Table II-1-a-2

Enrollment (FTE) by Program and Gender*

Fall 2000

 

Program

Status

Male

Female

Total

FTE

Percent

FT / PT

FTE

Percent

FTE

Percent

Bachelor's

Full-Time

1,296.0

69.0%

582.0

31.0%

1,878.0

93.8%

Part-Time

98.4

54.2%

83.1

45.8%

181.5

9.1%

Subtotal

1,367.4

68.3%

635.1

31.7%

2,002.5

 

ALA-Accredited Master’s

Full-Time

1,075.0

26.1%

3,051.0

73.9%

4,126.0

50.6%

Part-Time

751.8

18.4%

3,342.0

81.6%

4,093.8

50.2%

Subtotal

1,807.8

22.2%

6,350.0

77.8%

8,157.8

 

Other Master's

Full-Time

202.0

47.9%

220.0

52.1%

422.0

49.7%

Part-Time

217.8

51.0%

209.2

49.0%

427.0

50.3%

Subtotal

419.8

49.4%

429.2

50.6%

849.0

 

Post-Master's

Full-Time

21.0

60.0%

14.0

40.0%

35.0

27.8%

Part-Time

40.6

44.6%

50.4

55.4%

91.0

72.2%

Subtotal

61.6

48.9%

64.4

51.1%

126.0

 

Doctoral

Full-Time

170.0

45.3%

205.0

54.7%

375.0

70.1%

Part-Time

67.0

42.0%

92.6

58.0%

159.6

29.9%

Subtotal

237.0

44.3%

297.6

55.7%

534.6

 

Other Graduate

Full-Time

48.0

46.2%

56.0

53.8%

104.0

17.9%

Part-Time

98.5

20.5%

382.2

79.5%

480.7

82.8%

Subtotal

146.5

25.2%

434.2

74.8%

580.7

 

Other Undergraduate1

Full-Time

90.0

22.0%

319.0

78.0%

409.0

43.3%

Part-Time

198.9

37.2%

336.0

62.8%

534.9

56.7%

Subtotal

288.9

30.6%

655.0

69.4%

943.9

 

Total

Full-Time

2,902.0

39.5%

4,447.0

60.5%

7,349.0

55.7%

Part-Time

1,473.0

24.7%

4,495.4

75.3%

5,968.4

45.2%

Subtotal

4,329.0

32.8%

8,865.4

67.2%

13,194.4

 

 

*      When interpreting the data from the table, please note that not all schools that offered degrees and certificates reported FTE data.  Refer to the tables that follow for each program level for specific information on which schools were not included.

 

1.        Excludes Indiana, South Florida and Wisconsin – Milwaukee which reported only total numbers and no FTE values for their Other Undergraduate values.

 

 

 

 

General Notes on FTE Formulas

 

Alabama

0.33 FTE per student per off-campus student.

Albany

Undergraduate students:  12+ credits = 1 FTE; Graduate students:  9+ credits = 1 FTE.

Alberta

4 courses and 3 courses = 1.0 FTE; 2 courses = 0.67 FTE; 1 course = 0.33 FTE.

Arizona

1 FTE = 9 semester hours (3 courses and above).

British Columbia

1 FTE = 4 courses.

Buffalo

Graduate Students: 1 FTE = 9 credit hours.

California – Los Angeles

Number of courses x 0.67.

Catholic

Total credits / 8 (full time) = FTE.

Clarion

1 graduate FTE = 12 credits; 1 FTE per full-time undergraduate.

Clark Atlanta

1 FTE = 9 credit hours per semester.

Dalhousie

Did not report FTE formula.

Dominican

Total divided by 3 = FTE.

Drexel

Graduate: 9+ credits = 1 FTE; 7 – 8.5 credits = 0.75 FTE; 0 – 6.5 credits = 0.33 FTE.  Undergraduate:  12 + credits = 1 FTE; 9 – 11.5 credits = 0.75 FTE; 6 – 11 credits = 0.5 FTE; 1 – 5.5 credits = 0.25 FTE.

Emporia

Total number of hours divided by 7 for doctoral students, 9 for MLS and Other Graduate, and 12 for undergraduate students.

