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Table 225. Number of full-time-equivalent staff and faculty, and full-time-equivalent staff and faculty/student ratios in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2003
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                        |  Full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff  |Full-time-equivalent (FTE) faculty|Full-time-equivalent faculty|    Full-time-equivalent   |     Full-time-equivalent
                        |____________________________________|__________________________________|  as a percent of FTE staff |   students per FTE staff  |   students per FTE faculty
                        |                   |                |                 |                |____________________________|___________________________|____________________________
                        |        Public     |     Private    |      Public     |     Private    |     Public   |    Private  |    Public   |   Private   |    Public   |    Private
                        |___________________|________________|_________________|________________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________
State or jurisdiction   |    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 .......| 1,273,830| 395,739| 806,088| 28,549| 360,552| 185,886| 254,390| 12,128|   28.3|  47.0|  31.6|  42.5|   4.4|   9.3|   3.9|   9.1|  15.4|  19.8|  12.5|   21.5
                        |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|_______|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
Alabama ................|    31,933|   5,977|   4,490|    115|   7,842|   2,889|   1,716|     34|   24.6|  48.3|  38.2|  29.6|   3.7|   9.5|   5.5|   3.4|  15.1|  19.7|  14.5|   11.3
Alaska .................|     4,878|     163|     290|     † |   1,539|      34|      95|     † |   31.6|  21.1|  32.7|    † |   3.8|   3.1|   3.0|    † |  12.1|  14.7|   9.1|     †
Arizona ................|    22,538|  10,353|   9,500|  1,150|   5,205|   4,708|   3,652|    540|   23.1|  45.5|  38.4|  47.0|   4.3|   9.6|  10.8|  10.6|  18.6|  21.0|  28.2|   22.6
Arkansas ...............|    14,819|   3,654|   2,327|     70|   4,734|   1,704|     720|     24|   31.9|  46.6|  30.9|  34.1|   4.3|   7.9|   5.3|   7.7|  13.5|  16.9|  17.0|   22.5
California .............|   116,335|  56,545|  66,037|  3,983|  28,477|  30,227|  21,829|  1,617|   24.5|  53.5|  33.1|  40.6|   4.6|  13.1|   4.2|   9.5|  18.7|  24.5|  12.6|   23.5
                        |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Colorado ...............|    23,910|   4,582|   6,231|    649|  10,111|   2,059|   2,418|    323|   42.3|  44.9|  38.8|  49.9|   5.1|  10.2|   5.7|  11.0|  12.0|  22.6|  14.7|   22.1
Connecticut ............|    11,802|   2,967|  18,946|    322|   3,173|   1,346|   6,344|    127|   26.9|  45.4|  33.5|  39.5|   4.3|   8.3|   2.7|   6.5|  16.1|  18.4|   8.1|   16.6
Delaware ...............|     4,971|   1,264|     919|   --- |   1,271|     521|     405|   --- |   25.6|  41.2|  44.0|  --- |   4.4|   6.2|   8.8|  --- |  17.3|  15.1|  20.0|   ---
District of Columbia ...|     1,126|      † |  20,403|     † |     330|      † |   6,038|     † |   29.3|    † |  29.6|    † |   3.1|    † |   3.4|    † |  10.5|    † |  11.6|     †
Florida ................|    48,365|  20,006|  27,505|  1,798|  14,807|   8,285|   8,786|    810|   30.6|  41.4|  31.9|  45.1|   5.6|   8.3|   5.2|  10.0|  18.4|  19.9|  16.2|   22.2
