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Table 237. | Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff and faculty, and FTE staff and faculty/FTE student ratios in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2005 |
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 | |||||||||||||||
Public | Private | Public | Private | 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 | 1,337,858 | 405,524 | 857,095 | 30,159 | 387,475 | 191,218 | 289,756 | 12,858 | 29.0 | 47.2 | 33.8 | 42.6 | 4.3 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 14.8 | 19.2 | 12.2 | 21.6 |
Alabama | 29,738 | 5,857 | 4,597 | 208 | 7,948 | 2,761 | 1,704 | 53 | 26.7 | 47.1 | 37.1 | 25.4 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 15.4 | 19.6 | 14.5 | 12.9 |
Alaska | 4,972 | 140 | 278 | † | 1,588 | 31 | 97 | † | 31.9 | 22.4 | 34.8 | † | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | † | 11.6 | 14.8 | 9.8 | † |
Arizona | 23,427 | 10,702 | 14,699 | 1,035 | 5,593 | 4,958 | 6,132 | 476 | 23.9 | 46.3 | 41.7 | 46.0 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 18.2 | 20.4 | 33.4 | 25.9 |
Arkansas | 15,459 | 3,957 | 2,549 | 72 | 4,270 | 1,788 | 837 | 26 | 27.6 | 45.2 | 32.8 | 36.5 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 15.8 | 17.2 | 15.4 | 22.2 |
California | 126,789 | 58,480 | 73,072 | 3,793 | 35,941 | 31,196 | 27,098 | 1,632 | 28.3 | 53.3 | 37.1 | 43.0 | 4.2 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 24.2 | 11.1 | 22.1 |
Colorado | 24,434 | 5,538 | 8,186 | 670 | 10,358 | 2,554 | 3,109 | 310 | 42.4 | 46.1 | 38.0 | 46.3 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 28.0 |
Connecticut | 13,005 | 2,976 | 20,025 | 239 | 3,522 | 1,518 | 6,634 | 104 | 27.1 | 51.0 | 33.1 | 43.8 | 4.1 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 7.9 | 14.1 |
Delaware | 5,133 | 1,302 | 994 | 27 | 1,270 | 545 | 435 | 13 | 24.7 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 47.2 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 6.0 | 17.7 | 15.0 | 20.8 | 12.8 |
District of Columbia | 1,038 | † | 20,201 | † | 398 | † | 6,120 | † | 38.3 | † | 30.3 | † | 3.5 | † | 3.7 | † | 9.1 | † | 12.3 | † |
Florida | 52,063 | 19,482 | 30,603 | 1,851 | 18,289 | 7,837 | 11,443 | 715 | 35.1 | 40.2 | 37.4 | 38.6 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 15.8 | 20.6 | 14.4 | 28.3 |
Georgia | 38,197 | 12,163 | 19,087 | 553 | 10,160 | 5,792 | 7,020 | 206 | 26.6 | 47.6 | 36.8 | 37.2 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 8.8 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 10.2 | 23.8 |
Hawaii | 6,044 | 1,519 | 1,987 | 84 | 2,169 | 775 | 1,039 | 41 | 35.9 | 51.0 | 52.3 | 48.7 | 3.7 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 24.8 |
Idaho | 6,853 | 1,095 | 1,773 | 67 | 2,326 | 438 | 851 | 34 | 33.9 | 40.0 | 48.0 | 50.1 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 16.5 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 15.2 |
Illinois | 49,092 | 19,804 | 53,627 | 655 | 11,369 | 8,683 | 17,699 | 250 | 23.2 | 43.8 | 33.0 | 38.2 | 3.5 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 15.3 | 23.3 | 12.9 | 17.2 |
Indiana | 40,415 | 3,747 | 16,541 | 832 | 10,691 | 2,060 | 5,427 | 360 | 26.5 | 55.0 | 32.8 | 43.2 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 4.5 | 11.9 | 16.2 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 27.6 |
Iowa | 18,769 | 6,026 | 11,491 | 170 | 5,115 | 2,452 | 4,003 | 67 | 27.3 | 40.7 | 34.8 | 39.7 | 3.2 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 11.7 | 22.1 | 15.5 | 19.7 |
Kansas | 17,834 | 6,174 | 2,948 | 254 | 5,642 | 2,584 | 1,087 | 104 | 31.6 | 41.8 | 36.9 | 40.7 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
