Department of Radio and Television 
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) 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
All faculty 3.0 3.2 2.0 2.4 3.5 4.3 4.3
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 67% 31% 50% 42% 57% 70% 70%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 1,163 1,103 1,214 1,238 1,239 1,572 1,779
Undergraduate 1,160 1,099 1,208 1,238 1,239 1,566 1,773
Graduate 3 4 6 0 0 6 6
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 561 820 919 1,027 482 462 500
Undergraduate 559 818 919 1,027 482 460 498
Graduate 2 2 0 0 0 2 2
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)    388 345 607 516 354 366 414
Undergraduate 387 343 604 516 354 364 412
Graduate 1 1 3 0 0 1 1
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   78 74 81 83 83 105 119
Undergraduate 77 73 81 83 83 104 118
Graduate 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  55 64 54 68 75 70 60
Pre-majors 24 38 23 34 36 29 28
Undergraduate majors 31 26 30 34 39 41 32
Graduate majors 0 0 1
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 37 55 61 68 32 31 33
All faculty (including GTAs) 26 23 41 34 24 24 28
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 37 55 61 68 32 31 33
All faculty (including GTAs) 26 23 40 34 24 24 27
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All faculty (including GTAs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 13 16 18 18 16 17
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 14 21 34 24 34 31
Graduate Not Avail 3
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 2 0 0 0 1 0
Undergraduate Not Avail 1 0 0 0 1 0
Graduate Not Avail 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 3.5 3.0 4.0 4.0 2.7 3.0 3.9
Undergraduate 3.0 2.5 4.0 4.0 2.7 3.0 3.6
Graduate 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 3.0 3.1 5.5 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.7
Undergraduate 2.7 2.8 5.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.4
Graduate 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
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) 12 12 10 9 13 13 Not Avail
Undergraduate 12 12 10 9 13 13
Graduate 0 0
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 190,286 186,213 156,000 159,227 160,938 167,521 177,600
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 183,286 179,213 149,000 152,070 153,781 161,181 170,267
Total operating expenses 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,157 7,157 6,340 7,333
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 219,127 212,633 195,835 206,220 226,123 253,934 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 188,340 202,013 185,388 199,078 203,818 241,663 Not Avail
Total other expenses 30,787 10,620 10,447 7,142 22,305 12,271 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 153 115 111 109 112 102 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) 2,824 2,889 2,417 2,499 2,738 2,421 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) 86% 95% 95% 97% 90% 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
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 102 0 0 0 4,977 23
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 0 0 2,489 8 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
Sponsored  1,200 2,294 9,193 9,219 13,345 8,240
22 AY Student credit hours 1,436 1,847 1,766 1,890 2,013 2,490 Not Avail
Undergraduate 1,436 1,847 1,760 1,875 2,013 2,475
Graduate 0 0 6 15 0 15
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 1,121 820 919 1,027 963 1,386 1,500
Undergraduate 1,118 818 919 1,027 963 1,380 1,494
Graduate 3 2 0 0 0 6 6
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 75 55 61 68 64 93 100
Undergraduate 75 55 61 68 64 92 100
Graduate 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  6B From All Faculty SCH 78 74 81 83 83 105 119
Undergraduate 77 73 81 83 83 104 118
Graduate 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 7 3 4 4 5 9 12
Undergraduate 6 3 4 4 5 9 11
Graduate 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 9 10 11 8 10 13 16
Undergraduate 8 9 10 8 10 13 15
Graduate 1 1 1 0 0 0 1