                        |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Georgia ................|    37,727|  10,904|  18,688|    457|   9,951|   5,207|   6,331|    182|   26.4|  47.8|  33.9|  39.9|   4.3|   7.8|   3.7|   6.4|  16.4|  16.3|  11.0|   16.1
Hawaii .................|     5,573|   1,749|   1,833|    127|   1,965|     892|     888|     52|   35.3|  51.0|  48.5|  41.4|   3.6|   9.2|   6.9|  10.4|  10.2|  18.0|  14.1|   25.0
Idaho ..................|     6,441|   1,091|   1,503|     39|   2,120|     416|     674|     19|   32.9|  38.1|  44.8|  49.2|   6.0|   7.5|   9.2|   9.3|  18.1|  19.8|  20.4|   18.9
Illinois ...............|    48,274|  19,488|  51,523|    661|  11,190|   8,765|  15,983|    272|   23.2|  45.0|  31.0|  41.2|   3.6|  10.7|   3.6|   8.5|  15.3|  23.7|  11.5|   20.7
Indiana ................|    38,128|   4,368|  15,304|    660|  10,031|   2,107|   4,788|    274|   26.3|  48.2|  31.3|  41.6|   4.4|   8.7|   4.5|  13.3|  16.6|  18.0|  14.4|   32.0
                        |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Iowa ...................|    18,862|   5,602|   9,247|    136|   4,309|   2,193|   3,300|     49|   22.8|  39.1|  35.7|  36.2|   3.4|   9.6|   5.7|   8.1|  14.7|  24.4|  15.9|   22.3
Kansas .................|    17,038|   5,980|   2,909|    238|   4,920|   2,598|   1,151|     83|   28.9|  43.4|  39.6|  34.9|   4.6|   7.4|   5.4|   6.1|  15.9|  17.0|  13.7|   17.3
Kentucky ...............|    24,718|   5,410|   5,063|    653|   6,846|   2,805|   1,840|    331|   27.7|  51.9|  36.3|  50.6|   3.9|   9.2|   5.5|   8.8|  14.2|  17.8|  15.1|   17.3
Louisiana ..............|    27,493|   3,609|   7,995|    459|   8,252|   1,963|   2,387|    199|   30.0|  54.4|  29.9|  43.4|   4.9|   9.8|   3.6|   8.4|  16.2|  18.0|  12.0|   19.4
Maine ..................|     5,940|     791|   3,458|     67|   1,699|     381|     969|     28|   28.6|  48.1|  28.0|  42.6|   4.5|   9.4|   3.9|  13.4|  15.7|  19.5|  13.8|   31.5
                        |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Maryland ...............|    25,238|  10,184|  15,493|    291|   8,537|   4,427|   4,930|    140|   33.8|  43.5|  31.8|  48.1|   4.2|   6.6|   2.6|   8.2|  12.4|  15.1|   8.1|   17.0
Massachusetts ..........|    18,960|   6,632|  68,830|    381|   5,330|   2,850|  18,780|    175|   28.1|  43.0|  27.3|  45.9|   4.3|   8.0|   3.0|   7.8|  15.3|  18.6|  11.1|   17.0
Michigan ...............|    53,379|  12,177|  11,736|    168|  15,694|   5,599|   4,767|     57|   29.4|  46.0|  40.6|  34.0|   4.5|   9.7|   7.3|  12.2|  15.4|  21.1|  18.0|   35.9
Minnesota ..............|    24,206|   7,263|  11,990|    529|   5,790|   3,277|   4,528|    244|   23.9|  45.1|  37.8|  46.1|   4.4|  10.2|   6.2|   8.6|  18.5|  22.6|  16.5|   18.6
Mississippi ............|    21,173|   5,752|   1,798|    134|   4,205|   2,654|     591|     78|   19.9|  46.1|  32.9|  57.8|   2.8|   9.6|   6.1|  12.6|  14.0|  20.7|  18.6|   21.8
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Missouri ...............|    28,057|   6,626|  26,166|    819|   8,696|   2,729|   8,729|    335|   31.0|  41.2|  33.4|  40.9|   3.7|   8.4|   3.9|   7.4|  12.1|  20.4|  11.6|   18.1
Montana ................|     5,972|     803|     797|     95|   1,857|     311|     295|     35|   31.1|  38.8|  37.1|  37.1|   5.0|   7.7|   4.6|   5.2|  16.0|  19.8|  12.3|   14.0
