Stand-Alone Graduate or Professional Program

A program, such as medicine or law, whose faculty teach almost only graduate-level students.

Definition

Programs such as medicine, law, veterinary medicine, dentistry, social work or public health, in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students.

Where it is used

Related terms

  • Student-Faculty Ratio
    FTE students divided by FTE instructional staff, excluding stand-alone graduate and professional programs.
Topic
Faculty & Staff
Source of definition
IPEDS
Also known as
Independent program

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