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Table 224. -  Staff and student/staff ratios in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution and by state: Fall 1995
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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
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         1          |    2     |   3    |   4    |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |  16  |  17  |  18   |  19  |  20  |  21
____________________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|______|______
   United States ...|1,143,594 |325,546 |639,524 |20,595 |321,664 |153,545 |194,189 |8,338 |  4.2 |  9.2 |  3.8 |  8.1 | 14.8 | 19.5 | 12.4 | 20.1 |  28.1 | 47.2 | 30.4 | 40.5
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Alabama ............|   32,599 |  5,113 |  3,913 |   103 |  7,004 |  2,670 |  1,393 |   35 |  3.2 | 10.7 |  5.0 |  4.4 | 14.9 | 20.4 | 14.0 | 12.7 |  21.5 | 52.2 | 35.6 | 34.2
Alaska .............|    3,116 |     29 |    169 |    47 |  1,016 |      6 |     47 |   28 |  5.7 | 11.3 |  3.5 |  3.6 | 17.5 | 51.5 | 12.5 |  6.0 |  32.6 | 22.0 | 27.9 | 59.4
Arizona ............|   19,732 |  6,654 |  1,802 |   101 |  4,742 |  2,939 |    791 |   32 |  4.2 | 11.5 |  9.2 |  8.8 | 17.5 | 26.1 | 21.1 | 27.7 |  24.0 | 44.2 | 43.9 | 31.7
Arkansas ...........|   15,010 |  2,037 |  1,888 |    94 |  3,979 |    950 |    645 |   38 |  3.5 |  7.4 |  5.3 |  3.7 | 13.3 | 16.0 | 15.5 |  9.2 |  26.5 | 46.6 | 34.1 | 40.6
California .........|   92,969 | 42,432 | 45,518 | 1,605 | 29,354 | 20,832 | 14,391 |  605 |  4.5 | 13.3 |  4.4 |  8.0 | 14.3 | 27.0 | 13.9 | 21.3 |  31.6 | 49.1 | 31.6 | 37.7
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Colorado ...........|   21,434 |  4,672 |  4,362 |   410 |  7,956 |  2,090 |  1,302 |  193 |  4.9 |  8.6 |  5.0 |  8.4 | 13.1 | 19.3 | 16.7 | 17.9 |  37.1 | 44.7 | 29.8 | 47.0
Connecticut ........|   10,341 |  2,586 | 15,072 |   238 |  2,987 |  1,283 |  5,091 |   90 |  4.2 |  8.2 |  2.9 |  4.9 | 14.5 | 16.6 |  8.6 | 12.9 |  28.9 | 49.6 | 33.8 | 37.6
Delaware ...........|    4,486 |    775 |    761 |   --- |  1,097 |    293 |    388 |  --- |  4.6 |  8.6 |  7.0 |  --- | 18.7 | 22.9 | 13.6 |  --- |  24.5 | 37.8 | 51.0 |  ---
District of Columbia|      974 |    --- | 24,214 |   --- |    522 |    --- |  5,269 |  --- |  6.1 |  --- |  2.3 |  --- | 11.4 |  --- | 10.5 |  --- |  53.6 |  --- | 21.8 |  ---
Florida ............|   32,694 | 21,272 | 18,977 |   784 |  9,456 |  8,983 |  5,953 |  289 |  4.9 |  8.3 |  4.2 |  6.5 | 16.9 | 19.7 | 13.5 | 17.7 |  28.9 | 42.2 | 31.4 | 36.8
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Georgia ............|   32,561 |  7,901 | 12,200 |   530 |  7,835 |  3,789 |  4,848 |  239 |  4.1 |  7.2 |  4.5 |  7.8 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 11.4 | 17.3 |  24.1 | 48.0 | 39.7 | 45.2
Hawaii .............|    5,146 |  1,436 |  1,241 |   --- |  1,881 |    868 |    509 |  --- |  3.7 | 11.3 |  8.0 |  --- | 10.2 | 18.7 | 19.5 |  --- |  36.6 | 60.4 | 41.0 |  ---
Idaho ..............|    5,591 |    679 |    363 |   845 |  2,000 |    297 |    165 |  358 |  5.8 |  7.8 |  5.5 |  9.6 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 12.1 | 22.7 |  35.8 | 43.8 | 45.3 | 42.3
Illinois ...........|   43,829 | 19,683 | 40,654 |   523 | 11,336 |  9,074 | 12,861 |  220 |  3.6 |  9.3 |  3.6 |  7.2 | 14.1 | 20.2 | 11.3 | 17.2 |  25.9 | 46.1 | 31.6 | 42.1
