Department of Economics
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) 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.0 8.0
All faculty 8.9 9.2 10.4 10.5 9.2 10.3 11.3
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 79% 74% 65% 65% 76% 68% 71%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 3,501 3,929 4,274 4,084 3,831 3,604 3,642
Undergraduate 3,474 3,898 4,223 4,054 3,806 3,558 3,611
Graduate 27 31 51 30 25 46 31
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 405 500 323 481 413 346 197
Undergraduate 401 495 316 481 409 340 193
Graduate 4 5 7 0 4 6 4
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 16, 21, 22, 20, 22) 241 221 234 264 256 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 221 185 209 221 211 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 22 22 24 27 35 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    393 427 413 389 418 351 322
Undergraduate 390 424 408 386 415 347 319
Graduate 3 3 5 3 3 4 3
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 16, 21, 22, 20, 22) 290 288 278 304 288 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 274 278 258 278 251 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 17 20 18 23 27 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   234 262 286 273 256 241 243
Undergraduate 232 260 282 270 254 237 241
Graduate 2 3 4 3 2 4 3
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  42 37 44 42 42 59 51
Pre-majors
Undergraduate majors 37 28 37 34 37 53 44
Graduate majors 5 9 7 8 5 6 7
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 27 33 22 32 28 23 13
All faculty (including GTAs) 26 29 28 26 28 23 21
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 27 33 21 32 27 23 13
All faculty (including GTAs) 26 28 27 26 28 23 21
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
All faculty (including GTAs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 94 94 114 97 101 112
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 19 17 21 19 22 20
Graduate Not Avail 4 7 3 5 5
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 1 1 2 1 3 1
Undergraduate Not Avail 1 0 0 1 1 0
Graduate Not Avail 0 1 2 0 2 1
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.0 1.6
Undergraduate 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.6 1.9 1.5
Graduate 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 16, 21, 22, 20, 22) 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.4 1.9 1.8
Undergraduate 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.7
Graduate 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 16, 21, 22, 20, 22) 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.5 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 10 12 14 9 13 12 Not Avail
Undergraduate 9 10 11 9 9 10
Graduate 1 2 3 0 4 2
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 448,481 460,868 474,532 490,794 496,298 545,107 574,606
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 435,917 448,304 461,968 477,949 483,453 532,262 559,954
Total operating expenses 12,564 12,564 12,564 12,845 12,845 12,845 12,851
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,801
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 598,907 555,790 590,293 642,432 685,162 719,500 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 588,304 544,498 575,950 624,468 675,333 715,296 Not Avail
Total other expenses 10,603 11,292 14,343 17,964 9,829 4,204 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 84 72 72 85 91 100 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n=15, 20, 18, 15, 17) 139 144 145 147 163 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 2,561 2,118 2,066 2,355 2,678 2,985 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
per student FTE (n = 15,20,18,15,17) 4,105 4,564 4,244 4,543 4,742 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 98% 98% 98% 97% 99% 99% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n=15, 20, 18, 15, 17) 97% 95% 96% 95% 96% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 259,102 144,658 83,213 87,587 27,804 72,038 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 259,102 144,658 83,213 87,587 27,804 72,038
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 12,328 12,880 3,972 10,291 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=18, 15, 17) 3,519 1,484 1,794 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 0 0 0 0 12,483 22,289 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored  0 0 0 0 12,483 22,289
22 AY Student credit hours 7,091 7,681 8,146 7,585 7,511 7,169 Not Avail
Undergraduate 7,020 7,589 8,019 7,501 7,426 7,063
Graduate 71 92 127 84 85 106
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 2,832 3,400 2,183 3,268 2,889 2,423 1,573
Undergraduate 2,805 3,369 2,135 3,268 2,864 2,379 1,542
Graduate 27 31 48 0 25 44 31
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 189 227 146 218 193 162 105
Undergraduate 187 225 142 218 191 159 103
Graduate 2 3 4 0 2 4 3
  6B From All Faculty SCH 234 262 286 273 256 241 243
Undergraduate 232 260 282 270 254 237 241
Graduate 2 3 4 3 2 4 3
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 18 17 15 14 18 14 13
Undergraduate 18 16 14 14 18 13 12
Graduate 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 22 21 25 22 22 20 20
Undergraduate 22 20 23 21 22 18 19
Graduate 0 1 2 1 0 2 1