Department of Journalism 
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) 5.0 5.0 5.8 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0
All faculty 7.0 7.7 9.7 11.0 10.2 9.5 9.6
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 71% 65% 60% 82% 79% 84% 83%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 613 1,058 1,240 1,460 1,271 1,187 1,412
Undergraduate 518 865 1,080 1,336 1,173 1,082 1,257
Graduate 95 193 160 124 98 105 155
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 99 135 107 118 100 98 129
Undergraduate 80 116 94 105 92 88 114
Graduate 19 19 13 14 9 10 15
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)    88 137 128 133 125 125 147
Undergraduate 74 112 111 121 115 114 131
Graduate 14 25 16 11 10 11 16
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   42 74 85 99 86 81 97
Undergraduate 35 58 72 89 78 72 84
Graduate 8 16 13 10 8 9 13
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  365 411 404 414 423 414 451
Pre-majors 270 268 242 223 302 245 269
Undergraduate majors 70 113 137 164 102 151 156
Graduate majors 25 30 25 27 19 18 26
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 7 9 7 8 7 7 9
All faculty (including GTAs) 6 10 9 9 8 9 10
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 5 8 6 7 6 6 8
All faculty (including GTAs) 5 7 7 8 8 8 9
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 2 2 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 48 50 49 50 49 53
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 18 18 18 17 15 17
Graduate Not Avail 10 11 6 6 7 10
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 5 3 8 5 7 2
Undergraduate Not Avail 2 2 2 2 4 2
Graduate Not Avail 3 1 6 3 3 0
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.8
Undergraduate 1.8 2.4 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.5
Graduate 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.4 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) 2.1 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.2
Undergraduate 1.7 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.8
Graduate 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 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) 55 55 57 60 62 68 Not Avail
Undergraduate 48 42 50 53 56 64
Graduate 7 13 7 7 6 4
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 360,068 367,634 395,101 513,259 517,504 533,600 559,325
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 332,327 339,893 367,360 484,897 489,142 508,499 530,282
Total operating expenses 27,741 27,741 27,741 28,362 28,362 25,101 29,043
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 453,925 454,323 366,492 710,883 692,880 682,516 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 395,841 398,311 332,294 613,729 653,593 643,565 Not Avail
Total other expenses 58,084 56,012 34,198 97,154 39,287 38,951 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 274 189 129 260 284 276 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) 10,693 6,160 4,295 7,152 8,023 8,438 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% 88% 91% 86% 94% 94% 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 0 0 0 0 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) 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 1,656 2,403 2,844 2,734 2,443 2,475 Not Avail
Undergraduate 1,383 2,092 2,581 2,526 2,287 2,241
Graduate 273 311 263 208 156 234
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 493 674 621 1,065 802 781 1,028
Undergraduate 398 580 548 941 734 703 909
Graduate 95 94 73 124 68 78 119
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 34 47 43 73 55 53 71
Undergraduate 27 39 37 63 49 47 61
Graduate 8 8 6 10 6 7 10
  6B From All Faculty SCH 42 74 85 99 86 81 97
Undergraduate 35 58 72 89 78 72 84
Graduate 8 16 13 10 8 9 13
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 12 15 14 23 20 19 22
Undergraduate 9 12 12 17 17 16 20
Graduate 3 3 2 6 3 3 2
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 15 24 25 30 28 27 30
Undergraduate 12 18 21 24 24 23 27
Graduate 3 6 4 6 4 4 3