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. 2022 Feb 3;17(2):e0263410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263410

Table 1. Faculty member population and number of academic departments in the 2011 and 2019 database snapshots.

Discipline Faculty 2011 Faculty 2019 % Change Faculty Departments 2011 Departments 2019 % Change Depts
Anthropology 2,788 2,886 3.5% 180 189 5.0%
Criminal Justice and Criminology 1,081 1,139 5.4% 78 86 10.3%
Economics 4,318 4,492 4.0% 213 223 4.7%
Educational Psychology 1,148 1,134 -1.2% 63 61 -3.2%
Geography 1,502 1,558 3.7% 103 102 -1.0%
International Affairs and Development 1,030 1,433 39.1% 40 52 30.0%
Political Science 4,233 4,295 1.5% 201 210 4.5%
Psychology 6,087 6,537 7.4% 248 267 7.7%
Public Administration 1,006 1,230 22.3% 59 68 15.3%
Public Policy 1,650 1,816 10.1% 80 81 1.2%
Social Work/Social Welfare 2,104 2,269 7.8% 127 138 8.7%
Sociology 3,300 3,398 3.0% 195 207 6.2%