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Table 226. Staff and student/staff ratios in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and by state: Fall 1999

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                    |     Full-time-equivalent staff     |  Full-time-equivalent faculty    |   Full-time-equivalent    |   Full-time-equivalent    |Full-time-equivalent faculty
                    |____________________________________|__________________________________|   students per FTE staff  |  students per FTE faculty | as a percent of FTE staff
                    |      Public       |     Private    |      Public     |     Private    |___________________________|___________________________|____________________________
State or other area |                   |                |                 |                |    Public   |   Private   |    Public   |   Private   |    Public    |   Private
                    |___________________|________________|_________________|________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________|_____________
                    |  4-year  | 2-year | 4-year |2-year | 4-year | 2-year | 4-year |2-year |4-year|2-year|4-year|2-year|4-year|2-year|4-year|2-year|4-year |2-year|4-year|2-year
____________________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|______|______
         1          |    2     |   3    |   4    |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |  16  |  17  |  18   |  19  |  20  |  21
____________________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|______|______
   United States ...|1,200,226 |349,964 |706,421 |28,915 |340,145 |167,485 |216,702 |12,252 |  4.1 |  8.8 |  3.8 |  7.9 | 14.5 | 18.4 | 12.4 | 18.7 |  28.3 | 47.9 | 30.7 | 42.4
                    |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|______|______
Alabama ............|   33,029 |  5,292 |  3,911 |   179 |  7,021 |  2,582 |  1,423 |    68 |  3.2 |  8.7 |  5.8 |  4.3 | 15.1 | 17.8 | 15.9 | 11.4 |  21.3 | 48.8 | 36.4 | 37.8
Alaska .............|    3,606 |     44 |    239 |    45 |  1,248 |     16 |     87 |    19 |  4.5 |  7.0 |  2.7 |  6.3 | 12.9 | 19.9 |  7.4 | 15.2 |  34.6 | 35.3 | 36.4 | 41.8
Arizona ............|   21,334 |  6,681 |  3,169 |   820 |  4,968 |  2,811 |  1,390 |   374 |  4.1 | 13.0 | 12.4 |  9.1 | 17.4 | 30.9 | 28.3 | 20.0 |  23.3 | 42.1 | 43.8 | 45.6
Arkansas ...........|   16,570 |  2,910 |  2,107 |    63 |  4,295 |  1,318 |    659 |    20 |  3.5 |  7.7 |  5.1 |  5.7 | 13.4 | 16.9 | 16.2 | 17.7 |  25.9 | 45.3 | 31.3 | 31.9
California .........|  108,988 | 48,659 | 53,137 | 3,859 | 34,042 | 28,890 | 16,486 | 1,521 |  4.3 | 12.3 |  4.6 |  8.2 | 13.6 | 20.8 | 14.9 | 20.9 |  31.2 | 59.4 | 31.0 | 39.4
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Colorado ...........|   23,029 |  4,838 |  5,134 |   498 |  8,640 |  2,129 |  1,890 |   239 |  4.8 |  8.6 |  5.6 |  9.8 | 12.7 | 19.5 | 15.3 | 20.5 |  37.5 | 44.0 | 36.8 | 47.9
Connecticut ........|   11,458 |  2,634 | 16,859 |   223 |  2,998 |  1,225 |  5,457 |   115 |  3.9 |  7.7 |  2.8 |  8.1 | 14.8 | 16.6 |  8.7 | 15.7 |  26.2 | 46.5 | 32.4 | 51.6
Delaware ...........|    4,706 |  1,117 |    809 |    25 |  1,129 |    452 |    415 |    12 |  4.5 |  6.6 |  7.7 |  5.1 | 19.0 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 10.5 |  24.0 | 40.5 | 51.2 | 48.0
District of Columbia|      925 |        | 21,861 |       |    498 |        |  5,807 |       |  3.5 |      |  2.5 |      |  6.5 |      |  9.4 |      |  53.8 |      | 26.6 |  
