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Faculty Ratio

At present the State Council For Higher
Education sets the faculty-student ratios for
state institutions as follows: 20 students per
faculty member for first and second year
undergraduates, 12 students per faculty
member for third and fourth year
undergraduates, and 9 students per faculty
member for graduate students. These
requirements are applied to the combined
enrollment for state institutions and forwarded
to the state legislature, which, according to
Dean Shannon, has been conscientious in
allocating enough funds to meet the above
ratios.

At present there are approximately 4,600
undergraduates in the college and 1300
graduate students. The ratios are almost precisely
maintained with the present 489 College
faculty members.