Kentucky | 25,927 | 5,546 | 5,802 | 391 | 7,096 | 2,741 | 2,146 | 177 | 27.4 | 49.4 | 37.0 | 45.1 | 3.8 | 9.2 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 13.9 | 18.6 | 15.1 | 22.7 |
Louisiana | 23,344 | 3,282 | 6,161 | 344 | 7,215 | 1,760 | 2,051 | 155 | 30.9 | 53.6 | 33.3 | 45.2 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 10.9 | 17.7 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 24.0 |
Maine | 6,201 | 991 | 3,631 | 109 | 1,848 | 558 | 1,040 | 55 | 29.8 | 56.3 | 28.6 | 50.6 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 8.3 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 16.4 |
Maryland | 27,142 | 10,508 | 21,736 | 262 | 9,498 | 4,642 | 5,626 | 137 | 35.0 | 44.2 | 25.9 | 52.4 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 7.4 | 23.8 |
Massachusetts | 20,604 | 6,892 | 72,655 | 284 | 6,024 | 2,912 | 24,273 | 140 | 29.2 | 42.3 | 33.4 | 49.6 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 17.8 | 9.0 | 15.9 |
Michigan | 53,963 | 12,496 | 12,251 | 191 | 16,186 | 6,058 | 4,972 | 73 | 30.0 | 48.5 | 40.6 | 38.0 | 4.5 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 33.2 |
Minnesota | 24,612 | 7,338 | 14,046 | 606 | 5,957 | 3,610 | 5,363 | 244 | 24.2 | 49.2 | 38.2 | 40.3 | 4.4 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 17.1 | 19.1 |
Mississippi | 21,257 | 6,171 | 1,887 | 179 | 4,404 | 2,914 | 680 | 92 | 20.7 | 47.2 | 36.0 | 51.3 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 9.6 | 13.9 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 18.7 |
Missouri | 29,048 | 7,037 | 27,764 | 1,025 | 8,625 | 3,024 | 10,118 | 443 | 29.7 | 43.0 | 36.4 | 43.2 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 12.5 | 18.2 | 10.9 | 18.1 |
Montana | 6,376 | 889 | 814 | 101 | 1,974 | 345 | 325 | 36 | 31.0 | 38.8 | 39.9 | 35.4 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 15.1 | 18.0 | 11.6 | 12.5 |
Nebraska | 12,677 | 2,851 | 5,362 | 88 | 3,635 | 1,355 | 1,888 | 38 | 28.7 | 47.5 | 35.2 | 43.3 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 18.3 | 12.7 | 14.9 |
Nevada | 8,862 | 1,083 | 819 | 282 | 2,987 | 506 | 548 | 112 | 33.7 | 46.8 | 66.9 | 39.8 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 19.1 | 15.9 | 13.6 | 25.3 |
New Hampshire | 5,249 | 1,243 | 7,310 | 161 | 1,437 | 723 | 1,898 | 56 | 27.4 | 58.2 | 26.0 | 35.0 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 16.5 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 20.9 |
New Jersey | 35,075 | 9,844 | 14,195 | 148 | 9,849 | 4,244 | 4,867 | 49 | 28.1 | 43.1 | 34.3 | 32.9 | 3.5 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 12.4 | 23.6 | 12.3 | 24.1 |
New Mexico | 14,685 | 5,274 | 1,129 | 35 | 3,383 | 2,013 | 637 | 19 | 23.0 | 38.2 | 56.4 | 54.7 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 13.4 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 26.9 |
New York | 48,911 | 21,034 | 124,176 | 3,359 | 18,066 | 9,613 | 39,831 | 1,367 | 36.9 | 45.7 | 32.1 | 40.7 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 16.1 | 20.1 | 10.6 | 21.3 |
North Carolina | 42,161 | 20,486 | 31,229 | 214 | 10,972 | 11,245 | 8,338 | 75 | 26.0 | 54.9 | 26.7 | 34.9 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 20.6 |
North Dakota | 6,255 | 1,094 | 694 | 346 | 2,020 | 439 | 317 | 68 | 32.3 | 40.2 | 45.7 | 19.7 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 20.3 |
Ohio | 53,405 | 11,845 | 26,934 | 1,774 | 15,381 | 5,749 | 9,558 | 778 | 28.8 | 48.5 | 35.5 | 43.8 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 15.7 | 18.7 | 12.6 | 24.9 |
Oklahoma | 21,386 | 4,628 | 4,621 | 211 | 5,910 | 1,810 | 1,706 | 106 | 27.6 | 39.1 | 36.9 | 50.1 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 5.1 | 12.4 | 16.1 | 22.5 | 13.7 | 24.8 |
Oregon | 20,873 | 7,896 | 5,786 | 288 | 6,149 | 3,276 | 2,441 | 105 | 29.5 | 41.5 | 42.2 | 36.4 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 14.6 | 12.0 | 24.4 |
