Last year, SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher announced an "annual report card for the university system, which will evaluate and track progress across a spectrum of critical areas." The report is a part of a five-year strategic plan for the system, called "The Power of SUNY." This report card is one of the ways SUNY is trying to be more transparent to its constituents.
First released in May of the 2008-09 school year, SUNY put out the second installment on Sept. 26 as a follow-up to gauge university successes. The report includes more than 90 performance measures, including the amount of time it takes students to graduate with a first-time bachelor's degree, research expenditures per tenured faculty, and public support from national and state governments per student life.
The Spectrum looked at the results for the 2011 school year.
Total students in SUNY system 2009-10: 461,400
Total faculty and staff 2009-10: 87,900
Graduation rates
Average time to earn a first-time bachelor's degree: 4.5 years
Percent of full-time students earning a first-time bachelor's degree: 63
Highest national percent of students earning a first-time bachelor's degree: 89
Research expenditures
Total amount spent on research: $891,200,000
Amount spent on research on doctoral level: $767,003,000
Highest national comparison: $2,169,200,000
Expenditures per tenured or tenure-track faculty: $132,000
Amount per tenured or tenure-track doctoral faculty: $273,000
Highest national comparison: $293,500
Affordability
Comparative debt obligation upon graduation: $20,920
Financial Health
Fully loaded cost per student on state-operated campuses: $20,260
Cost per student at community colleges: $8,430
Public support per student life on state-operated campuses: $12,570
Public support per student life at community colleges: $4,750
Amount spent on international student scholarships: $406, 802,000
Funds raised in support of SUNY campuses: $309,325,300
Alumni giving rate: 7 percent
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Total New York State research expenditures: $4,224,500,000
Total expenditures in the Western New York region: $201,090,000
Jobs created in New York State: -237,100
New York State average wage: $57,794
National average salary: $44,410
Average New York State unemployment rate: 8.4 percent
External funding to expand SUNY's health policy impact: $4,932,000
Amount spent on energy-smart research: $42,722,000
To view the report card in its entirety, visit: http://www.suny.edu/powerofsuny/reportcard/
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