Department of Communication Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Academic Unit Data
Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Fall 2001 Fall 2002 Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005
(FY 2000) (FY 2001) (FY 2002) (FY 2003) (FY 2004) (FY 2005) (FY 2006)
  1 Instructional faculty FTE
Tenure faculty (tenured and tenure track) 5.8 6.0 4.8 6.5 7.5 7.0 6.0
All faculty 11.1 15.9 10.6 11.5 12.9 12.8 12.5
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 52% 38% 45% 57% 58% 55% 48%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 3,052 4,042 3,652 3,885 3,582 3,796 3,693
Undergraduate 2,958 3,894 3,550 3,761 3,481 3,631 3,599
Graduate 94 148 102 124 101 165 94
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 231 213 214 264 201 204 175
Undergraduate 220 195 192 245 187 181 159
Graduate 12 18 21 19 13 24 16
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 15, 20, 24, 29, 26) 225 237 218 225 205 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 214 232 202 202 193 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 14 15 18 19 17 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    275 254 345 338 277 296 295
Undergraduate 266 245 335 327 270 283 288
Graduate 8 9 10 11 8 13 8
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 15, 20, 24, 29, 26) 262 260 240 250 245 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 241 260 232 235 237 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 8 8 9 11 8 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   205 272 245 261 240 256 248
Undergraduate 197 260 237 251 232 242 240
Graduate 8 12 9 10 8 14 8
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  210 238 230 226 209 206 196
Pre-majors 82 86 86 87 79 80 76
Undergraduate majors 106 130 122 120 107 102 101
Graduate majors 22 22 22 19 23 24 19
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 16 14 15 18 14 14 12
All faculty (including GTAs) 18 17 23 23 19 20 20
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 15 13 13 16 12 12 11
All faculty (including GTAs) 18 16 22 22 18 19 19
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 1 1 2 2 1 2 1
All faculty (including GTAs) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 33 34 35 28 34 35
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 29 30 29 28 23 24
Graduate Not Avail 7 11 4 7 5 8
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 6 3 5 5 4 3
Undergraduate Not Avail 1 1 1 1 0 1
Graduate Not Avail 5 2 4 4 4 2
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.7 2.9 2.1
Undergraduate 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.1 2.1 1.6
Graduate 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 15, 20, 24, 29, 26) 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 4.4 3.3 3.8 2.9 3.6 3.6 3.4
Undergraduate 4.1 2.9 3.5 2.5 3.3 3.2 3.2
Graduate 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 15, 20, 24, 29, 26) 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.0 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 52 63 84 64 67 57 Not Avail
Undergraduate 48 48 78 57 66 50
Graduate 4 15 6 7 1 7
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 431,557 443,048 456,141 410,454 411,187 424,285 441,612
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 417,300 428,791 441,884 395,878 396,611 409,709 426,662
Total operating expenses 14,257 14,257 14,257 14,576 14,576 14,576 14,950
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 615,811 614,317 569,791 565,953 601,242 641,579 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 608,268 617,733 548,007 539,072 585,690 625,493 Not Avail
Total other expenses 7,543 (3,416) 21,784 26,881 15,552 16,086 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 96 77 77 78 85 88 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n = 15, 20, 22, 26, 23) 114 104 123 126 140 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 3,003 2,259 2,324 2,168 2,500 2,508 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
 per student FTE (n = 6, 6, 22, 26, 23) 3,323 3,144 3,669 3,765 4,244 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 99% 101% 96% 95% 97% 97% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n=6, 6, 22, 26, 23) 92% 91% 92% 92% 93% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 0 0 0 0 0 7,376 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 0 0 0 0 0 7,376
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 0 0 0 1,054 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=22, 26, 23) 975 1,766 630 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored  0 0 0 0 0 0
22 AY Student credit hours 6,392 7,963 7,367 7,248 7,094 7,320 Not Avail
Undergraduate 6,130 7,624 7,125 7,007 6,883 7,025
Graduate 262 339 242 241 211 295
NOTES:   Data are for Fall semester, unless noted otherwise.  
FY denotes Fiscal Year.    AY denotes Academic Year.
Detail may not add to total due to rounding or separate calculation.   
ADDITIONAL  DATA:          
  4 Tenure faculty SCH, total 1,342 1,278 1,025 1,716 1,506 1,430 1,050
Undergraduate 1,275 1,172 923 1,592 1,405 1,265 956
Graduate 67 106 102 124 101 165 94
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 91 87 70 116 102 98 72
Undergraduate 85 78 62 106 94 84 64
Graduate 6 9 9 10 8 14 8
  6B From All Faculty SCH 205 272 245 261 240 256 248
Undergraduate 197 260 237 251 232 242 240
Graduate 8 12 9 10 8 14 8
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 16 16 13 21 20 20 13
Undergraduate 13 13 10 17 16 15 10
Graduate 3 3 3 4 4 5 3
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 49 52 40 33 47 46 43
Undergraduate 45 46 37 29 43 41 40
Graduate 4 6 3 4 4 5 3