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Big Ten Mean
Peer Mean

Overall Rankings and Recongnitions
  U.S. News Best Colleges Overall (2009 rank)
66
52.6
39.4
  U.S. News Best Colleges Public (2009 rank)
26
18.1
10.4
  U.S. News Best Colleges peer assessment score (2009 rank)
3.7
3.8
4.1
  U.S. News Best Colleges - Undergraduate Engineering (2009 rank)
9
25.1
9.4
  U.S. News Best Colleges - Undergraduate Business (2009 rank)
17
17.7
15.5
  U.S. News Best Graduate Schools - Engineering (2009 rank)
15
28.1
10.4
  U.S. News Best Graduate Schools - Management (2009 rank)
33
31.1
25.3
  U.S. News Best Graduate Schools - Education (2009 rank)
68
19.2
19.0
  Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ Academic Ranking of World Univ (2008 rank)
65
46.4
33.7
  Washington Monthly (2007 rank)
46
27.4
15.3

Academic Profile of New Freshmen      
  SAT 25TH - 75TH Percentile Combined (excludes writing) (Fall 2007)
1020-1270
1111-1341
1163-1384
  SAT 25th - 75th Percentile Combined (excludes writing) (Fall 2008)
1030-1270
NA
NA
  SAT Mean (includes reading, writing, and math) (Fall 2007 / 2008)
1684/1697
NA
NA
  SAT Reading Mean (Fall 2007 / 2008)
551/554
NA
NA
  SAT Writing Mean (Fall 2007 / 2008)
539/545
NA
NA
  SAT Math Mean (Fall 2007 / 2008)
594/598
NA
NA
  Percent of freshmen with high school ranks in the top 10% (Fall 2007)
31.0%
47.6%
65.3%
  Percent of freshmen with high school ranks in the top 10% (Fall 2008)
30.0%
NA
NA
  Average high school GPA (Fall 2007)
3.50
3.59
3.72
  National Merit Scholars (Fall 2006)
87
57.8
100.8

Selectivity and Yield for Enrollment      
  Acceptance Rate (Fall 2007)
79%
64%
55%
  Yield (Fall 2007)
33%
40%
45%
  Acceptance Rate (Fall 2008)
72%
NA
NA
  Yield (Fall 2008)
33%
NA
NA

Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates      
  Undergraduate one-year retention rate (Fall 2007)
85.0%
90.7%
93.6%
  Undergraduate six-year graduation rate (Fall 2007)
69.0%
75.6%
82.0%

Athletics' Competitiveness      
  25/85 Club - Director's Cup (2006-07)
35
30
21
  25/85 Club - 4-yr avg graduation rate (2006-07)
82
81
79

Faculty / Instruction      
  Full-time equivalent students to full-time faculty (Fall 2007)
13.8 to 1
15.6 to 1
16.0 to 1
  Percent of undergraduate classes taught by faculty (Fall 2006)
73%
TBD
TBD
  Undergrad student credit hours generated per faculty FTE (2006-07)
404.3
TBD
TBD
  Percent of class sections with less than 20 students (Fall 2007)
34.0%
39.0%
39.7%
  Percent of class sections with more than 50 students (Fall 2007)
19.4%
17.3%
19.3%

Graduate Degrees Granted per Year      
  Number of master degrees granted (Fall 2006)
1,377
2,189.1
2,090.3
  Number of doctorate degrees granted (Fall 2006)
613
625.9
705.9
  Percent of master degrees granted (Fall 2006)
15.5%
21.1%
21.6%
  Percent of doctorate degrees granted (Fall 2006)
6.9%
6.2%
7.3%
  Graduate enrollment (Fall 2007)
6,994
9,450
9,116
  Graduate enrollment - percent of total (Fall 2007)
17.9%
22.0%
23.8%

Career Placement and Additional Study of Graduates      
  Percent of graduates accepted employment (Fall 2006)
72%
72%
NA
  Percent of graduates seeking graduate education (Fall 2006)
17%
NA
NA

Graduate Stipends      
  Avg 10-month net salary for graduate teaching assistants (Fall 2007)
$14,705
$14,669
$14,217
  Avg 10-month net salary for graduate research assistants (Fall 2007)
$16,368
$15,423
$15,124

Undergraduate Indebtedness upon Graduation      
  Average undergrad indebtedness upon graduation (Fall 2007)
$21,636
$21,311
$20,028

Financial Aid Disbursement      
  Average financial aid for undergraduates (FY07)
$11,249
TBD
TBD
  Aid recipients as a percent of the enrolled undergraduates (FY07)
76%
TBD
TBD
  Number and percent of Pell grant eligible matriculants
TBD
TBD
TBD