Florida ............|   35,383 | 23,938 | 23,050 | 1,696 | 10,899 |  9,249 |  7,545 |   771 |  5.1 |  7.3 |  4.5 |  8.3 | 16.7 | 19.0 | 13.7 | 18.4 |  30.8 | 38.6 | 32.7 | 45.5
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Georgia ............|   36,939 |  6,427 | 16,128 |   532 |  9,103 |  2,903 |  5,351 |   196 |  3.6 |  7.0 |  3.8 |  6.7 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 18.2 |  24.6 | 45.2 | 33.2 | 36.8
Hawaii .............|    4,457 |  1,485 |  1,600 |   157 |  2,031 |    831 |    747 |    74 |  3.9 | 10.7 |  7.2 |  9.8 |  8.5 | 19.1 | 15.4 | 20.7 |  45.6 | 56.0 | 46.7 | 47.4
Idaho ..............|    5,654 |  1,175 |    449 |   890 |  1,951 |    409 |    175 |   395 |  6.0 |  5.4 |  6.0 |  9.7 | 17.3 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 21.9 |  34.5 | 34.9 | 38.9 | 44.4
Illinois ...........|   44,083 | 18,788 | 48,626 |   785 | 11,604 |  8,442 | 14,136 |   315 |  3.7 |  9.9 |  3.2 |  6.3 | 14.1 | 22.1 | 11.0 | 15.8 |  26.3 | 44.9 | 29.1 | 40.1
Indiana.............|   34,400 |  3,678 | 13,565 |   563 |  9,430 |  1,606 |  4,372 |   224 |  4.5 |  6.7 |  4.5 |  9.6 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 24.2 |  27.4 | 43.7 | 32.2 | 39.7
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Iowa ...............|   17,931 |  5,475 |  8,641 |   284 |  4,179 |  2,298 |  3,072 |   116 |  3.4 |  8.2 |  4.9 |  7.9 | 14.6 | 19.5 | 13.8 | 19.4 |  23.3 | 42.0 | 35.5 | 40.7
Kansas .............|   17,445 |  5,641 |  2,622 |   306 |  4,842 |  2,331 |  1,012 |   102 |  4.2 |  6.9 |  5.6 |  4.1 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 14.5 | 12.4 |  27.8 | 41.3 | 38.6 | 33.3
Kentucky ...........|   22,492 |  2,497 |  4,939 |   582 |  6,382 |  1,238 |  1,688 |   263 |  3.8 | 11.5 |  5.1 |  8.1 | 13.5 | 23.3 | 14.8 | 17.9 |  28.4 | 49.6 | 34.2 | 45.1
Louisiana ..........|   23,594 |  2,939 |  7,002 |   291 |  7,606 |  1,630 |  2,151 |   121 |  5.4 |  9.6 |  3.7 |  8.4 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 12.2 | 20.1 |  32.2 | 55.4 | 30.7 | 41.7
Maine ..............|    5,124 |    760 |  3,179 |   144 |  1,538 |    376 |    933 |    79 |  4.7 |  6.4 |  4.0 |  9.7 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 17.8 |  30.0 | 49.5 | 29.3 | 54.4
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Maryland ...........|   22,689 |  7,893 | 14,972 |    76 |  7,291 |  3,792 |  3,916 |    42 |  4.0 |  7.2 |  2.3 |  7.3 | 12.6 | 15.1 |  8.8 | 13.3 |  32.1 | 48.0 | 26.2 | 54.9
Massachusetts ......|   17,942 |  6,197 | 63,395 |   760 |  5,038 |  2,586 | 15,924 |   295 |  4.4 |  7.6 |  3.1 |  7.5 | 15.6 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 19.4 |  28.1 | 41.7 | 25.1 | 38.9
Michigan ...........|   48,449 | 10,845 | 10,769 |   290 | 14,094 |  4,993 |  3,878 |   124 |  4.5 |  9.2 |  6.7 |  6.7 | 15.6 | 20.0 | 18.7 | 15.7 |  29.1 | 46.0 | 36.0 | 42.8
Minnesota ..........|   22,651 |  6,948 | 10,108 | 1,079 |  5,764 |  3,833 |  3,718 |   542 |  4.0 |  8.9 |  5.3 |  8.8 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 17.5 |  25.4 | 55.2 | 36.8 | 50.3
Mississippi ........|   18,743 |  5,598 |  1,681 |   159 |  3,253 |  2,589 |    593 |    54 |  2.9 |  8.2 |  5.6 |  4.7 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 15.9 | 13.7 |  17.4 | 46.2 | 35.3 | 34.2
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Missouri............|   26,041 |  5,615 | 22,567 |   875 |  7,800 |  2,679 |  7,280 |   400 |  3.7 |  8.3 |  3.7 |  7.9 | 12.5 | 17.4 | 11.4 | 17.3 |  30.0 | 47.7 | 32.3 | 45.7
Montana ............|    5,575 |    586 |    768 |    94 |  1,823 |    277 |    260 |    28 |  5.1 |  8.2 |  4.4 |  5.2 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 13.1 | 17.3 |  32.7 | 47.3 | 33.8 | 30.0
