General Notes on FTE Formulas

Albany Graduate students: 12 credit hours = 1 FTE; Undergraduate students: 15 credit hours = 1 FTE.
Dalhousie 1 FTE = 4 courses.
Drexel Graduate: 1 course = 0.33 FTE, 2 courses = 0.67 FTE, 3 courses = 1 FTE; Undergraduate: 3 credits = 0.25 FTE, 6 credits = 0.50 FTE, 9 credits = 0.75 FTE, 12 credits = 1 FTE.
Florida State Graduate level: 1 FTE = 12 hours, Total credits/12 = Total FTE; Undergraduate level: 1 FTE = 15 hours, Total credits/15 = Total FTE. Anyone taking an overload was counted at 12/15 credit hours.
Hawaii 1 FTE = 8 credits per term. Total credits carried/8 = Total FTE of part-time students.
Indiana 8 graduate credit hours per semester = full-time.
Iowa Graduate students: 9 credit hours per semester = 1 FTE; Undergraduate students: 12 credit hours per semester = 1 FTE.
Long Island 9 credits or more at graduate level is 1 FTE.
Maryland Master’s and other graduate: 9 credits = full-time.
Michigan 8 credits = 1 FTE, 7 credits = 0.875 FTE, 6 credits = 0.75 FTE, 5 credits = 0.625 FTE, 4 credits = 0.5 FTE, 3 credits = 0.375 FTE, 2 credits = 0.25 FTE, 1 credit = 0.125 FTE.
North Carolina Central 3 courses = 1 FTE, 2 courses = 0.75 FTE, 1 course = 0.5 FTE.
North Carolina – Chapel Hill 9 credits = 1 FTE, 6 credits = 0.67 FTE, 3 credits = 0.33 FTE.
Texas Woman’s Graduate: 9 hours = 1 FTE; Undergraduate: 12 hours = 1 FTE.
Washington 9 credits = 0.9 FTE, 10 credits = 1 FTE, 12 credits = 1.2 FTE, etc.
Western Ontario 3 part-time students = 1 full-time student (1/3 = 0.33 FTE).
Wisconsin – Milwaukee 1 graduate FTE = 12 credits; 1 undergraduate FTE = 15 credits.

 


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