University of Houston Faculty Senate                                      Last updated:   June 5, 2006

COMPARISON OF UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON TO "BIG TEN" UNIVERSITIES
Prepared by Steven Craig, data by Mary Brantley
(from Report to the University of Houston System Board of Regents delivered May 18, 2006)

# of
Undergraduates
 # of
Graduates
Share
 # of
Colleges
 # of
Depts
 # w/
Ph.D.s
Share
U of Ill
 27,727
 10,020
 26.55%
 14
 107
 89
 83.18%
U of Iowa
 17,729
 9,258
 34.31%
 12
 108
 96
 88.89%
Iowa State
 21,436
 3,381
 13.62%
 8
 71
 46
 64.79%
U of Mi
 23,267
 15,061
 39.30%
 19
 153
 108
 70.59%
Mi State
 30,997
 9,639
 23.72%
 14
 108
 83
 76.85%
U of Minn
 25,393
 17,552
 40.87%
 20
 93
 72
 77.42%
U of Tx
 35,502
 11,000
 23.65%
 16
 96
 71
 73.96%
A&M
 33,655
 8,191
 19.57%
 10
 67
 53
 79.10%
AVERAGE
 26,963
 10,513
 28.05%
 14.13
 100.38
 77.25
 76.96%
UH
 18,527
 8,897
 32.44%
 13
 44
 30
 68.18%
UH Ph.D. Depts
 "as if"




33.86
 (= 4 more
Ph.D. depts)
U of Mo
 18,252
 7,305
 28.58%
 14
 94
 62
 65.96%
Temple
 17,928
 12,550
 41.18%
 18
 116
 50
 43.10%
Wayne State
 17,656
 15,658
 47.00%
 11
 98
 48
 48.98%
AVERAGE
 17,945
 11,838
 39.75%
 14.33
 102.67
 53.33
 51.95%



Faculty
 %
Full-time
 # of
Full-time
 In-state
Tuition
 Students (total)
Per Faculty
 Faculty/Dept
U of Ill
 2,564
 86%
 2,205
 8,670
 17.12
 20.6
U of Iowa
 1,679
 95%
 1,595
 5,612
 16.92
 14.8
Iowa State
 1,625
 86%
 1,398
 5,634
 17.76
 19.7
U of Mi
 2,799
 78%
 2,183
 9,213
 17.56
 14.3
Mi State
 2,647
 89%
 2,356
 7,587
 17.25
 21.8
U of Minn
 3,079
 89%
 2,740
 8,902
 15.67
 29.5
U of Tx
 2,714
 91%
 2,470
 n/a
 18.83
 25.7
A&M 2,276
 84%
 1,912
 6,399
 21.89
 28.5
AVERAGE
 2,423
 87.25%
 2,107
 7,431
 17.87
 21.86
UH
 1,578
 66%
 1,041
 4,082
 26.33
 23.7
UH Faculty
  "as if"
1,377
 (= 32.3% larger
faculty)
 (= 82% higher
tuition)
 15.34
 (= 47.4% larger
faculty)
U of Mo
 1,748
 96%
 1,678
 6,960
 15.23
 17.9
Temple
 2,187
 56%
 1,225
 9,140
 24.89
 10.6
Wayne State
 1,735
 52%
 902
 6,948
 36.93
 9.2
AVERAGE
 1,890 68.00% 1,268 7,683 25.68 12.4

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