The following tabulation of enrolled graduate students in economics and sociology at Columbia University and its “six leading competitors” in 1909 is striking because of 1) the modest scale of the graduate enrollments and 2) the fact that economics and sociology are reported together (an indication of their continued academic proximity).
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Letter from E.R.A. Seligman to Chairman of the Trustees of Columbia University
No. 324 West 86 street,
New York, February 13, 1909
My dear Sir:
You may be interested in the enclosed statistics which have been compiled by me from answers to questions sent out to the various universities. It shows the relative position of Columbia compared to its six leading competitors, and it is a curious coincidence that the totals of Columbia on the one hand, and of the six universities together on the other, should be precisely the same.
Faithfully yours
[Stamp] Edwin R. A. Seligman
(Enclosure)
To Mr. George L. Rives,
New York City
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STUDENTS WITH DEGREES ENROLLED IN
GRADUATE COURSES, Dec. 1909
|
Economics |
Sociology |
Total of Economics and Sociology |
|
| Harvard |
27 |
— |
27 |
| Yale |
16 |
12 |
28 |
| Cornell |
10 |
4 |
14 |
| Johns-Hopkins |
12* |
— |
12* |
| Chicago |
12 |
19 |
31 |
| Wisconsin |
22 |
4 |
26 |
| Total in the 6 universities |
99 |
39 |
138 |
|
Columbia |
67 |
71 |
138 |
*including duplications.
Source: Columbia University Rare Book and ManuscriptLibrary. Columbia University Archives. Central Files, 1890-. Box 338. Folder “2/5; Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson; 7/1904-12/1910”.
Image Source: The Library of Columbia University, New York. H.C. White Co., Publishers, 1909. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.