Nebraska ...........|   11,920 |  2,581 |  4,168 |   164 |  3,438 |  1,083 |  1,476 |    77 |  3.7 |  8.1 |  4.3 |  9.9 | 12.9 | 19.2 | 12.2 | 21.0 |  28.8 | 41.9 | 35.4 | 47.0
Nevada .............|    5,431 |  1,891 |    262 |   187 |  1,827 |    852 |    129 |    68 |  4.8 | 11.6 |  9.7 |  9.1 | 14.3 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 25.1 |  33.6 | 45.0 | 49.2 | 36.4
New Hampshire ......|    3,754 |  1,266 |  5,949 |    94 |  1,130 |    788 |  1,505 |    32 |  5.6 |  4.0 |  3.6 |  9.1 | 18.5 |  6.5 | 14.3 | 26.7 |  30.1 | 62.2 | 25.3 | 34.0
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New Jersey .........|   29,495 |  8,443 | 12,179 |   318 |  8,176 |  3,569 |  3,671 |   135 |  3.7 |  9.2 |  4.1 |  8.7 | 13.4 | 21.8 | 13.6 | 20.6 |  27.7 | 42.3 | 30.1 | 42.4
New Mexico .........|   13,921 |  4,463 |  1,093 |   156 |  2,970 |  1,776 |    522 |    67 |  2.9 |  6.7 |  6.1 |  7.1 | 13.6 | 16.9 | 12.8 | 16.7 |  21.3 | 39.8 | 47.8 | 42.8
New York ...........|   56,949 | 19,737 |105,217 | 2,424 | 17,791 |  9,070 | 32,954 | 1,003 |  4.7 |  8.2 |  3.4 |  8.0 | 15.1 | 17.8 | 11.0 | 19.4 |  31.2 | 46.0 | 31.3 | 41.4
North Carolina .....|   35,326 | 16,298 | 30,617 |   202 |  9,260 |  8,933 |  6,729 |   102 |  3.9 |  5.9 |  2.2 |  6.0 | 15.0 | 10.8 |  9.8 | 11.9 |  26.2 | 54.8 | 22.0 | 50.6
North Dakota .......|    5,255 |  1,027 |    473 |   226 |  1,793 |    405 |    238 |    46 |  4.6 |  7.0 |  7.8 |  2.2 | 13.4 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 10.6 |  34.1 | 39.4 | 50.2 | 20.3
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Ohio ...............|   52,600 |  9,402 | 22,733 | 1,160 | 14,063 |  4,758 |  7,914 |   494 |  4.1 |  9.7 |  4.6 |  8.2 | 15.5 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 19.3 |  26.7 | 50.6 | 34.8 | 42.6
Oklahoma ...........|   17,599 |  4,678 |  3,765 |   393 |  5,111 |  1,902 |  1,332 |   149 |  4.5 |  7.7 |  5.0 |  6.0 | 15.4 | 18.9 | 14.1 | 15.9 |  29.0 | 40.7 | 35.4 | 37.8
Oregon .............|   18,436 |  7,529 |  4,904 |   101 |  6,053 |  3,296 |  1,851 |    51 |  3.1 |  6.0 |  4.7 |  9.4 |  9.6 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 18.7 |  32.8 | 43.8 | 37.7 | 50.4
Pennsylvania .......|   46,716 |  7,993 | 55,928 | 3,903 | 16,246 |  4,598 | 18,082 | 1,723 |  4.5 |  7.3 |  3.5 |  7.8 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 10.8 | 17.7 |  34.8 | 57.5 | 32.3 | 44.1
Rhode Island .......|    3,441 |    677 |  7,889 |       |  1,038 |    281 |  1,995 |       |  5.2 | 12.6 |  4.1 |      | 17.3 | 30.5 | 16.1 |      |  30.2 | 41.5 | 25.3 |    
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South Carolina .....|   18,632 |  5,548 |  4,546 |   181 |  5,685 |  2,504 |  1,591 |    65 |  4.0 |  7.4 |  5.7 |  6.8 | 13.0 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 19.1 |  30.5 | 45.1 | 35.0 | 35.8
South Dakota .......|    4,146 |    561 |  1,139 |    30 |  1,425 |    316 |    429 |    22 |  5.6 |  8.4 |  5.6 |  3.8 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 14.9 |  5.0 |  34.4 | 56.4 | 37.7 | 74.9
Tennessee ..........|   30,357 |  4,891 | 21,616 |   595 |  7,668 |  1,979 |  5,005 |   180 |  3.3 |  9.6 |  2.3 |  6.5 | 13.1 | 23.8 | 10.0 | 21.4 |  25.3 | 40.5 | 23.2 | 30.2
Texas ..............|   84,509 | 32,527 | 23,849 | 1,374 | 21,384 | 14,571 |  7,473 |   565 |  4.1 |  7.9 |  4.0 |  8.9 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 12.8 | 21.6 |  25.3 | 44.8 | 31.3 | 41.1