Florida State

Graduate: 1 FTE = 9 or more hours per term; Undergraduate: 1 FTE = 12 or more hours per term.

Hawaii

1 FTE = 8 credits per term.

Illinois

Graduate:  1 FTE = 3 units of credit; Undergraduate:  1 FTE = 4 units of credit (1 unit = 4 hours).

Indiana

8 graduate credit hours per semester = full-time.  Note:  doctoral full time can be less than 8 hours if in dissertation credits.

Iowa

Graduate students: 9 credit hours per semester = 1 FTE; Undergraduate students: 12 credit hours per semester = 1 FTE.

Kent State

8 semester hours = 1 FTE.

Kentucky

0.67 x = 1 FTE.

Long Island

9 credits or more at graduate level is 1 FTE; 12 credits or more at undergraduate level is 1 FTE.

Louisiana State

9 credit hours = 1 FTE.

Maryland

Master’s and other graduate: 3 courses (9 credits) = 1 FTE.

McGill

5 courses = 1 FTE; FTE PhD 2,3, 4 = 3.5* Visiting and special students.

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.

Missouri

9 credit hours = 1 FTE.  3 credit hours per part-time divided by 9 equals percentage of FTE.

North Carolina Central

1 FTE = 9 or more credit hours; 0.75 FTE = 6.0 – 8.99 credit hours; 0.5 FTE = 3.0 – 5.99 credit hours; 0.25 FTE = 0.0 – 2.9 credit hours.

North Carolina – Chapel Hill

9 credits = 1 FTE, 6 credits = 0.67 FTE, 3 credits = 0.33 FTE.

North Carolina – Greensboro

9 credit hours = 1 FTE.

North Texas

Co-op, Houston and Lubbock (# hrs/6), MN (# hrs/5) and Denton (# hrs/9).  The method used for computing one full-time equivalence (FTE) for the remote sites (Cooperative programs:  Houston, Lubbock, and Minnesota) at the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences is 6 credit hours per semester.  This formula is used because students at the remote sites can complete the degree in 2 years with full-time enrollment in the fall, spring and two summer sessions.  This is the way that the University calculates FTE in order for the students to be eligible for federal financial aid.

Oklahoma

9 credit hours or more for graduate students; 12 hours or more for undergraduate students.

Pittsburgh

Part time x 0.4 + full time = FTE.

Pratt

Three 3-credit courses = 1 FTE.

Puerto Rico

12 credits = 1.00 FTE.

Queens

4 courses are equivalent to full-time enrollment.

Rhode Island

9 hours = 1 FTE.

Rutgers

0.75 for ALA-Accredited and Other Master’s; 0.25 for Other Graduate.  0.67 for Doctoral.

St. John’s

12 credits per FTE.

San Jose

Does not count distance students for FTE.

Simmons

3 courses = full-time.

South Carolina

Credit hours divided by 9 = FTE

South Florida

Graduate level: 9 semester hours = 1 FTE.

Southern Connecticut

3 graduate courses = 1 FTE.

Southern Mississippi

Graduate level: 9 hours = 1 FTE; Undergraduate level: 12 hours = 1 FTE.

Syracuse

12 credits per semester = 1 FTE.

Tennessee

1 course = 0.33; 2 courses = 0.67; 3 or more courses = 1 FTE.

Texas

Full-time:  9 credit hours = 1 FTE; part-time: 6 credit hours = 0.67 FTE; Undergraduate service courses:  3 credit hours = 0.33 FTE.

Texas Woman’s

Graduate: 9 hours = 1 FTE.

Toronto

Full-time student = 1 FTE; 1 part-time student = 0.3 FTE.

Washington

Graduate:  10 quarter credits = 1 FTE; 9 quarter credits = 0.9 FTE; 11 quarter credits = 1.1 FTE.

Wayne State

3 courses per semester = 1 FTE (1 course = 0.33 FTE).

Western Ontario

3 part time students equals 1 FTE.

Wisconsin – Madison

Did not report data for FTE formula.

Wisconsin – Milwaukee

1 graduate FTE = 12 credits; 1 undergraduate FTE = 18 credits. 

 

 

 

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