8

Student to faculty ratio
(Indicator Number: 24)

Category: Faculty

What It Measures: Number of faculty available to students.

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 lower value is better.

Data Source For Indicator Value: IPEDS

Data Source For Peer Value: IPEDS

Benchmark Set By: Peers

IMPROVEMENT

8
is currently at or below the average of the 3 previous years (11)


ADEQUACY

8
is currently at or below the benchmark set by Peers (15)



University of Maryland, Eastern Shore's peers as of 2015

New Jersey City University
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
SUNY at Fredonia
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Fayetteville State University
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Winston-Salem State University
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Virginia State University
California State University, Bakersfield

USM Institutions
Student to faculty ratio
(Indicator Number: 24)

Bowie State University 18
Coppin State University 10
Frostburg State University 13
Salisbury University 14
Towson University 16
University of Baltimore 11
University of Maryland, Baltimore 7
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 17
University of Maryland, College Park 18
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore 8