41%

Expenditures for instruction as percent of total operating expenditures
(Indicator Number: 41)

Category: Stewardship

What It Measures: Relative amount spent on instruction, which is the university's primary mission

Data Reporting Lag: The reporting for this indicator has a 2 year difference. The latest data available is from 2021 for the indicator reporting year of 2023

Value Comparison: When comparing this value for Adequacy and Improvement, a higher value is better.

Data Source For Indicator Value: IPEDS

Data Source For Peer Value: IPEDS

Benchmark Set By: Peers

IMPROVEMENT

41%
is currently below the average of the 3 previous years (45%)


ADEQUACY

41%
is currently below the the benchmark set by Peers (58%)



Bowie State University's peers as of 2015

Humboldt State University
Fitchburg State University
New Jersey City University
William Paterson University of New Jersey
State University of New York at New Paltz
North Carolina Central University
Winston-Salem State University
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Virginia State University
California State University, Bakersfield

USM Institutions
Expenditures for instruction as percent of total operating expenditures
(Indicator Number: 41)

Bowie State University 41%
Coppin State University 43%
Frostburg State University 53%
Salisbury University 57%
Towson University 54%
University of Baltimore 51%
University of Maryland, Baltimore 20%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 45%
University of Maryland, College Park 43%
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore 44%
University of Maryland Global Campus 35%