STATUS OF INDUSTRIAL-HYGIENE GRADUATE-EDUCATION AT UNITED-STATES INSTITUTIONS

This article summarizes information collected from a questionnaire dis tributed to 112 U.S. colleges and universities regarding graduate educ ation programs in the field of industrial hygiene. Descriptive informa tion, such as curriculum offered, university affiliation, faculty and student characteristics, and program size, shows the diversity in prog rams. Current enrollment and degree data are not available from any ot her source. Full-and part-time enrollment in 1991 is estimated to be 1 585 students at the master's level and 103 students at the doctoral le vel. During the 1990-1991 academic year, an estimated 438 master's deg rees and 20 doctoral degrees were granted. Collection of this informat ion will provide baseline data for an annual collection of enrollment and degree data that can be used to establish trends in this field.