Pennsylvania | 52,782 | 8,413 | 64,639 | 4,174 | 17,965 | 4,143 | 21,319 | 1,917 | 34.0 | 49.2 | 33.0 | 45.9 | 4.4 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 18.3 | 11.0 | 16.6 |
Rhode Island | 3,410 | 859 | 9,203 | 65 | 1,029 | 436 | 2,687 | 26 | 30.2 | 50.7 | 29.2 | 39.4 | 5.8 | 10.7 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 19.1 | 21.1 | 14.0 | 21.3 |
South Carolina | 19,621 | 6,219 | 5,323 | 163 | 5,649 | 2,899 | 1,840 | 54 | 28.8 | 46.6 | 34.6 | 32.9 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 33.3 |
South Dakota | 4,848 | 622 | 1,504 | 52 | 1,565 | 313 | 560 | 27 | 32.3 | 50.3 | 37.2 | 51.9 | 5.3 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 10.3 |
Tennessee | 25,766 | 5,481 | 27,866 | 922 | 7,322 | 2,556 | 6,584 | 405 | 28.4 | 46.6 | 23.6 | 43.9 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 14.8 | 19.4 | 9.8 | 25.2 |
Texas | 119,326 | 38,131 | 28,734 | 1,843 | 27,622 | 16,795 | 9,744 | 767 | 23.1 | 44.0 | 33.9 | 41.6 | 3.7 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 9.8 | 15.9 | 18.7 | 12.0 | 23.4 |
Utah | 16,335 | 2,765 | 6,340 | 340 | 5,398 | 1,171 | 2,265 | 151 | 33.0 | 42.3 | 35.7 | 44.5 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 15.6 | 17.6 | 19.6 | 19.2 |
Vermont | 4,685 | 363 | 3,800 | 366 | 1,549 | 193 | 1,185 | 136 | 33.1 | 53.1 | 31.2 | 37.1 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 4.4 |
Virginia | 38,492 | 7,654 | 15,192 | 705 | 12,097 | 4,240 | 5,130 | 345 | 31.4 | 55.4 | 33.8 | 49.0 | 4.3 | 11.0 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 13.6 | 19.9 | 14.1 | 20.6 |
Washington | 27,565 | 13,436 | 7,905 | 53 | 8,140 | 5,899 | 3,514 | 20 | 29.5 | 43.9 | 44.5 | 37.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 5.7 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 20.5 | 12.7 | 35.0 |
West Virginia | 10,414 | 992 | 1,967 | 112 | 3,740 | 609 | 679 | 50 | 35.9 | 61.4 | 34.5 | 44.8 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 19.6 | 16.0 | 42.3 |
Wisconsin | 28,711 | 11,263 | 12,963 | 101 | 8,373 | 5,644 | 4,892 | 28 | 29.2 | 50.1 | 37.7 | 28.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 17.0 |
Wyoming | 2,981 | 1,935 | † | 358 | 994 | 811 | † | 216 | 33.3 | 41.9 | † | 60.4 | 3.5 | 6.2 | † | 7.3 | 10.6 | 14.7 | † | 12.1 |
U.S. Service Schools | 1,647 | † | † | † | 767 | † | † | † | 46.6 | † | † | † | 9.3 | † | † | † | 19.9 | † | † | † |
Other jurisdictions | 15,794 | 1,276 | 10,322 | 1,004 | 4,941 | 506 | 4,178 | 479 | 31.3 | 39.7 | 40.5 | 47.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 25.4 | 27.4 |
American Samoa | † | 210 | † | † | † | 86 | † | † | † | 41.0 | † | † | † | 4.9 | † | † | † | 12.0 | † | † |
Federated States of Micronesia | † | 340 | † | † | † | 105 | † | † | † | 30.9 | † | † | † | 5.3 | † | † | † | 17.1 | † | † |
Guam | 610 | 227 | 21 | † | 187 | 89 | 5 | † | 30.6 | 39.2 | 23.8 | † | 4.0 | 5.7 | 7.4 | † | 13.2 | 14.5 | 31.0 | † |
Marshall Islands | † | 130 | † | † | † | 51 | † | † | † | 39.2 | † | † | † | 4.0 | † | † | † | 10.1 | † | † |
Northern Marianas | 190 | † | † | † | 78 | † | † | † | 41.1 | † | † | † | 4.4 | † | † | † | 10.7 | † | † | † |
Palau | † | 140 | † | † | † | 42 | † | † | † | 29.7 | † | † | † | 3.6 | † | † | † | 12.2 | † | † |
Puerto Rico | 14,329 | 228 | 10,301 | 1,004 | 4,511 | 133 | 4,173 | 479 | 31.5 | 58.4 | 40.5 | 47.7 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 15.8 | 25.3 | 27.4 |
Virgin Islands | 665 | † | † | † | 165 | † | † | † | 24.8 | † | † | † | 2.6 | † | † | † | 10.4 | † | † | † |
† Not applicable. NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2005-06 and Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2006.) |