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Table 219.Staff and student/staff ratios in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution and by state: Fall 1993

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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 ...|1,109,789 |324,958 |637,622 |22,312 |314,502 |156,035 |189,227 |9,055 |  4.3 |  9.4 |  3.7 |  8.3 | 15.2 | 19.5 | 12.4 | 20.3 |  28.3 | 48.0 | 29.7 | 40.6
                    |----------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-------|------|------|------
Alabama ............|   32,656 |  5,338 |  3,947 |   267 |  6,878 |  2,856 |  1,377 |  105 |  3.2 | 10.7 |  4.9 |  6.5 | 15.3 | 19.9 | 14.0 | 16.7 |  21.1 | 53.5 | 34.9 | 39.3
Alaska .............|    3,122 |     29 |    209 |    31 |    991 |      9 |     77 |   11 |  5.8 |  --- |  4.8 |  7.8 | 18.2 |  --- | 13.1 | 20.8 |  31.7 |  --- | 36.7 | 37.5
Arizona ............|   17,912 |  6,376 |  1,540 |   128 |  4,352 |  2,820 |    703 |   48 |  4.4 | 12.0 | 14.5 |  8.4 | 18.0 | 27.2 | 31.7 | 22.3 |  24.3 | 44.2 | 45.7 | 37.7
Arkansas ...........|   14,197 |  1,520 |  1,886 |    70 |  3,791 |    717 |    635 |   36 |  3.9 |  9.3 |  5.1 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 19.6 | 15.1 | 26.4 |  26.7 | 47.1 | 33.7 | 51.5
California .........|   91,480 | 46,908 | 44,282 | 1,983 | 29,363 | 23,003 | 13,960 |  731 |  4.6 | 12.3 |  4.0 |  6.7 | 14.2 | 25.1 | 12.8 | 18.1 |  32.1 | 49.0 | 31.5 | 36.9
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Colorado ...........|   20,415 |  4,260 |  3,720 |   406 |  7,633 |  2,184 |  1,326 |  176 |  5.1 |  9.5 |  5.1 |  9.5 | 13.7 | 18.5 | 14.3 | 22.0 |  37.4 | 51.3 | 35.6 | 43.2
Connecticut ........|   10,598 |  2,723 | 14,722 |   238 |  3,092 |  1,482 |  4,920 |   89 |  4.3 |  8.4 |  2.9 |  4.9 | 14.6 | 15.4 |  8.6 | 13.1 |  29.2 | 54.4 | 33.4 | 37.3
Delaware ...........|    4,340 |    786 |    609 |   --- |    992 |    297 |    236 |  --- |  4.8 |  8.1 |  8.5 |  --- | 21.1 | 21.3 | 21.9 |  --- |  22.9 | 37.9 | 38.8 |  ---
District of Columbia|    1,509 |    --- | 26,456 |   --- |    601 |    --- |  5,605 |  --- |  4.5 |  --- |  2.1 |  --- | 11.4 |  --- | 10.0 |  --- |  39.8 |  --- | 21.2 |  ---
Florida ............|   31,694 | 22,487 | 18,174 |   712 |  9,067 |  9,602 |  5,811 |  334 |  4.7 |  8.0 |  4.4 |  6.3 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 13.7 | 13.3 |  28.6 | 42.7 | 32.0 | 46.9
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Georgia ............|   30,490 |  7,542 | 14,352 |   673 |  7,593 |  3,735 |  4,103 |  300 |  4.2 |  7.3 |  3.5 |  8.5 | 16.7 | 14.7 | 12.3 | 19.0 |  24.9 | 49.5 | 28.6 | 44.6
Hawaii .............|    4,903 |  1,505 |  1,216 |   --- |  1,787 |    771 |    489 |  --- |  3.9 | 10.6 |  7.6 |  --- | 10.8 | 20.8 | 19.0 |  --- |  36.5 | 51.2 | 40.3 |  ---
Idaho ..............|    5,681 |    640 |    374 |   874 |  2,082 |    281 |    171 |  372 |  5.5 |  7.8 |  5.7 |  9.7 | 15.1 | 17.8 | 12.5 | 22.9 |  36.7 | 44.0 | 45.8 | 42.5
Illinois ...........|   43,829 | 19,673 | 38,784 |   703 | 11,200 |  9,219 | 11,439 |  316 |  3.7 |  9.7 |  3.6 |  8.3 | 14.6 | 20.8 | 12.2 | 18.4 |  25.6 | 46.9 | 29.5 | 44.9
Indiana.............|   33,476 |  3,711 | 12,212 |   240 |  9,940 |  1,828 |  3,749 |  102 |  4.5 |  6.5 |  4.3 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 29.0 |  29.7 | 49.3 | 30.7 | 42.4