Nebraska ...............|    12,600|   2,793|   4,907|    266|   3,567|   1,235|   1,665|    113|   28.3|  44.2|  33.9|  42.4|   3.6|   8.7|   4.3|   8.5|  12.7|  19.7|  12.5|   20.1
Nevada .................|     6,520|   2,412|     492|    180|   2,359|   1,175|     254|     79|   36.2|  48.7|  51.5|  44.1|   5.2|  10.0|  10.1|   9.1|  14.3|  20.4|  19.6|   20.7
New Hampshire ..........|     5,160|   1,264|   7,082|    146|   1,468|     665|   1,779|     55|   28.4|  52.6|  25.1|  38.0|   4.4|   5.9|   3.2|   8.8|  15.6|  11.2|  12.9|   23.0
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New Jersey .............|    33,549|   9,151|  13,288|    140|   9,266|   3,951|   3,955|     45|   27.6|  43.2|  29.8|  32.2|   3.6|  10.4|   4.3|  12.3|  13.0|  24.1|  14.6|   38.2
New Mexico .............|    13,229|   4,941|     937|    135|   3,111|   1,837|     465|     44|   23.5|  37.2|  49.6|  32.2|   3.3|   7.3|   8.4|   5.0|  14.0|  19.6|  16.9|   15.7
New York ...............|    47,095|  20,446| 120,820|  3,135|  17,499|   9,252|  37,960|  1,321|   37.2|  45.3|  31.4|  42.1|   6.0|   9.2|   3.4|   9.6|  16.2|  20.3|  10.8|   22.9
North Carolina .........|    39,312|  19,454|  39,876|    281|  10,140|  10,695|   8,875|    121|   25.8|  55.0|  22.3|  43.1|   4.0|   6.4|   1.8|   8.5|  15.6|  11.6|   8.0|   19.7
North Dakota ...........|     6,144|   1,000|     535|    285|   1,981|     399|     233|     67|   32.2|  40.0|  43.6|  23.4|   4.8|   7.3|   7.3|   2.6|  14.8|  18.4|  16.6|   11.3
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Ohio ...................|    56,795|  11,428|  25,655|  1,261|  14,328|   5,681|   9,082|    553|   25.2|  49.7|  35.4|  43.8|   4.1|   9.8|   4.5|  11.6|  16.3|  19.7|  12.8|   26.4
Oklahoma ...............|    20,090|   4,718|   4,422|    137|   5,503|   1,801|   1,510|     63|   27.4|  38.2|  34.1|  45.7|   4.6|   9.2|   5.6|  10.1|  16.6|  24.2|  16.4|   22.1
Oregon .................|    18,531|   7,791|   5,229|    325|   5,652|   3,176|   2,119|    150|   30.5|  40.8|  40.5|  46.2|   3.7|   6.4|   5.0|   8.8|  12.2|  15.8|  12.2|   19.0
Pennsylvania ...........|    52,599|   8,302|  60,226|  3,728|  17,826|   4,271|  18,854|  1,617|   33.9|  51.5|  31.3|  43.4|   4.3|   9.1|   3.7|   8.1|  12.8|  17.7|  11.7|   18.7
Rhode Island ...........|     3,401|     849|   9,113|     † |   1,029|     445|   2,721|     † |   30.3|  52.4|  29.9|    † |   5.6|  10.9|   3.9|    † |  18.6|  20.7|  13.2|     †
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South Carolina .........|    18,560|   6,099|   5,318|    197|   5,569|   2,802|   1,775|     71|   30.0|  46.0|  33.4|  35.7|   4.3|   8.3|   5.7|   8.6|  14.3|  18.1|  17.1|   24.0
South Dakota ...........|     4,607|     566|   1,304|     48|   1,568|     303|     474|     28|   34.0|  53.5|  36.4|  59.3|   5.7|   8.4|   6.1|   5.3|  16.6|  15.7|  16.7|    9.0
Tennessee ..............|    23,228|   5,564|  24,618|    665|   6,521|   2,541|   5,740|    268|   28.1|  45.7|  23.3|  40.4|   4.5|   9.0|   2.4|   9.8|  15.9|  19.7|  10.2|   24.3
Texas ..................|    96,222|  37,396|  27,353|  1,656|  23,524|  16,302|   8,777|    680|   24.4|  43.6|  32.1|  41.1|   4.3|   8.4|   4.1|   9.6|  17.4|  19.3|  12.7|   23.4
Utah ...................|    15,451|   2,526|   5,820|    307|   5,369|   1,139|   1,962|    130|   34.7|  45.1|  33.7|  42.4|   5.3|   7.9|   6.6|   9.1|  15.3|  17.6|  19.6|   21.5
