deviation	13.81	19.58	6.45	30.2%	18.3%

Physiology	23.09	22.43	6.12	35.0%	6.7%
Standard deviation	12.20	11.40	11.13	31.0%	19.0%

Field	Percent of First Year Students with Institutional Fellowships Alone	Percent of First Year Students with a Combination of Fellowships and Traineeships	Percent of First Year Students with Both Internal Fellowships and Internal Assistantships	Percent of First Year Students with Multiple Internal Assistantships
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology	28.8%	12.7%	6.4%	2.9%
Standard deviation	40.1%	27.7%	19.2%	14.3%

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering	21.1%	11.2%	5.6%	1.6%
Standard deviation	29.2%	22.2%	14.0%	5.4%

Cell and Developmental Biology	28.1%	15.3%	9.5%	2.3%
Standard deviation	37.1%	27.6%	24.8%	10.2%

Genetics and Genomics	37.0%	17.0%	3.9%	3.6%
Standard deviation	39.7%	30.2%	17.5%	15.5%

Immunology and Infectious Disease	30.8%	20.8%	4.7%	0.0%
Standard deviation	39.8%	34.4%	17.3%	0.0%

Integrated Biological and Biomedical Sciences	17.8%	11.9%	7.5%	4.2%
Standard deviation	29.9%	25.0%	18.6%	15.4%

Microbiology	22.4%	11.1%	4.2%	5.1%
Standard deviation	33.0%	26.1%	12.8%	19.0%

Neuroscience and Neurobiology	37.7%	22.9%	5.5%	1.2%
Standard deviation	36.6%	32.8%	16.1%	7.1%

Nutrition	14.6%	4.9%	5.3%	5.4%
Standard deviation	22.9%	14.8%	16.7%	17.9%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health	22.3%	10.3%	10.2%	0.5%
Standard deviation	34.1%	24.3%	26.2%	3.8%

Physiology	26.6%	12.5%	8.9%	3.7%
Standard deviation	40.3%	29.2%	24.2%	16.0%

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