Table 3 

Full-Time Equivalent Student/Employee Ratio In Institutions of
Higher Education
By Occupational Category New York State
For Years 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, and 1995  

  FTE Employees	

	Total FTE
Year	Students  Faculty    Admin.     Prof.      Non-prof.    Total	

1974	695,059	  54,539     7,924	15,676   	 3,831*	    81,870
1979	734,249	  62,175     9,105	16,784   	56,943	   145,007
1984	752,884	  65,830     11,258	22,385   	58,431     157,904
1989	760,060	  69,629     14,029	31,183   	59,283	   174,124
1995	787,961	  75,966     15,319	38,035	     73,680	203,000

	                  Ratio of FTE Students to FTE Employees							
1974	---	  12.7	     88.8	  	44.3	  	*	      *	
1979	---	  11.8	     80.6	43.7	     12.9	  	  5.1
1984	---	  11.4	     66.9 	33.6	     12.9   	4.8
1989	---	  10.9	     54.2  	24.4	     12.8	   	  4.4
1995	---	  10.4	     51.4	20.7	     10.7   	3.9

*Nonprofessional data were not available for CUNY and community colleges in NYC for 1974-75.

Note:  Data for proprietary schools are not included for 1974-75.


SOURCE: NYSED, Office of Research and Information Systems, 1996
  

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