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Iowa ...............|   16,981 |  4,645 |  7,852 |   270 |  3,926 |  1,995 |  2,772 |   88 |  3.4 |  8.6 |  5.2 |  7.2 | 14.8 | 20.0 | 14.7 | 21.9 |  23.1 | 42.9 | 35.3 | 32.7
Kansas .............|   15,759 |  4,739 |  2,407 |   185 |  4,705 |  2,198 |    955 |   73 |  4.7 |  7.6 |  5.3 |  4.4 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 13.3 | 11.2 |  29.9 | 46.4 | 39.7 | 39.6
Kentucky ...........|   20,157 |  2,677 |  4,457 |   413 |  5,833 |  1,570 |  1,598 |  161 |  4.4 | 11.4 |  5.0 | 11.2 | 15.1 | 19.5 | 13.9 | 28.7 |  28.9 | 58.7 | 35.8 | 39.0
Louisiana ..........|   16,702 |  1,509 |  6,259 |    66 |  5,674 |    853 |  1,906 |   31 |  7.4 | 11.4 |  3.7 |  9.1 | 21.8 | 20.1 | 12.1 | 19.3 |  34.0 | 56.5 | 30.5 | 47.1
Maine ..............|    5,097 |    600 |  2,860 |   113 |  1,475 |    296 |    822 |   58 |  4.7 |  7.7 |  4.0 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 14.1 | 26.2 |  28.9 | 49.4 | 28.7 | 51.0
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Maryland ...........|   19,968 |  7,671 | 12,572 |   155 |  6,678 |  3,305 |  3,524 |   52 |  4.3 |  7.8 |  2.3 |  5.6 | 12.9 | 18.1 |  8.1 | 16.7 |  33.4 | 43.1 | 28.0 | 33.6
Massachusetts ......|   18,285 |  5,486 | 55,034 | 1,247 |  5,165 |  2,617 | 14,103 |  495 |  4.3 |  8.8 |  3.4 |  7.7 | 15.3 | 18.5 | 13.1 | 19.4 |  28.2 | 47.7 | 25.6 | 39.7
Michigan ...........|   50,871 | 10,844 | 10,245 |   316 | 13,805 |  5,212 |  3,593 |  118 |  4.1 | 10.5 |  6.1 |  6.2 | 15.2 | 21.9 | 17.3 | 16.7 |  27.1 | 48.1 | 35.1 | 37.4
Minnesota ..........|   22,409 |  5,474 |  8,693 |   410 |  5,527 |  3,089 |  3,247 |  203 |  4.1 | 10.2 |  5.3 |  9.3 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 14.2 | 18.9 |  24.7 | 56.4 | 37.4 | 49.4
Mississippi ........|   14,675 |  4,682 |  1,525 |   168 |  3,389 |  2,461 |    533 |   60 |  3.5 |  8.9 |  6.5 |  6.6 | 15.1 | 16.9 | 18.6 | 18.4 |  23.1 | 52.6 | 35.0 | 35.8
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Missouri............|   22,494 |  4,723 | 18,095 |   721 |  7,531 |  2,211 |  5,588 |  321 |  4.3 |  9.4 |  3.9 |  7.1 | 12.9 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 16.0 |  33.5 | 46.8 | 30.9 | 44.5
Montana ............|    4,790 |    444 |    668 |    92 |  1,550 |    201 |    227 |   33 |  5.6 |  6.7 |  5.3 |  6.2 | 17.2 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 17.3 |  32.4 | 45.2 | 34.0 | 36.0
Nebraska ...........|   12,424 |  2,158 |  3,904 |   139 |  3,291 |    887 |  1,421 |   45 |  3.9 |  8.6 |  4.2 |  3.2 | 14.7 | 21.0 | 11.5 |  9.8 |  26.5 | 41.1 | 36.4 | 32.7
Nevada .............|    3,999 |  1,598 |     74 |    13 |  1,329 |    973 |     21 |    5 |  5.3 |  8.6 |  7.6 |  1.9 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 27.3 |  5.0 |  33.2 | 60.9 | 27.8 | 38.8
New Hampshire ......|    3,879 |    834 |  5,145 |   265 |  1,233 |    548 |  1,530 |  102 |  5.6 |  6.4 |  3.7 | 11.7 | 17.6 |  9.7 | 12.3 | 30.5 |  31.8 | 65.7 | 29.7 | 38.4
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
New Jersey .........|   27,779 |  8,188 | 11,854 |   371 |  6,914 |  3,373 |  3,442 |  139 |  3.7 | 10.2 |  3.8 |  9.3 | 15.0 | 24.7 | 13.1 | 24.6 |  24.9 | 41.2 | 29.0 | 37.6