Indiana.............|   32,658 |  3,329 | 11,968 |   268 |  8,955 |  1,473 |  3,684 |  112 |  4.5 |  7.0 |  4.6 | 10.7 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 25.5 |  27.4 | 44.2 | 30.8 | 41.9
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Iowa ...............|   17,502 |  4,805 |  8,121 |   117 |  4,001 |  1,963 |  2,834 |   51 |  3.3 |  8.3 |  5.1 |  7.9 | 14.5 | 20.3 | 14.6 | 18.3 |  22.9 | 40.9 | 34.9 | 43.1
Kansas .............|   15,532 |  5,272 |  2,529 |   174 |  4,726 |  2,378 |  1,074 |   52 |  4.6 |  7.6 |  5.4 |  4.2 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 12.8 | 14.2 |  30.4 | 45.1 | 42.5 | 29.8
Kentucky ...........|   21,006 |  2,702 |  4,258 |   283 |  6,001 |  1,535 |  1,455 |  118 |  4.1 | 10.4 |  5.4 |  8.3 | 14.5 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 20.0 |  28.6 | 56.8 | 34.2 | 41.7
Louisiana ..........|   25,612 |  1,448 |  6,190 |    94 |  7,847 |    692 |  2,037 |   48 |  4.9 | 11.8 |  3.8 |  8.0 | 16.0 | 24.6 | 11.5 | 15.7 |  30.6 | 47.8 | 32.9 | 51.2
Maine ..............|    4,960 |    643 |  2,949 |   137 |  1,498 |    308 |    882 |   60 |  4.6 |  6.8 |  4.2 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 27.6 |  30.2 | 47.8 | 29.9 | 43.8
                    |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
Maryland ...........|   20,655 |  8,437 | 13,466 |   158 |  6,936 |  3,790 |  3,723 |   44 |  4.3 |  6.8 |  2.2 |  6.5 | 12.7 | 15.1 |  8.1 | 23.6 |  33.6 | 44.9 | 27.6 | 27.6
Massachusetts ......|   18,867 |  5,488 | 56,511 |   873 |  5,214 |  2,502 | 15,151 |  361 |  4.2 |  8.2 |  3.4 |  6.9 | 15.1 | 18.0 | 12.5 | 16.6 |  27.6 | 45.6 | 26.8 | 41.4
Michigan ...........|   45,738 | 10,476 | 10,134 |   328 | 14,104 |  4,936 |  3,633 |  133 |  4.5 |  9.9 |  6.0 |  5.3 | 14.6 | 21.0 | 16.8 | 13.0 |  30.8 | 47.1 | 35.9 | 40.6
Minnesota ..........|   22,480 |  6,050 |  8,752 |   440 |  5,317 |  3,242 |  3,231 |  204 |  3.9 | 10.4 |  5.5 |  7.4 | 16.7 | 19.4 | 15.0 | 16.0 |  23.7 | 53.6 | 36.9 | 46.3
Mississippi ........|   15,867 |  4,873 |  1,575 |   130 |  3,168 |  2,530 |    563 |   44 |  3.2 |  8.5 |  6.0 |  5.6 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 16.5 |  20.0 | 51.9 | 35.7 | 33.7
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Missouri............|   23,276 |  4,983 | 17,752 |   743 |  7,711 |  2,150 |  5,819 |  308 |  4.1 |  8.2 |  4.1 |  5.3 | 12.3 | 18.9 | 12.5 | 12.8 |  33.1 | 43.1 | 32.8 | 41.4
Montana ............|    5,306 |    631 |    623 |    94 |  1,666 |    341 |    209 |   31 |  5.2 |  7.3 |  5.8 |  6.4 | 16.6 | 13.5 | 17.2 | 19.1 |  31.4 | 54.0 | 33.5 | 33.5
Nebraska ...........|   13,760 |  2,441 |  4,013 |    54 |  3,383 |  1,015 |  1,450 |   38 |  3.5 |  8.1 |  4.1 |  7.5 | 14.0 | 19.4 | 11.5 | 10.6 |  24.6 | 41.6 | 36.1 | 70.4
Nevada .............|    4,544 |  1,654 |    137 |    14 |  1,628 |    821 |     68 |    5 |  4.8 |  9.2 |  7.1 |  1.9 | 13.4 | 18.5 | 14.2 |  5.4 |  35.8 | 49.6 | 49.7 | 36.1
New Hampshire ......|    3,681 |  1,170 |  5,174 |   265 |  1,144 |    787 |  1,456 |  108 |  6.0 |  4.4 |  3.6 | 11.8 | 19.2 |  6.5 | 12.9 | 29.0 |  31.1 | 67.2 | 28.1 | 40.7
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New Jersey .........|   26,971 |  8,008 | 11,708 |   397 |  6,835 |  3,208 |  3,291 |  159 |  3.8 | 10.1 |  3.8 |  9.7 | 15.2 | 25.3 | 13.4 | 24.2 |  25.3 | 40.1 | 28.1 | 40.0