Diversity      
  Faculty Demography - Percent Female (Fall 2007)
36.3%
41.1%
37.5%
  Faculty Demography - Percent Minority (Fall 2007)
11.5%
15.0%
16.8%
  Staff Demography - Percent Female (Fall 2007)
57.5%
57.2%
54.1%
  Staff Demography - Percent Minority (Fall 2007)
6.8%
12.3%
24.1%
  Student Demography - Percent Female (Fall 2007)
41.2%
50.2%
46.2%
  Student Demography - Percent Domestic Minority (Fall 2007)
13.5%
16.7%
27.4%

Faculty and Staff Salary and Compensation      
  Overall average faculty salary (in thousands) (Fall 2007)
$89.5
$95.9
$99.7
  Overall average faculty compensation (Fall 2007)
$117.5
$121.3
$123.3
  Overall avg faculty salary adjusted to cost of living (Fall 2007)
$89.5
$85.5
$85.2
  Overall avg faculty compensation adjusted to cost of living (Fall 2007)
$117.5
$108.2
$105.1
  Average staff salary - non-exempt (Fall 2007)
TBD
NA
NA
  Average staff salary - mid-level admn/professional (Fall 2007)
TBD
NA
NA
  Average staff salary - upper administrative (Fall 2007)
TBD
NA
NA

Faculty and Staff Quality and Recognition
Current
2005
2005
  Number of members in National Academy of Sciences
2
12.8
34.0
  Number of members in National Academy of Engineers
20
11.2
24.5
  Number of members receiving other national and internat'l awards
TBD
TBD
TBD
  Academic Analytics Faculty Productivity Index (2007 rank)
53
28.6
24.9

Global Presence      
  Percent of seniors who have participated in study abroad (Fall 2007)
13%
20%
  Proportion of international students undergrad/grad (Fall 2006)
6.5% / 37.3%
3.5% / 28.4%
3.9% / 22.7%
  Proportion of international faculty (Fall 2006)
16.8%
NA
12.1%
  Proportion of international faculty by origin - redefined (Fall 2007)
36.0%
NA
NA
  Global Language Monitor (Top 30 ranked) (2008 rank)
not ranked
6 ranked
  Number of international academic programs
1
1.25
NA
  Sponsored funding of international grants and contracts
TBD
NA
NA
  International awards of faculty and staff
TBD
NA
NA

Financial Resources      
  IPEDS Adjusted Total Annual Operating Expenses per student FTE (FY06)
$27,834
$34,013
$39,254
  Revenues per student FTE (State Appropriations) (FY06)
$7,600
$8,950
$9,590
  Revenues per student FTE (Tuition and Fees) (FY06)
$11,158
$11,896
$11,261
  Total endowment market value (FY07)
$1.8 B
$2.2 B
$4.5 B
  One-year percent return of the endowment (FY07)
19.4%
TBD
TBD
  Long term municipal bond rating Moody's / Standard & Poor's
Aa1 / AA
TBD
TBD

Alumni Participation Rate      
  Percentage of graduates that are alumni donors (Fall 2006)
17.0%
15.5%
18.1%

Sponsored Program Awards and Expenditures      
  NSF R&D Science & Engineering expenditures (FY07)
$415 M
$571 M
$598 M
  National rank of NSF R&D S&E expenditures for institutions without a medical school (n=5 in top 20) (FY07)
8
4.6
  NSF R&D non S&E expenditures (FY07)
$57 M
$26 M
$34 M
  National rank of NSF R&D non S&E expend (n=5 in top 20) (FY07)
3
8.4
  Extramural Awards (FY07)
$301.2 M
NA
NA

Technology Commercialization      
  Number of regular patents applied for (CY05)
241
112
287
  Number of US patents issued (CY05)
32
33
76
  Number of copyright and invention disclosures (CY05)
256
210
398
  3-yr average of license and options executed (CY05)
110
62
87
  Number of start-up companies (CY05)
14
6
13
  Number of innovators (individuals receiving royalties)
TBD
NA
NA

Information Technology      
  Central IT spending by student headcount
1,544
1,650
1,749
  Central IT spending by students, staff, and faculty headcount
1,043
1,108
1,170
  Uptime index of major services
TBD
NA
NA
  Amount of external funding received
TBD
NA
NA

Facilities
  Utilities cost per gross square foot (FY07)
TBD
TBD
TBD
  Deferred repair (FY07)
$42.0 M
NA
NA
  Deferred rehabilitation (FY07)
$395.9 M
NA
NA

Sustainability      
  Campus rating on the sustainability evaluation (2008)
C
B
B-

Note: Date from different point in time due to data availability. FY=Fiscal Year, CY=Calendar Year
As of December 12, 2008

 

 

 

Source: Office of Institutional Research


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