Photography Education Survey: ©Keith Shapiro, Penn State, kds3@psu.edu, March 27, 2009 - SPE Dallas
1. Are you a…
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Photo Educator
82.5%302
Photo Student
13.1%48
Member of the Commercial Photo Industry
5.5%20
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8.5%31
2. If you are an educator or student, which type of school are you affiliated with?
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University
62.9%220
Community College
14.6%51
K12 School
8.9%31
Technical School
1.7%6
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15.1%53
3. Does your school have a total enrollment (in all areas) of 20,000 students or more?
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Yes
31.0%108
No
64.9%226
I don’t know
4.0%14
4. What is the name of your school or organization?
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5. At your school, how many students are enrolled in photography classes each semester? (For this question please enter numbers only)
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viewUndergraduate 140.6545,288322
viewGraduate 7.801,420182
6. Approximately what percentage of students enrolled in photography are taking…
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Digital photography classes4.1% (13)29.8% (94)21.9% (69)13.0% (41)22.9% (72)8.3% (26)315
Darkroom photography classes8.0% (25)26.0% (81)25.3% (79)16.3% (51)17.0% (53)7.4% (23)312
Hybrid (Digital/Darkroom) classes20.7% (56)33.3% (90)13.0% (35)4.8% (13)15.6% (42)12.6% (34)270
7. If you have photographic printing facilities how many total prints are printed in your labs each semester?
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Number of digital prints3.1% (10)35.5% (115)13.9% (45)14.8% (48)3.7% (12)4.9% (16)24.1% (78)324
Number of silver prints6.5% (21)23.7% (77)19.7% (64)20.6% (67)5.2% (17)4.3% (14)20.0% (65)325
Number of C prints51.9% (140)18.1% (49)7.4% (20)4.4% (12)0.7% (2)2.6% (7)14.8% (40)270
Number of other prints18.3% (44)45.0% (108)2.1% (5)1.7% (4)0.4% (1)10.4% (25)22.1% (53)240
8. If your school has a digital printing facility, which is statement is most true?
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We provide ink and paper at no additional charge
8.4%27
Students provide their own ink and paper
5.9%19
We track student printing and charge by the sheet
27.7%89
We provide ink students provide paper
37.1%119
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32.1%103
9. If your school offers photography courses in an online format how many students are in those courses?
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Entirely online90.6% (241)4.1% (11)1.1% (3)0.8% (2)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)2.3% (6)266
Partially online88.2% (231)3.4% (9)2.3% (6)0.8% (2)1.1% (3)0.0% (0)4.2% (11)262
10. At your school, can students use photography classes to fulfill General Education, Core, or Basic Degree Requirements?
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Yes
62.6%218
No
19.0%66
I don’t know
10.3%36
Doesn’t apply to my situation
8.0%28
11. Does your school offer a degree specifically in photography?
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Yes, BA
22.6%78
Yes, BFA
36.5%126
Yes, BS
6.7%23
Yes, MFA
22.0%76
Associates Degree
11.6%40
Certificate
6.4%22
No Degree
22.9%79
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23.8%82
12. Is your photography curriculum primarily?
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Fine Art focused
55.6%194
Commercially focused
5.2%18
Mixed
35.5%124
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3.7%13
13. Optional: Please feel free to enter your name and e-mail or any additional comments that may be helpful.
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