New Mexico .........|   12,313 |  3,163 |    480 |    53 |  2,702 |  1,239 |    175 |   23 |  3.2 |  8.1 |  7.6 | 18.0 | 14.5 | 20.8 | 21.0 | 42.0 |  21.9 | 39.2 | 36.5 | 42.9
New York ...........|   52,989 | 22,351 |104,750 | 2,644 | 16,916 | 10,428 | 30,515 |1,144 |  5.0 |  7.9 |  3.2 |  9.6 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 11.1 | 22.1 |  31.9 | 46.7 | 29.1 | 43.3
North Carolina .....|   33,513 | 14,575 | 26,912 |   341 |  8,755 |  7,957 |  5,722 |  129 |  4.0 |  6.3 |  2.2 |  3.9 | 15.2 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.3 |  26.1 | 54.6 | 21.3 | 37.9
North Dakota .......|    5,332 |    926 |    404 |   170 |  1,831 |    383 |    173 |   34 |  4.7 |  7.3 |  7.7 |  1.5 | 13.7 | 17.7 | 17.8 |  7.3 |  34.3 | 41.4 | 43.0 | 20.1
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Ohio ...............|   50,420 |  9,426 | 20,436 |   837 | 13,807 |  4,528 |  7,153 |  373 |  4.4 |  9.3 |  4.7 | 10.7 | 15.9 | 19.3 | 13.4 | 23.9 |  27.4 | 48.0 | 35.0 | 44.6
Oklahoma ...........|   15,896 |  4,411 |  3,461 |   393 |  4,802 |  1,803 |  1,231 |  152 |  4.9 |  8.4 |  5.1 |  4.9 | 16.1 | 20.6 | 14.4 | 12.6 |  30.2 | 40.9 | 35.6 | 38.6
Oregon .............|   15,723 |  6,733 |  3,990 |    17 |  5,471 |  2,955 |  1,585 |   11 |  3.4 |  6.4 |  5.0 |  9.0 |  9.8 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 14.3 |  34.8 | 43.9 | 39.7 | 63.4
Pennsylvania .......|   52,022 |  7,414 | 50,477 | 3,361 | 16,146 |  4,091 | 16,094 |1,174 |  3.9 |  8.3 |  3.6 |  9.7 | 12.4 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 27.8 |  31.0 | 55.2 | 31.9 | 34.9
Rhode Island .......|    3,327 |    673 |  7,174 |   212 |  1,013 |    287 |  1,796 |  109 |  5.3 | 12.6 |  4.0 |  --- | 17.4 | 29.6 | 15.9 |  --- |  30.4 | 42.6 | 25.0 |  ---
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South Carolina .....|   15,904 |  4,821 |  4,100 |   228 |  5,028 |  2,173 |  1,353 |   85 |  4.5 |  7.8 |  5.3 |  5.3 | 14.3 | 17.2 | 16.0 | 14.2 |  31.6 | 45.1 | 33.0 | 37.1
South Dakota .......|    4,215 |     56 |  1,070 |    35 |  1,485 |     34 |    414 |    5 |  5.9 |  3.1 |  5.1 |  4.1 | 16.7 |  5.1 | 13.2 | 28.4 |  35.2 | 60.2 | 38.7 | 14.5
Tennessee ..........|   27,278 |  5,021 | 17,161 |   304 |  6,929 |  2,240 |  4,427 |  150 |  3.5 |  9.4 |  2.7 |  6.6 | 13.8 | 21.0 | 10.4 | 13.4 |  25.4 | 44.6 | 25.8 | 49.4
Texas ..............|   83,986 | 28,587 | 21,891 |   644 | 20,276 | 13,226 |  6,944 |  263 |  4.0 |  8.3 |  4.2 |  8.8 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 13.2 | 21.4 |  24.1 | 46.3 | 31.7 | 40.9
Utah ...............|   15,447 |  1,777 |  4,805 |   157 |  3,545 |    612 |  1,740 |   84 |  4.1 | 10.9 |  6.9 |  7.3 | 17.7 | 31.7 | 19.1 | 13.6 |  22.9 | 34.4 | 36.2 | 53.8
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Vermont ............|    3,866 |    266 |  3,194 |   176 |  1,198 |    157 |    974 |  104 |  3.5 |  7.1 |  3.9 |  1.0 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 |  1.7 |  31.0 | 59.0 | 30.5 | 59.1
Virginia ...........|   37,812 |  4,688 | 10,216 |   585 |  9,250 |  1,999 |  3,379 |  261 |  3.7 | 14.2 |  4.6 |  6.9 | 14.9 | 33.4 | 13.9 | 15.4 |  24.5 | 42.6 | 33.1 | 44.6
Washington .........|   24,840 |  9,934 |  5,735 |   228 |  6,299 |  4,940 |  2,338 |  100 |  3.1 | 10.4 |  5.4 |  9.0 | 12.4 | 20.9 | 13.2 | 20.7 |  25.4 | 49.7 | 40.8 | 43.6
