General Notes on FTE Formulas

 

Alabama

0.33 FTE per student per off-campus student.

Albany

Master’s students:  12 credits = 1 FTE; Doctoral students:  9 credits = 1 FTE, <9 credits = 0.75 FTE; Bachelor’s students:  15 credits = 1 FTE.

Alberta

3 or 4 courses = 1.0 FTE; 2 courses = 0.66 FTE; 1 course = 0.33 FTE.

Arizona

1 FTE = 9 credit hours

British Columbia

1 FTE = 4 courses.

Buffalo

University equates 1 FTE = 9 credits.

California – Los Angeles

2/3 = 0.67

Catholic

Did not report FTE formula.

Clarion

Credits/12 for graduate; 1 FTE per full-time undergraduate.

Clark Atlanta

1 FTE = 9 credit hours.

Dalhousie

4 courses = 1 FTE

Dominican

Three courses calculated at 1.0 FTE, two courses at 0.67 FTE and one course at 0.33.

Drexel

UG = credit hours/12 ; GR = credit hours/9

Emporia

Total number of hours divided by 7 for doctoral students, 9 for MLS and others 12 for 16.

Florida State

Graduate: credit hours/9; Undergraduate: credit hours/12.

Hawaii

1 FTE = 8 credits.

Illinois

Graduate:  1 FTE = 3 units of credit; Undergraduate:  1 FTE = 4 semester hours.

Indiana

8 graduate credit hours per semester = full-time.  Note:  doctoral full-time can mean less than 8 hours.

Iowa

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

Kent State

8 credit hours = 1 FTE.

Kentucky

0.67

Long Island

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

Louisiana State

Credit hours of part time students/9; 1 full-time student = 1 FTE.

Maryland

3 courses = 1 FTE.

McGill

5 courses = 1 FTE; FTE PhD 1 = 1.5; FTE PhD 2,3, 4 = 3.5.


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 = full-time; less than 9 hours = part time.

Montréal

4 courses part time : 1 full course.

North Carolina Central

9 semester hours = 1 FTE.

North Carolina – Chapel Hill

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

North Carolina – Greensboro

1 FTE = 9 semester hours.

North Texas

Graduate # hours = 9; Undergraduate # hours = 12.

Oklahoma

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

Pittsburgh

Part time x 0.4 + full time = FTE.

Pratt

1 FTE =3 PT.

Puerto Rico

Students x credits divided by 8

Queens

4 course registrations equal 1 FTE.

Rhode Island

Did not report FTE formula.

Rutgers

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

St. John’s

Total number of credits taken / 12 credits.

San Jose

9 credit hours = 1 FTE.

Simmons

3, 4 credit courses = full-time.

South Carolina

9 credit hours = 1.0 FTE

South Florida

9 semester hours graduate = 1 FTE; 12 semester hours undergraduate = 1 FTE.

Southern Connecticut

3 graduate courses = 1 FTE

Southern Mississippi

Graduate 9 hours = 1 FTE; Undergraduate 12 hours = 1 FTE; Part time # * 3 / Graduate or Undergraduate

Syracuse

Undergraduates > 12 credits = 1 FTE; Graduates > 9 credits = 1 FTE.

Tennessee

3 graduate 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

9 SCH = 1 SFTE.

Toronto

MISts:  1 full-time MISt student = 1.0 FTE; 1 part-time MISt = 0.3 FTE; PhDs:  1 FT PhD = 1.0 FTE; 1 * flex-time PhD = 0.6 FTE.

Washington

10 + credits = 1 FTE; 9 credits = 0.9 FTE; 8 credits = 0.8 FTe, etc.

Wayne State

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

Western Ontario

3 PT students = 1 FTE.

Wisconsin – Madison

8 credits – FTE, Dissertators = 3 credits for FTE.

Wisconsin – Milwaukee

1 undergraduate FTE = 15 undergraduate credits; 1 graduate FTE = 12 graduate credits.