Utah ...............|   17,772 |  1,850 |  5,041 |   266 |  4,083 |    661 |  1,776 |   120 |  3.7 | 11.0 |  6.9 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 30.7 | 19.5 | 22.5 |  23.0 | 35.7 | 35.2 | 45.3
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Vermont ............|    4,065 |    277 |  3,753 |   295 |  1,271 |    155 |  1,109 |   165 |  3.4 |  7.3 |  3.6 |  2.1 | 10.8 | 13.1 | 12.2 |  3.7 |  31.3 | 55.8 | 29.6 | 56.0
Virginia ...........|   37,215 |  4,830 | 11,633 |   796 | 10,960 |  1,934 |  3,869 |   363 |  3.9 | 14.9 |  4.3 |  6.9 | 13.4 | 37.1 | 12.9 | 15.1 |  29.5 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 45.6
Washington .........|   27,794 | 11,383 |  5,755 |   361 |  6,176 |  5,409 |  2,158 |   174 |  3.0 |  9.7 |  5.9 |  9.2 | 13.3 | 20.3 | 15.7 | 19.2 |  22.2 | 47.5 | 37.5 | 48.1
West Virginia.......|   10,125 |    502 |  1,918 |   185 |  3,714 |    205 |    586 |    79 |  5.7 |  8.4 |  4.6 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 20.5 | 15.2 | 25.3 |  36.7 | 41.0 | 30.6 | 42.8
Wisconsin ..........|   26,445 | 11,341 | 10,703 |    37 |  7,640 |  6,246 |  3,943 |    13 |  4.9 |  5.0 |  4.1 |  4.5 | 16.9 |  9.1 | 11.2 | 13.0 |  28.9 | 55.1 | 36.8 | 34.3
Wyoming ............|    2,689 |  1,611 |        |   189 |    843 |    713 |        |    52 |  3.5 |  6.6 |      |  5.6 | 11.1 | 15.0 |      | 20.5 |  31.3 | 44.3 |      | 27.3
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U.S. Service Schools|    2,395 |        |        |       |    934 |        |        |       |  5.6 |      |      |      | 14.3 |      |      |      |  39.0 |      |      |  
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   Outlying areas ..|   12,849 |  1,244 |  7,502 |   722 |  4,551 |    468 |  3,283 |   290 |  5.3 |  4.3 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 11.3 | 23.7 | 30.3 |  35.4 | 37.7 | 43.8 | 40.2
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American Samoa .....|          |    215 |        |       |        |     59 |        |       |      |  3.6 |      |      |      | 13.0 |      |      |       | 27.5 |      |  
Federated States of |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
  Micronesia .......|          |    191 |        |       |        |     70 |        |       |      |  6.6 |      |      |      | 18.0 |      |      |       | 36.5 |      |  
Guam ...............|      608 |    208 |        |       |    209 |     94 |        |       |  5.1 |  4.2 |      |      | 14.9 |  9.4 |      |      |  34.3 | 45.2 |      |  
Marshall Islands ...|          |    105 |        |       |        |     45 |        |       |      |  4.4 |      |      |      | 10.1 |      |      |       | 43.0 |      |  
Northern Marianas ..|          |    180 |        |       |        |     86 |        |       |      |  4.0 |      |      |      |  8.3 |      |      |       | 47.8 |      |  
Palau ..............|          |    176 |        |       |        |     40 |        |       |      |  2.5 |      |      |      | 10.9 |      |      |       | 22.9 |      |  
Puerto Rico ........|   11,777 |    169 |  7,502 |   722 |  4,202 |     74 |  3,283 |   290 |  5.3 |  4.6 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 23.7 | 30.3 |  35.7 | 43.8 | 43.8 | 40.2
Virgin Islands .....|      465 |        |        |       |    140 |        |        |       |  4.0 |      |      |      | 13.4 |      |      |      |  30.1 |      |      |  
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Not applicable.

NOTE: Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff, 1999" and "Fall Enrollment, 1999" surveys. (This table was prepared July 2001.)


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