Student-Faculty Ratio | Data Dictionary | University of Nevada, Reno

FTE students divided by FTE instructional staff, excluding stand-alone graduate and professional programs.

Definition

The ratio of full-time equivalent (FTE) students to full-time equivalent instructional staff, that is, students divided by staff.

How it is calculated

Each FTE value is the number of full-time students or staff plus one third of the number of part-time students or staff.

Students enrolled in stand-alone graduate or professional programs, and the instructional staff teaching in them, are excluded from both the full-time and part-time counts.

Where it is used

Student-Faculty Ratio · University Highlights · Faculty & Staff

Related terms

Stand-Alone Graduate or Professional Program
A program, such as medicine or law, whose faculty teach almost only graduate-level students.
Student Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
Full-time fall headcount plus a weighted share of part-time headcount, per IPEDS.

Topic: Faculty & Staff
Source of definition: IPEDS
Data source: Metric student_faculty_ratio, entered by hand

References

IPEDS survey components

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