Student to Faculty Ratio vs Class Size

Faculty SenateJanuary 16, 2008

Kathy Van Laningham

• Calculation of Student to Faculty Ratio

• Benchmark Data on Ratio

• Reporting on Class Sizes

• Benchmark Data on Class Size

Student to Faculty Ratio

• A broad, university-wide calculation measuring instructional resources against student enrollment

• FTE students to FTE faculty

FTE Student Calculation

FTE Students = All Full-time students (enrolled in 12 or more hours) + 1/3 of all Part-time students enrolled in fewer than 12 hours).

2007 Full -time students = 14,003Part-time students = 3,338FTE = 14,003+(3,338/3) = 15,115.67

FTE Faculty Calculation

FTE Faculty = All Full-time instructors of record (100% appointment) + 1/3 of all Part-time instructors of record (99% and below appointment). Full-time administrators, e.g., Deans, Chancellors, count as part-time for this calculation.

2007 Full-time Instructors = 799Part-time Instructors = 251FTE = 799+(251/3) = 882.67

Fall Student FTE

Instructor of Record

FTERatio Rounded

Ratio

1997 12,377.00 802.33 15.43 151998 12,771.33 804.33 15.88 161999 12,847.00 818.33 15.70 162000 12,953.00 807.33 16.04 162001 13,212.67 805.33 16.41 162002 13,346.33 807.33 16.53 172003 13,639.33 819.33 16.65 172004 13,955.33 847.00 16.48 162005 14,383.33 849.33 16.93 172006 14,584.00 871.67 16.73 172007 15,115.67 882.67 17.12 17

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Former Calculation of FTE Faculty for Student to Faculty

Ratio• Until consultation with the Southern

University Group representatives last fall, FTE Faculty was based on a definition of Faculty regardless of whether they were teaching.

• Created problems with those on OCDA and LWOP as well as ignoring those in other titles, e.g., Dean, who were teaching but not holding a faculty title

Fall Student FTE

Instructor of Record

FTERatio Rounded

Ratio

UA Progress Report

1997 12,377.00 802.33 15.43 15 141998 12,771.33 804.33 15.88 16 161999 12,847.00 818.33 15.70 16 162000 12,953.00 807.33 16.04 16 162001 13,212.67 805.33 16.41 16 162002 13,346.33 807.33 16.53 17 172003 13,639.33 819.33 16.65 17 172004 13,955.33 847.00 16.48 16 172005 14,383.33 849.33 16.93 17 182006 14,584.00 871.67 16.73 17 172007 15,115.67 882.67 17.12 17 17

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University 1997 2005 2006 University 1997 2005 2006 University 1997 2005 2006Washington N/A 11:1 11:1 North Carolina State 15:1 16:1 16:1 Oregon 16:1 18:1 18:1Delaware 15:1 13:1 12:1 UCLA 18:1 18:1 16:1 Texas 21:1 18:1 18:1Ohio State 14:1 13:1 13:1 Virginia Tech 16:1 16:1 16:1 Texas Tech 20:1 19:1 18:1Wisconsin 15:1 13:1 13:1 Arkansas 14:1 18:1 17:1 Alabama 17:1 19:1 19:1Clemson 17:1 15:1 14:1 Colorado State 20:1 18:1 17:1 Kansas 20:1 20:1 19:1

Georgia Tech 19:1 14:1 14:1 Connecticut 14:1 17:1 17:1 Nebraska 15:1 19:1 19:1Mississippi State 16:1 14:1 14:1 Illinois 15:1 14:1 17:1 Oklahoma 20:1 22:1 19:1North Carolina N/A 14:1 14:1 Massachusetts 18:1 17:1 17:1 Oklahoma State 18:1 19:1 19:1

Purdue 18:1 14:1 14:1 Michigan State 17:1 18:1 17:1 Oregon State 15:1 19:1 19:1Washington State 11:1 15:1 14:1 Penn State 19:1 17:1 17:1 Rhode Island 15:1 19:1 19:1

Iowa 16:1 15:1 15:1 South Carolina 15:1 18:1 17:1 Mississippi 20:1 19:1 20:1Iowa State 19:1 15:1 15:1 Arizona 18:1 19:1 18:1 Texas A & M 21:1 20:1 20:1Michigan 15:1 15:1 15:1 Auburn 16:1 17:1 18:1 Florida 20:1 21:1 21:1Minnesota 15:1 15:1 15:1 Georgia 15:1 18:1 18:1 Florida State 24:1 22:1 21:1Tennessee 17:1 15:1 15:1 Indiana 21:1 18:1 18:1 Kansas State 15:1 21:1 21:1

UC Berkeley 17:1 15:1 15:1 Kentucky 16:1 18:1 18:1 Louisiana State 19:1 22:1 21:1Virginia 13:1 15:1 15:1 Maryland 13:1 18:1 18:1 Arizona State 20:1 22:1 23:1Colorado 22:1 16:1 16:1 Missouri 19:1 18:1 18:1 West Virginia 18:1 22:1 23:1

Source : U.S. News & World Report, Best Colleges Edition - 1999,2007,2008

Student to Faculty Ratio

Calculating Class Size• To determine undergraduate class size, IR

reviews section numbers, course method, course location of all undergraduate classes to identify “Organized” classes from ISIS data

• Cross-listed and team-taught classes are merged to avoid double-counting of classes and undercounting the number of students in the class

• Classes must have an enrollment greater than 1 to be included

• Subsections include labs, drills, and practica that bear separate credit.

