54%
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
54%
is currently at or above the average of the 3 previous years (42.67%)
ADEQUACY
54%
is currently below the the benchmark set by Peers (65%)
Towson University's peers as of 2015
| California State University, Fullerton |
| University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth |
| Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Montclair State University |
| Appalachian State University |
| University of North Carolina - Charlotte |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington (The) |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
| James Madison University |
| Western Washington University |
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% |