New Mexico .........|   12,122 |  2,992 |    405 |    43 |  2,817 |  1,309 |    166 |   20 |  3.4 |  8.4 |  5.5 | 13.0 | 14.6 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 27.7 |  23.2 | 43.7 | 41.0 | 47.0
New York ...........|   53,411 | 20,521 |112,837 | 2,741 | 17,549 |  9,667 | 30,835 |1,142 |  5.0 |  8.9 |  3.0 | 10.2 | 15.3 | 18.9 | 11.2 | 24.4 |  32.9 | 47.1 | 27.3 | 41.7
North Carolina .....|   32,803 | 14,468 | 26,042 |   510 |  8,428 |  7,983 |  5,292 |  211 |  4.0 |  6.3 |  2.2 |  5.0 | 15.6 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 |  25.7 | 55.2 | 20.3 | 41.4
North Dakota .......|    5,752 |    916 |    373 |   175 |  1,911 |    395 |    172 |   36 |  4.4 |  7.2 |  8.3 |  1.5 | 13.2 | 16.7 | 18.0 |  7.3 |  33.2 | 43.1 | 46.1 | 20.6
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Ohio ...............|   49,726 |  9,961 | 19,099 |   889 | 13,916 |  4,847 |  6,978 |  432 |  4.6 |  9.3 |  5.0 | 11.7 | 16.4 | 19.1 | 13.7 | 24.0 |  28.0 | 48.7 | 36.5 | 48.6
Oklahoma ...........|   15,388 |  4,367 |  3,491 |   635 |  4,619 |  1,757 |  1,260 |  168 |  5.1 |  8.8 |  5.1 |  3.1 | 16.9 | 21.8 | 14.0 | 11.6 |  30.0 | 40.2 | 36.1 | 26.5
Oregon .............|   15,169 |  6,836 |  3,909 |    23 |  4,894 |  3,098 |  1,533 |    8 |  3.5 |  6.8 |  4.9 |  7.9 | 10.8 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 22.8 |  32.3 | 45.3 | 39.2 | 34.6
Pennsylvania .......|   51,345 |  7,583 | 51,886 | 3,207 | 15,180 |  4,034 | 16,216 |1,131 |  3.9 |  8.8 |  3.5 |  9.1 | 13.2 | 16.6 | 11.1 | 25.8 |  29.6 | 53.2 | 31.3 | 35.3
Rhode Island .......|    3,522 |    666 |  7,078 |   197 |  1,091 |    285 |  1,970 |  100 |  5.3 | 13.0 |  4.2 |  --- | 17.3 | 30.5 | 15.1 |  --- |  31.0 | 42.8 | 27.8 |  ---
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
South Carolina .....|   19,962 |  4,985 |  4,103 |   217 |  5,369 |  2,278 |  1,362 |   80 |  3.6 |  7.5 |  5.1 |  8.1 | 13.4 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 21.8 |  26.9 | 45.7 | 33.2 | 37.0
South Dakota .......|    4,181 |     30 |    997 |    24 |  1,482 |     13 |    382 |   14 |  6.3 |  5.8 |  5.3 |  5.2 | 17.7 | 13.5 | 14.0 |  8.9 |  35.4 | 42.6 | 38.3 | 59.1
Tennessee ..........|   22,325 |  4,728 | 17,842 |   348 |  6,428 |  2,240 |  4,330 |  166 |  4.3 | 10.0 |  2.4 |  8.2 | 14.8 | 21.1 | 10.0 | 17.2 |  28.8 | 47.4 | 24.3 | 47.5
Texas ..............|   80,362 | 28,794 | 21,879 |   535 | 19,876 | 13,895 |  6,801 |  234 |  4.2 |  8.1 |  3.9 |  9.1 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 20.8 |  24.7 | 48.3 | 31.1 | 43.7
Utah ...............|   11,894 |  1,506 |  4,351 |   131 |  3,343 |    556 |  1,647 |   69 |  4.9 | 11.5 |  7.8 |  8.3 | 17.4 | 31.0 | 20.6 | 15.7 |  28.1 | 36.9 | 37.9 | 52.9
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Vermont ............|    3,437 |    459 |  3,069 |   151 |  1,131 |    235 |    954 |   99 |  3.9 |  5.4 |  4.1 |  1.1 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 13.3 |  1.6 |  32.9 | 51.3 | 31.1 | 65.0
Virginia ...........|   35,868 |  4,759 | 10,123 |   664 |  9,025 |  2,015 |  3,347 |  322 |  3.8 | 14.4 |  4.2 |  5.6 | 15.1 | 34.1 | 12.6 | 11.5 |  25.2 | 42.3 | 33.1 | 48.5
Washington .........|   24,149 |  8,823 |  5,645 |   215 |  6,066 |  4,074 |  2,374 |   95 |  3.2 | 10.9 |  5.2 |  9.2 | 12.6 | 23.7 | 12.4 | 20.9 |  25.1 | 46.2 | 42.0 | 44.3
