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Table 314.60. | Ratios of full-time-equivalent (FTE) students to FTE staff and FTE faculty in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of institution and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2016 |
State or jurisdiction | Full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff | FTE faculty | FTE faculty as a percent of FTE staff | FTE students per FTE staff | FTE students per FTE faculty | |||||||||
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All private | Non-profit 4-year |
Non-profit 2-year |
For-profit | All private | Non-profit 4-year |
Non-profit 2-year |
For-profit | Non-profit 4-year |
For-profit | Non-profit 4-year |
For-profit | Non-profit 4-year |
For-profit | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
United States | 1,043,914 | 938,621 | 7,088 | 98,205 | 379,171 | 332,690 | 2,344 | 44,137 | 35.4 | 44.9 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 20.6 |
Alabama | 6,003 | 4,620 | 48 | 1,335 | 2,373 | 1,756 | 22 | 595 | 38.0 | 44.6 | 4.9 | 16.9 | 12.9 | 38.0 |
Alaska | 213 | 144 | 25 | 44 | 75 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 38.1 | 33.8 | 2.9 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 28.3 |
Arizona | 17,134 | 1,699 | 0 | 15,435 | 6,980 | 703 | 0 | 6,278 | 41.4 | 40.7 | 5.1 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 31.4 |
Arkansas | 3,235 | 3,033 | 162 | 40 | 1,139 | 1,042 | 80 | 18 | 34.4 | 44.5 | 4.8 | 8.5 | 14.1 | 19.1 |
California | 93,977 | 78,311 | 213 | 15,453 | 35,171 | 27,892 | 86 | 7,194 | 35.6 | 46.6 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 20.8 |
Colorado | 9,019 | 5,839 | 39 | 3,141 | 3,584 | 2,131 | 11 | 1,442 | 36.5 | 45.9 | 4.5 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 24.7 |
Connecticut | 26,171 | 25,443 | 0 | 728 | 9,464 | 9,196 | 0 | 269 | 36.1 | 36.9 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 19.5 |
Delaware | 1,427 | 1,386 | 31 | 10 | 830 | 810 | 14 | 6 | 58.4 | 62.0 | 8.7 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 24.3 |
District of Columbia | 21,374 | 20,129 | 0 | 1,245 | 7,487 | 7,063 | 0 | 424 | 35.1 | 34.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 9.4 | 11.1 |
Florida | 45,258 | 35,399 | 2,524 | 7,334 | 15,216 | 11,500 | 356 | 3,360 | 32.5 | 45.8 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 13.3 | 19.3 |
Georgia | 25,160 | 22,199 | 335 | 2,626 | 9,605 | 8,298 | 131 | 1,176 | 37.4 | 44.8 | 2.9 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 22.4 |
Hawaii | 1,579 | 1,399 | 0 | 180 | 639 | 540 | 0 | 99 | 38.6 | 54.9 | 6.1 | 13.0 | 15.8 | 23.7 |
Idaho | 2,771 | 2,666 | 0 | 105 | 1,559 | 1,496 | 0 | 63 | 56.1 | 60.3 | 11.6 | 5.7 | 20.7 | 9.5 |
Illinois | 63,500 | 58,154 | 69 | 5,277 | 22,167 | 20,112 | 31 | 2,024 | 34.6 | 38.3 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 19.3 |
Indiana | 20,012 | 18,922 | 83 | 1,007 | 6,853 | 6,390 | 29 | 434 | 33.8 | 43.1 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 15.6 |
Iowa | 12,268 | 10,203 | 0 | 2,065 | 5,037 | 3,908 | 0 | 1,129 | 38.3 | 54.7 | 4.6 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 20.3 |
Kansas | 4,677 | 3,905 | 0 | 772 | 1,976 | 1,678 | 0 | 298 | 43.0 | 38.6 | 4.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 28.7 |
Kentucky | 7,625 | 6,315 | 0 | 1,310 | 2,900 | 2,333 | 0 | 567 | 36.9 | 43.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 14.3 | 11.3 |
Louisiana | 8,016 | 7,405 | 53 | 558 | 2,922 | 2,596 | 29 | 297 | 35.1 | 53.3 | 3.0 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 16.3 |
Maine | 4,932 | 4,764 | 39 | 129 | 1,544 | 1,469 | 24 | 52 | 30.8 | 40.1 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 13.2 | 19.7 |
Maryland | 24,482 | 24,131 | 0 | 350 | 6,898 | 6,754 | 0 | 144 | 28.0 | 41.1 | 1.8 | 11.7 | 6.3 | 28.3 |
Massachusetts | 86,683 | 86,296 | 102 | 285 | 30,363 | 30,154 | 75 | 134 | 34.9 | 47.1 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 14.5 |
Michigan | 12,804 | 12,395 | 0 | 408 | 5,298 | 5,117 | 0 | 181 | 41.3 | 44.4 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 14.4 |
Minnesota | 17,127 | 12,316 | 31 | 4,780 | 7,269 | 5,020 | 10 | 2,239 | 40.8 | 46.8 | 4.8 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 25.5 |
Mississippi | 2,766 | 2,528 | 0 | 238 | 1,142 | 1,031 | 0 | 111 | 40.8 | 46.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 13.5 | 12.0 |
Missouri | 33,414 | 32,173 | 92 | 1,149 | 11,618 | 11,028 | 37 | 552 | 34.3 | 48.1 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 15.4 |
