44%

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

44%
is currently below the average of the 3 previous years (49.67%)


ADEQUACY

44%
is currently below the the benchmark set by Peers (58%)



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
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%