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UNIVERSITY FACTS AT A GLANCE

FACT AREAS 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008
Student Headcount:1
  Undergraduate 2205 2323 2443 2468 2488 2599
  Graduate 313 364 381 340 369 370
  Total 2518 2687 2824 2808 2857 2969
Student FTEs:2
  Undergraduate 2179 2286 2407 2438 2450 2570
  Graduate 142 172 181 192 222 228
  Total 2321 2458 2587 2630 2672 2798
Degrees Conferred 4
  Number of Degrees 508 462 511 499 489 N/A
First Year Student Data:
(See Entering Class Characteristics for more specific details.)
Class Size 401 569 586 536 521 574
  USP Average SAT Scores 1110 1118 1140 1168 1171 1174
National Average SAT Scores 1020 1026 1026 1028 1021 1017
Faculty/Student Data:
Full-Time Teaching Faculty 5 152 151 159 163 161 166
Faculty FTE 6 180.2 176.5 193.3 195.6 191.0 199.6
Student/Faculty Ratio 7 12:1 13:1 13:1 13:1 13:1 13:1
Faculty Tenure Status:
  Tenured 37% 36% 31% 32% 32% 34%
  Tenure Track 13% 15% 16% 17% 19% 18%
  Non-Tenure Track 50% 49% 52% 51% 48% 48%
Tuition and Charges:
  Tuition $18,474 $19,934 $21,528 $22,798 $24,144 $25,618
  Required Fees $864 $1,024 $1,120 $1,184 $1,248 $1,312
  Typical Room and Board - Double Occup, 19 Meals/wk. $7,950 $8,352 $8,932 $9,380 $9,936 $10,524

Additional Facts

  • In 2007/2008, 120 or 72% of all full time faculty members had a terminal degree.

National Ranking of Number of Doctoral Recipients by Baccalaureate Institution for 1996-2005 7

  • USP ranks 3rd in the number of graduates who went on to receive advanced degrees in medical sciences
  • USP ranks in the top 11% of 1150 comparable institutions whose undergraduates have gone on to complete a Doctoral degree in the sciences

Notes

  1. Most recent headcount includes students enrolled in the Fall Semester as of 10/15/07
  2. Definition for undergraduate student FTE is: (Sum of part-time students/12) + (Sum of full time students)
    Definition for graduate student FTE is: (Sum of part-time students/9) + (Sum of full time students)
  3. Includes more than one degree for some students.
  4. Definition for Faculty FTE is: (Sum of clock hours of part-time faculty/12) + (sum of full time faculty)
    2004/2005 definition Faculty FTE is:(Sum of number of part-time faculty/12) + (sum of full time faculty)
  5. Student/Faculty ratio = number of undergraduate students/faculty FTE. Off-campus faculty is excluded from this count.
  6. Double occupancy, 19 meals per week.
  7. Source: NSF CASPAR Data base - number of doctoral recipients over ten years. All of the institutions included in the study are in one of the following Carnegie Classifications:
    • Master's (Comprehensive) Universities and Colleges I and II
    • Doctoral Universities I and II
    • Schools of Engineering and Technology
    • Other Separate Health Profession Schools
    • Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I and II
    • The NSF CASPAR data base includes institutions where at least one graduate has subsequently completed a doctoral degree in Medical, Chemistry, and/or Biological Sciences. Institutions where there were no recipients in any of the above categories were excluded from this study

 


 

 
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