West Virginia.......|   10,454 |    530 |  1,623 |    56 |  3,744 |    233 |    576 |   17 |  5.4 |  9.1 |  5.5 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 20.8 | 15.4 | 54.4 |  35.8 | 43.9 | 35.5 | 30.8
Wisconsin ..........|   26,118 | 10,643 |  8,744 |   130 |  7,798 |  5,826 |  3,153 |   62 |  4.7 |  6.1 |  4.6 | 12.8 | 15.9 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 26.7 |  29.9 | 54.7 | 36.1 | 48.0
Wyoming ............|    2,848 |  1,533 |    --- |   150 |    805 |    700 |    --- |   43 |  3.5 |  7.4 |  --- |  4.7 | 12.4 | 16.2 |  --- | 16.3 |  28.3 | 45.7 |  --- | 28.7
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
U.S. Service Schools|    6,383 |     88 |    --- |   --- |  1,643 |    --- |    --- |  --- |  2.9 |222.4 |  --- |  --- | 11.2 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  25.7 |  --- |  --- |  ---
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   Outlying areas ..|   11,297 |  1,680 |  6,926 | 1,206 |  3,740 |    684 |  2,711 |  438 |  4.3 |  5.1 | 11.1 |  9.5 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 28.5 | 26.0 |  33.1 | 40.7 | 39.1 | 36.3
                    |----------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-------|------|------|------
American Samoa .....|      --- |    180 |    --- |   --- |    --- |     98 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  5.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 10.3 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 54.4 |  --- |  ---
Federated States of |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
  Micronesia .......|      --- |     83 |    --- |   --- |    --- |     42 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  9.0 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 17.7 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 50.6 |  --- |  ---
Guam ...............|      591 |    325 |    --- |   --- |    222 |    152 |    --- |  --- |  4.9 |  2.8 |  --- |  --- | 13.1 |  6.0 |  --- |  --- |  37.6 | 46.8 |  --- |  ---
Marshall Islands ...|      --- |     31 |    --- |   --- |    --- |      8 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   --- | 25.7 |  --- |  ---
Northern Marianas ..|      --- |    181 |    --- |   --- |    --- |     73 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  3.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  8.9 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 40.4 |  --- |  ---
Palau ..............|      --- |    116 |    --- |   --- |    --- |     43 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  3.2 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  8.7 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 37.2 |  --- |  ---
Puerto Rico ........|   10,222 |    764 |  6,926 | 1,206 |  3,397 |    268 |  2,711 |  438 |  4.3 |  6.5 | 11.1 |  9.5 | 13.0 | 18.5 | 28.5 | 26.0 |  33.2 | 35.0 | 39.1 | 36.3
Virgin Islands .....|      484 |    --- |    --- |   --- |    121 |    --- |    --- |  --- |  4.0 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 15.8 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  25.0 |  --- |  --- |  ---
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---Data not reported or 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), "Staff, 1993" and "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1996.)


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