Figure 15.

Ratio of full-time-equivalent (FTE) students to total FTE staff and to FTE faculty, by control of institution: 1976, 1999, and 2009

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff Survey" 1976; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:99); and IPEDS Winter 2009–10, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section.