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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 2017 |
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 | 1,047,453 | 950,567 | 6,272 | 90,613 | 381,458 | 338,855 | 2,298 | 40,305 | 35.6 | 44.5 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 20.7 |
Alabama | 5,765 | 4,628 | 0 | 1,137 | 2,282 | 1,769 | 0 | 512 | 38.2 | 45.1 | 5.1 | 18.9 | 13.4 | 41.9 |
Alaska | 210 | 139 | 26 | 45 | 75 | 54 | 5 | 16 | 39.2 | 35.1 | 2.7 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 27.4 |
Arizona | 16,539 | 1,858 | 0 | 14,681 | 6,429 | 749 | 0 | 5,681 | 40.3 | 38.7 | 4.9 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 29.9 |
Arkansas | 3,317 | 3,118 | 172 | 27 | 1,190 | 1,091 | 91 | 8 | 35.0 | 31.2 | 4.6 | 7.7 | 13.1 | 24.6 |
California | 95,499 | 80,623 | 202 | 14,674 | 35,660 | 28,749 | 78 | 6,833 | 35.7 | 46.6 | 3.3 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 20.7 |
Colorado | 9,290 | 5,852 | 50 | 3,388 | 3,568 | 2,137 | 15 | 1,416 | 36.5 | 41.8 | 4.4 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 26.3 |
Connecticut | 26,699 | 25,943 | 0 | 756 | 9,536 | 9,268 | 0 | 268 | 35.7 | 35.4 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 20.8 |
Delaware | 1,563 | 1,520 | 35 | 8 | 972 | 951 | 16 | 5 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 7.4 | 18.5 | 11.8 | 29.6 |
District of Columbia | 21,295 | 20,211 | 0 | 1,084 | 7,455 | 7,075 | 0 | 381 | 35.0 | 35.1 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 9.7 | 13.0 |
Florida | 45,142 | 35,747 | 2,389 | 7,006 | 15,377 | 11,660 | 498 | 3,219 | 32.6 | 45.9 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 12.9 | 19.4 |
Georgia | 25,276 | 22,773 | 284 | 2,219 | 9,598 | 8,493 | 106 | 999 | 37.3 | 45.0 | 2.9 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 20.7 |
Hawaii | 1,560 | 1,383 | 0 | 177 | 631 | 534 | 0 | 97 | 38.6 | 54.9 | 6.3 | 11.6 | 16.4 | 21.2 |
Idaho | 2,605 | 2,540 | 0 | 65 | 1,360 | 1,326 | 0 | 35 | 52.2 | 53.0 | 13.4 | 7.1 | 25.7 | 13.4 |
Illinois | 57,398 | 52,348 | 58 | 4,992 | 22,643 | 20,697 | 27 | 1,920 | 39.5 | 38.5 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 19.1 |
Indiana | 20,188 | 19,203 | 89 | 897 | 6,857 | 6,452 | 28 | 377 | 33.6 | 42.0 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 15.9 |
Iowa | 11,961 | 10,216 | 0 | 1,745 | 4,904 | 3,870 | 0 | 1,035 | 37.9 | 59.3 | 4.5 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 20.1 |
Kansas | 4,461 | 3,854 | 0 | 606 | 1,805 | 1,590 | 0 | 214 | 41.3 | 35.3 | 4.7 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 36.5 |
Kentucky | 7,748 | 6,618 | 0 | 1,130 | 2,912 | 2,445 | 0 | 467 | 36.9 | 41.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 15.1 | 13.2 |
Louisiana | 8,072 | 7,522 | 50 | 500 | 2,962 | 2,660 | 26 | 276 | 35.4 | 55.1 | 3.1 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 16.9 |
Maine | 5,046 | 4,910 | 37 | 98 | 1,510 | 1,459 | 21 | 29 | 29.7 | 29.9 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 13.5 | 27.5 |
Maryland | 25,158 | 24,839 | 0 | 318 | 7,210 | 7,074 | 0 | 136 | 28.5 | 42.7 | 1.7 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 30.5 |
Massachusetts | 87,523 | 87,237 | 99 | 187 | 30,578 | 30,425 | 76 | 78 | 34.9 | 41.6 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 17.0 |
Michigan | 13,372 | 12,969 | 0 | 403 | 5,456 | 5,274 | 0 | 182 | 40.7 | 45.2 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
Minnesota | 17,145 | 12,505 | 31 | 4,609 | 7,142 | 5,086 | 10 | 2,046 | 40.7 | 44.4 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 25.5 |
Mississippi | 2,818 | 2,616 | 0 | 202 | 1,225 | 1,118 | 0 | 107 | 42.7 | 53.0 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 12.2 | 14.3 |
Missouri | 34,082 | 33,124 | 34 | 923 | 11,463 | 10,978 | 17 | 468 | 33.1 | 50.7 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 14.8 |
Montana | 998 | 881 | 115 | 3 | 402 | 361 | 39 | 2 | 41.0 | 66.7 | 4.2 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 18.5 |
