Miscellaneous
Demographics of Mentors
Potential applicants might like to know: will any of the mentors be like me? Our workplaces have become more diverse over the years, and so has the mentor pool. You can see that this varies year-to-year.
A fun number: we have had at least two alumni of this program as mentors in all but one of the years 2009 to 2020!
Demographics of Participants
Our participants have come from across the U.S. and many different institutions. The following table lists all institutions of our participants from 2001 – 2020. The number in parentheses indicates how many students have come from that institution, if N>1.
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Austin Peay State Univ. Ball State Univ. (2) Bates College Birmingham-Southern College Boston College Brooklyn College Bronx Community College Bucknell University California State Univ. Fullerton California Univ. of Pennsylvania (3) Cameron University Carleton College Central Methodist Univ. Central Michigan Univ. (4) Central Washington Univ. Citrus College City Univ. of New York Clemson Univ. Cleveland State Univ. Cornell Univ. (3) Davidson College Earlham College East Carolina University East Central University (4) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Prescott Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Florida International University (2) Florida State University (3) Georgetown Univ. Georgia Institute of Technology Indiana University (2) Iowa State Univ. (3) Jackson State University (5) Langston University |
Lycoming College Lyndon State College (5) Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver Michigan State University Millersville Univ. (6) Minnesota State Univ. Morgan State Univ. Mount Holyoke College (2) Murray State Univ. North Carolina State Univ. (5) Northern Illinois University (6) Northland College (3) The Ohio State University (4) Oklahoma State University Olivet Nazarene University Pennsylvania State University (7) Pittsburg State Univ., Kansas Plymouth State Univ. (4) Purdue University (3) Rhodes College Rice University Rutgers University (3) San Jose State Univ. St. Cloud State Univ. (5) St. Francis University Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville SUNY Albany (2) SUNY Brockport SUNY Oneonta (2) SUNY Oswego SUNY Stony Brook South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ. (2) Texas A&M University (4) Texas A&M Univ. Commerce UCLA |
Union University Univ. Alabama Huntsville Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks Univ. Central Oklahoma Univ. Georgia at Athens (2) Univ. Hawaii Manoa Univ. of Illinois–Urbana Champaign Univ. Kansas Univ. Louisiana at Monroe (2) Univ. Maryland College Park Univ. Massachusetts Lowell (2) Univ. Miami, Coral Gables (6) Univ. Mississippi Univ. Missouri (2) Univ. Nevada Reno Univ. North Carolina–Asheville (2) Univ. North Carolina–Charlotte (2) Univ. Nebraska–Lincoln Univ. Northern Colorado (6) Univ. Oklahoma (5) Univ. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Univ. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (2) Univ. South Alabama Univ. Texas at Arlington Univ. Texas at Austin Univ. Texas Pan American Univ. Virginia Univ. Utah Univ. Washington Univ. Wisconsin-Madison (2) Univ. Wisconsin-Milwaukee Valencia College Valparaiso Univ. (22) Western Connecticut Univ. (2) Western Kentucky Univ. (2) |
Demographics of participants follow. Here is our male-female breakdown over the years. The total number of students has varied from 10 to 14.
Academic Status or Achievement of Past Participants
Of alumni who have completed their bachelor's degree, 82% have earned a graduate degree. While this is certainly a positive outcome, the goal of an REU is clarity for any career direction, no matter what terminal degree that might imply.
| In School, Pursuing Degree | Highest Degree Achieved for Those No Longer in School | |||||
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| B.S. | M.S. | Ph.D. | B.S. | M.S. | Ph.D. | |
| Number of participants | 24 | 31 | 13 | 35 | 105 | 49 |
| Expressed as % | 35% | 46% | 19% | 19% | 56% | 26% |
Table updated August 2020
Work Status of Past Participants
Of those alumni who are now working, about 75% are in meteorology or a related field (related field examples: emergency management, science curriculum design or teaching, science writing). Some alumni had been in the field before their careers took them in new directions. Some who are not working in meteorology were from majors outside meteorology and returned to those disciplines. In a few cases a meteorology major left the field for another job, to follow a spouse, or to raise children.
| Meteorology | Related Field | Non-Meterology | Not Working | Unknown or Deceased | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants | 131 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 13 |
Table updated August 2020
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