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Vermont ................|     4,375|     332|   3,757|    374|   1,434|     180|   1,051|    132|   32.8|  54.2|  28.0|  35.3|   3.4|   7.0|   3.5|   1.2|  10.4|  13.0|  12.5|    3.5
Virginia ...............|    35,858|   6,954|  13,382|    695|  11,433|   3,797|   4,424|    309|   31.9|  54.6|  33.1|  44.4|   4.4|  12.1|   4.3|   9.7|  13.9|  22.1|  13.0|   21.9
Washington .............|    26,297|  13,120|   7,067|     83|   7,403|   6,004|   2,859|     42|   28.2|  45.8|  40.5|  50.6|   3.5|   9.6|   5.8|   7.9|  12.6|  21.0|  14.2|   15.6
West Virginia ..........|    10,484|     804|   2,030|    138|   3,862|     377|     643|     70|   36.8|  46.8|  31.7|  50.7|   5.8|   9.3|   5.3|  18.5|  15.7|  19.8|  16.7|   36.4
Wisconsin ..............|    30,657|  12,073|  11,876|     93|   9,502|   6,149|   4,280|     32|   31.0|  50.9|  36.0|  34.4|   4.4|   5.4|   4.3|   4.8|  14.2|  10.7|  11.8|   14.0
Wyoming ................|     2,837|   1,817|      † |    273|     915|     765|      † |    107|   32.2|  42.1|    † |  39.3|   3.7|   6.4|    † |   7.4|  11.5|  15.1|    † |   19.0
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U.S. Service Schools ...|     2,376|      † |      † |     † |     843|      † |      † |     † |   35.5|    † |    † |    † |   6.2|    † |    † |    † |  17.4|    † |    † |     †
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   Other jurisdictions .|    15,387|   1,320|   9,525|    882|   5,127|     505|   3,931|    380|   33.3|  38.3|  41.3|  43.1|   4.3|   5.2|  10.6|  12.1|  13.0|  13.5|  25.7|   28.1
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American Samoa .........|        † |     212|      † |     † |      † |      76|      † |     † |     † |  35.7|    † |    † |    † |   5.0|    † |    † |    † |  13.9|    † |     †
Federated States of     |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |       |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
   Micronesia ..........|        † |     366|      † |     † |      † |     105|      † |     † |     † |  28.8|    † |    † |    † |   6.0|    † |    † |    † |  20.7|    † |     †
Guam ...................|       575|     213|      † |     † |     194|     104|      † |     † |   33.7|  48.8|    † |    † |   4.2|   3.8|    † |    † |  12.3|   7.7|    † |     †
Marshall Islands .......|        † |     160|      † |     † |      † |      56|      † |     † |     † |  35.0|    † |    † |    † |   3.1|    † |    † |    † |   8.8|    † |     †
Northern Marianas ......|       210|      † |      † |     † |      76|      † |      † |     † |   36.1|    † |    † |    † |   4.8|    † |    † |    † |  13.2|    † |    † |     †
Palau ..................|        † |     141|      † |     † |      † |      42|      † |     † |     † |  29.5|    † |    † |    † |   4.0|    † |    † |    † |  13.4|    † |     †
Puerto Rico ............|    14,083|     228|   9,525|    882|   4,707|     123|   3,931|    380|   33.4|  53.7|  41.3|  43.1|   4.4|   7.5|  10.6|  12.1|  13.0|  14.0|  25.6|   28.1
Virgin Islands .........|       520|      † |      † |     † |     150|      † |      † |     † |   28.8|    † |    † |    † |   3.4|    † |    † |    † |  11.7|    † |    † |     †
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†Not applicable.
NOTE: Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003-04 and Spring 2004. (This table was prepared September 2005).


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