Nebraska | 5,206 | 5,100 | 11 | 95 | 2,020 | 1,971 | 5 | 44 | 38.6 | 46.0 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
Nevada | 1,317 | 810 | 23 | 484 | 623 | 369 | 10 | 243 | 45.6 | 50.3 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 20.7 |
New Hampshire | 10,952 | 10,930 | 22 | 0 | 3,698 | 3,683 | 15 | 0 | 33.7 | † | 6.1 | † | 18.2 | † |
New Jersey | 17,366 | 16,106 | 0 | 1,260 | 5,359 | 4,805 | 0 | 554 | 29.8 | 44.0 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 15.7 |
New Mexico | 583 | 289 | 0 | 294 | 258 | 95 | 0 | 163 | 32.9 | 55.6 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 14.7 | 14.3 |
New York | 155,228 | 149,704 | 361 | 5,163 | 55,051 | 52,486 | 198 | 2,367 | 35.1 | 45.8 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 14.3 |
North Carolina | 39,129 | 37,866 | 129 | 1,134 | 12,864 | 12,359 | 42 | 463 | 32.6 | 40.8 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 17.4 |
North Dakota | 1,063 | 1,021 | 0 | 41 | 396 | 376 | 0 | 20 | 36.8 | 48.4 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 20.0 |
Ohio | 29,498 | 27,334 | 165 | 1,999 | 11,769 | 10,702 | 78 | 990 | 39.2 | 49.5 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 13.0 |
Oklahoma | 5,355 | 4,713 | 61 | 581 | 2,057 | 1,744 | 18 | 295 | 37.0 | 50.8 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 12.1 | 13.2 |
Oregon | 7,135 | 6,760 | 12 | 363 | 2,835 | 2,664 | 8 | 163 | 39.4 | 44.8 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 11.7 | 14.1 |
Pennsylvania | 78,925 | 75,311 | 1,005 | 2,609 | 27,436 | 25,548 | 494 | 1,394 | 33.9 | 53.4 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 12.5 |
Rhode Island | 10,327 | 10,327 | 0 | 0 | 3,319 | 3,319 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | † | 3.8 | † | 11.7 | † |
South Carolina | 7,639 | 6,040 | 110 | 1,489 | 2,824 | 2,199 | 34 | 590 | 36.4 | 39.6 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 13.7 | 15.4 |
South Dakota | 1,725 | 1,330 | 0 | 395 | 660 | 538 | 0 | 121 | 40.5 | 30.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 10.6 | 8.3 |
Tennessee | 20,272 | 18,684 | 80 | 1,509 | 7,094 | 6,300 | 46 | 748 | 33.7 | 49.6 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 17.6 |
Texas | 38,092 | 33,709 | 186 | 4,198 | 15,477 | 13,525 | 80 | 1,873 | 40.1 | 44.6 | 3.6 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 18.9 |
Utah | 11,410 | 10,669 | 139 | 601 | 5,037 | 4,636 | 76 | 325 | 43.5 | 54.1 | 13.4 | 7.1 | 30.8 | 13.1 |
Vermont | 4,232 | 4,200 | 0 | 33 | 1,458 | 1,446 | 0 | 12 | 34.4 | 37.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 9.7 |
Virginia | 22,348 | 19,089 | 73 | 3,186 | 8,700 | 7,055 | 34 | 1,611 | 37.0 | 50.6 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 14.4 | 16.1 |
Washington | 9,219 | 8,276 | 173 | 770 | 3,821 | 3,416 | 72 | 334 | 41.3 | 43.3 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 19.6 |
West Virginia | 3,927 | 1,720 | 0 | 2,207 | 1,626 | 587 | 0 | 1,040 | 34.1 | 47.1 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 22.7 |
Wisconsin | 15,713 | 15,392 | 0 | 321 | 5,838 | 5,689 | 0 | 149 | 37.0 | 46.3 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 13.4 |
Wyoming | 60 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 37.0 | † | — | † | — | † |
Other jurisdictions |
14,423 | 10,976 | 65 | 3,382 | 6,196 | 4,793 | 28 | 1,375 | 43.7 | 40.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 21.0 | 22.8 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Federated States of Micronesia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Guam | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | † | 3.9 | † | 17.6 | † |
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 | 14,411 | 10,964 | 65 | 3,382 | 6,194 | 4,791 | 28 | 1,375 | 43.7 | 40.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 21.0 | 22.8 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||
†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 2018, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; and Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2018.) |