Students Enrolled 2 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 99 100+ Total

Class Sections 281 393 557 274 130 238 81 1,954

Students Enrolled 2 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 99 100+ Total

Class Sub- Sections 50 120 142 11 0 1 0 324

34.5% of class sections have fewer than 20 students

16.3% of class sections have 50 or more students

The average class size has 33 students per section

Fall 2007 Undergraduate Class Size

University 1997 2005 2006 University 1997 2005 2006 University 1997 2005 2006UC Berkeley 56% 59% 61% South Carolina 40% 38% 42% Maryland 33% 34% 35%Kansas State 51% 50% 59% Minnesota 57% 41% 41% Ohio State 41% 43% 35%

UCLA 44% 51% 54% Massachusetts 40% 41% 40% Texas 38% 34% 35%Virginia 45% 47% 49% Washington State 33% 40% 40% Purdue 23% 33% 34%Colorado 48% 47% 48% Colorado State 17% 38% 39% Rhode Island 28% 36% 34%

Iowa N/A 49% 48% Florida 30% 39% 39% North Carolina State 32% 31% 33%North Carolina 41% 50% 47% Mississippi State 41% 41% 39% Tennessee 36% 35% 33%Arizona State 28% 41% 46% Oregon N/A 39% 39% Arizona 33% 30% 32%Mississippi 34% 44% 46% Oregon State 42% 42% 39% West Virginia 37% 34% 32%Oklahoma 30% 39% 46% Delaware 41% 34% 38% Louisiana State 31% 31% 31%Michigan 48% 43% 45% Iowa State 28% 36% 38% Oklahoma State 25% 28% 31%

Connecticut N/A 42% 44% Kansas 43% 35% 38% Penn State 33% 31% 30%Missouri 25% 43% 44% Arkansas 42% 36% 37% Kentucky 38% 27% 28%Alabama 42% 45% 43% Illinois 31% 34% 37% Auburn 40% 27% 27%Clemson 39% 39% 43% Nebraska 37% 37% 37% Michigan State N/A 21% 23%

Wisconsin 39% 43% 43% Washington N/A 37% 36% Texas Tech 20% 23% 23%Georgia Tech 26% 39% 42% Florida State 34% 36% 35% Virginia Tech 23% 24% 22%

Indiana 36% 41% 42% Georgia 31% 35% 35% Texas A & M 33% 20% 21%

Source : U.S. News & World Report, Best Colleges Edition - 1999,2007,2008

Undergraduate Classes with Under 20 Students

University 1997 2005 2006 University 1997 2005 2006 University 1997 2005 2006Kansas State 11% 9% 8% Colorado 15% 15% 15% Illinois 19% 19% 18%Rhode Island 9% 8% 8% Connecticut N/A 16% 15% Penn State 21% 18% 18%

Tennessee 9% 8% 8% Delaware 14% 17% 15% Washington State 27% 17% 18%Oklahoma 17% 12% 10% Maryland 14% 15% 15% Wisconsin 19% 18% 18%

South Carolina 16% 11% 10% Mississippi 18% 15% 15% Ohio State 17% 17% 19%Clemson 8% 10% 11% Missouri 22% 14% 15% Oregon State 22% 18% 19%Georgia 13% 10% 11% Oklahoma State 19% 16% 15% Purdue 21% 19% 19%

Iowa N/A 10% 11% Virginia 15% 16% 15% West Virginia 17% 18% 19%Mississippi State 11% 11% 11% Arizona State 18% 15% 16% Florida 22% 20% 20%North Carolina 13% 11% 11% Colorado State 30% 17% 16% Georgia Tech 12% 20% 20%

Kansas 10% 11% 12% Iowa State 18% 17% 16% Indiana 17% 19% 20%Nebraska 14% 14% 13% Minnesota 14% 15% 16% Louisiana State 14% 20% 20%Auburn 8% 13% 14% North Carolina State 14% 15% 16% Texas Tech 21% 21% 20%

Florida State 13% 15% 14% Oregon N/A 16% 16% UCLA 26% 21% 20%UC Berkeley 16% 15% 14% Kentucky 10% 17% 17% Virginia Tech 18% 21% 21%

Alabama 12% 14% 15% Massachusetts 15% 17% 17% Michigan State N/A 24% 22%Arizona 16% 16% 15% Michigan 15% 16% 17% Texas 18% 22% 23%Arkansas 10% 15% 15% Washington N/A 17% 17% Texas A & M 17% 25% 24%

Source : U.S. News & World Report, Best Colleges Edition - 1999,2007,2008

Undergraduate Classes with 50+ Students

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