Montana | 952 | 830 | 117 | 5 | 362 | 319 | 40 | 4 | 38.4 | 80.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 11.8 | 8.8 |
Nebraska | 5,319 | 5,142 | 52 | 125 | 1,997 | 1,933 | 14 | 50 | 37.6 | 39.9 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 14.9 | 18.4 |
Nevada | 1,424 | 825 | 39 | 560 | 709 | 395 | 18 | 297 | 47.8 | 53.0 | 4.3 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 17.8 |
New Hampshire | 10,666 | 10,647 | 19 | 0 | 3,469 | 3,453 | 16 | 0 | 32.4 | † | 5.8 | † | 17.8 | † |
New Jersey | 17,192 | 15,947 | 0 | 1,245 | 5,325 | 4,762 | 0 | 563 | 29.9 | 45.2 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 15.1 |
New Mexico | 722 | 300 | 0 | 422 | 334 | 109 | 0 | 225 | 36.4 | 53.3 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 16.0 |
New York | 151,181 | 145,572 | 359 | 5,249 | 53,406 | 50,881 | 184 | 2,341 | 35.0 | 44.6 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 15.6 |
North Carolina | 38,103 | 36,819 | 128 | 1,156 | 12,661 | 12,091 | 41 | 529 | 32.8 | 45.8 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 18.4 |
North Dakota | 1,065 | 1,026 | 0 | 39 | 391 | 373 | 0 | 18 | 36.3 | 45.8 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 23.2 |
Ohio | 29,647 | 27,202 | 148 | 2,297 | 11,883 | 10,658 | 52 | 1,173 | 39.2 | 51.1 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 11.1 | 12.9 |
Oklahoma | 5,560 | 4,817 | 167 | 576 | 2,095 | 1,731 | 86 | 278 | 35.9 | 48.2 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
Oregon | 7,260 | 6,822 | 0 | 439 | 2,974 | 2,780 | 0 | 194 | 40.8 | 44.2 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 14.6 |
Pennsylvania | 78,293 | 73,690 | 1,323 | 3,279 | 27,412 | 25,167 | 568 | 1,678 | 34.2 | 51.2 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 13.4 |
Rhode Island | 10,341 | 10,341 | 0 | 0 | 3,316 | 3,316 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | † | 3.8 | † | 11.8 | † |
South Carolina | 8,153 | 6,074 | 144 | 1,934 | 2,919 | 2,230 | 51 | 638 | 36.7 | 33.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
South Dakota | 1,694 | 1,281 | 0 | 413 | 635 | 501 | 0 | 133 | 39.1 | † | 4.5 | † | 11.4 | † |
Tennessee | 20,387 | 18,658 | 83 | 1,647 | 7,230 | 6,402 | 38 | 790 | 34.3 | 48.0 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 17.2 |
Texas | 37,707 | 32,927 | 182 | 4,599 | 15,209 | 13,036 | 76 | 2,097 | 39.6 | 45.6 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 17.0 |
Utah | 10,644 | 9,856 | 123 | 665 | 4,577 | 4,167 | 64 | 346 | 42.3 | 52.0 | 12.8 | 6.3 | 30.4 | 12.2 |
Vermont | 4,218 | 4,148 | 0 | 70 | 1,423 | 1,409 | 0 | 14 | 34.0 | 19.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 11.6 | 20.0 |
Virginia | 22,958 | 19,281 | 108 | 3,569 | 9,182 | 7,334 | 54 | 1,794 | 38.0 | 50.3 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 13.7 | 15.4 |
Washington | 9,174 | 8,231 | 188 | 755 | 3,932 | 3,462 | 74 | 395 | 42.1 | 52.3 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 17.6 |
West Virginia | 4,061 | 1,764 | 0 | 2,297 | 1,700 | 607 | 0 | 1,094 | 34.4 | 47.6 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 22.0 |
Wisconsin | 15,496 | 14,638 | 0 | 858 | 5,884 | 5,499 | 0 | 385 | 37.6 | 44.8 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 11.1 |
Wyoming | 72 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 43.3 | † | 4.5 | † | 10.4 | † |
Other jurisdictions |
15,264 | 11,387 | 77 | 3,801 | 6,581 | 4,917 | 31 | 1,634 | 43.2 | 43.0 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 21.0 | 20.7 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Federated States of Micronesia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Guam | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 | † | 5.0 | † | 11.0 | † |
Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Northern Marianas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Puerto Rico | 15,253 | 11,376 | 77 | 3,801 | 6,576 | 4,912 | 31 | 1,634 | 43.2 | 43.0 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 21.0 | 20.7 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||
NOTE: Full-time-equivalent staff is the full-time staff, plus the full-time equivalent of the part-time staff. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Data are for all degree-granting institutions, including those with fewer than 15 employees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2017, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; and Spring 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2017.) |