West Virginia.......|   10,301 |    586 |  1,837 |    92 |  3,698 |    259 |    570 |   39 |  5.4 |  8.2 |  5.0 |  8.4 | 14.9 | 18.5 | 16.0 | 19.9 |  35.9 | 44.2 | 31.1 | 42.4
Wisconsin ..........|   29,113 | 10,809 | 14,440 |   127 |  7,634 |  5,795 |  3,396 |   57 |  4.2 |  5.5 |  2.9 | 11.8 | 15.9 | 10.2 | 12.3 | 26.2 |  26.2 | 53.6 | 23.5 | 45.1
Wyoming ............|    2,826 |  1,563 |    --- |   141 |    848 |    697 |    --- |   39 |  3.5 |  7.3 |  --- |  5.4 | 11.5 | 16.4 |  --- | 19.5 |  30.0 | 44.6 |  --- | 27.5
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U.S. Service Schools|    7,575 |     88 |    --- |   --- |  2,731 |    --- |    --- |  --- |  2.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  6.5 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  36.1 |  --- |  --- |  ---
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   Outlying areas ..|   11,629 |  1,976 |  7,802 |   584 |  3,797 |    766 |  2,722 |  298 |  4.7 |  5.7 | 10.5 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 30.1 | 26.2 |  32.6 | 38.8 | 34.9 | 51.0
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American Samoa .....|      --- |    182 |    --- |   --- |    --- |     98 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  5.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 10.1 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 53.8 |  --- |  ---
Federated States of |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |      |
  Micronesia .......|      --- |    240 |    --- |   --- |    --- |    107 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  4.5 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 10.0 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 44.8 |  --- |  ---
Guam ...............|      573 |    288 |    --- |   --- |    212 |    135 |    --- |  --- |  4.9 |  3.6 |  --- |  --- | 13.1 |  7.6 |  --- |  --- |  37.1 | 46.9 |  --- |  ---
Marshall Islands ...|      --- |     32 |    --- |   --- |    --- |      8 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  7.9 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 31.1 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 25.3 |  --- |  ---
Northern Marianas ..|      --- |    206 |    --- |   --- |    --- |     49 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  3.0 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 12.8 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 23.8 |  --- |  ---
Palau ..............|      --- |    140 |    --- |   --- |    --- |     35 |    --- |  --- |  --- |  2.1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  8.5 |  --- |  --- |   --- | 25.0 |  --- |  ---
Puerto Rico ........|   10,509 |    888 |  7,802 |   584 |  3,404 |    334 |  2,722 |  298 |  4.7 |  7.9 | 10.5 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 20.9 | 30.1 | 26.2 |  32.4 | 37.6 | 34.9 | 51.0
Virgin Islands .....|      548 |    --- |    --- |   --- |    180 |    --- |    --- |  --- |  3.7 |  --- |  --- |  --- | 11.4 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  33.0 |  --- |  --- |  ---
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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), "Fall Staff, 1995" and "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1998.)


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