School of Journalism
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 6.0 6.8 10.0 10.0 11.0 11.0
All faculty 10.0 10.9 11.7 13.4 13.7 13.8 13.9
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 70% 55% 58% 75% 73% 80% 79%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 1,776 2,161 2,454 2,698 2,510 2,759 3,191
Undergraduate 1,678 1,964 2,288 2,574 2,412 2,648 3,030
Graduate 98 197 166 124 98 111 161
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 231 249 226 209 177 197 230
Undergraduate 217 233 216 197 170 189 218
Graduate 14 16 11 12 7 8 11
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 9, 9, 8, 10, 10) 175 201 176 184 177 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 162 187 160 168 168 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 15 18 18 14 12 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    178 198 210 201 183 200 230
Undergraduate 168 180 196 192 176 192 218
Graduate 10 18 14 9 7 8 12
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 9, 9, 8, 10, 10) 164 192 182 191 185 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 155 178 171 182 178 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 7 15 13 12 9 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   120 147 166 182 169 186 215
Undergraduate 112 131 153 172 161 177 202
Graduate 8 16 14 10 8 9 13
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  420 475 458 482 498 484 511
Pre-majors 294 306 265 257 338 274 297
Undergraduate majors 101 139 167 198 141 192 188
Graduate majors 25 30 26 27 19 18 26
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 16 17 15 14 12 13 16
All faculty (including GTAs) 12 14 14 14 12 13 15
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 14 16 14 13 11 13 15
All faculty (including GTAs) 11 12 13 13 12 13 15
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
All faculty (including GTAs) 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 39 40 43 43 37 41
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 17 19 22 19 21 21
Graduate Not Avail 9 11 6 6 7 10
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 7 3 8 5 8 2
Undergraduate Not Avail 3 2 2 2 5 2
Graduate Not Avail 4 1 6 3 3 0
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 3.1
Undergraduate 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.8
Graduate 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 9, 9, 8, 10, 10) 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.2 2.3 1.7 2.1 1.9 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 2.4 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.3
Undergraduate 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.6 3.0
Graduate 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 9, 9, 8, 10, 10) 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.6 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 67 67 67 69 75 81 Not Avail
Undergraduate 60 54 60 62 69 77
Graduate 7 13 7 7 6 4
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 550,354 553,847 551,101 672,486 678,442 701,121 736,925
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 515,613 519,106 516,360 636,967 642,923 669,680 700,549
Total operating expenses 34,741 34,741 34,741 35,519 35,519 31,441 36,376
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 673,052 666,956 562,327 917,103 919,003 936,450 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 584,181 600,324 517,682 812,807 857,411 885,228 Not Avail
Total other expenses 88,871 66,632 44,645 104,296 61,592 51,222 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 218 157 122 198 206 189 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n = 8, 9, 7, 8, 8) 224 162 163 171 179 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 5,607 4,526 3,380 5,041 5,439 5,041 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
    per student FTE (n = 8, 9, 7, 8, 8) 5,532 4,663 4,656 4,927 5,161 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 87% 90% 92% 89% 93% 95% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n = 8, 9, 7, 8, 8) 89% 89% 90% 93% 94% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 102 0 0 0 4,977 23 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Avail
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 102 0 0 0 4,977 23 Not Avail
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 0 0 498 2 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=7, 8, 8) 1,194 1,563 1,305 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 1,200 2,294 9,193 9,219 13,345 8,240 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Avail
Sponsored  1,200 2,294 9,193 9,219 13,345 8,240 Not Avail
22 AY Student credit hours 3,092 4,250 4,610 4,624 4,456 4,965 Not Avail
Undergraduate 2,819 3,939 4,341 4,401 4,300 4,716 Not Avail
Graduate 273 311 269 223 156 249 Not Avail
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 1,614 1,494 1,540 2,092 1,765 2,167 2,528
Undergraduate 1,516 1,398 1,467 1,968 1,697 2,083 2,403
Graduate 98 96 73 124 68 84 125
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 109 101 104 142 119 146 171
Undergraduate 101 93 98 131 113 139 160
Graduate 8 8 6 10 6 7 10
  6B From All Faculty SCH 120 147 166 182 169 186 215
Undergraduate 112 131 153 172 161 177 202
Graduate 8 16 14 10 8 9 13
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 19 18 18 27 25 28 34
Undergraduate 15 15 16 21 22 25 31
Graduate 4 4 2 6 3 3 3
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 24 34 36 37 38 40 46
Undergraduate 20 27 31 31 34 36 42
Graduate 4 7 5 6 4 4 4