21%

Expenditures for administration as percent of total operating expenditures
(Indicator Number: 42)

Category: Stewardship

What It Measures: Relative amount spent on administration, indicating how prudently the resources are used.

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

21%
is currently above the average of the 3 previous years (20%)


ADEQUACY

21%
is currently at or below the benchmark set by Peers (22%)



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 administration as percent of total operating expenditures
(Indicator Number: 42)

Bowie State University 21%
Coppin State University 58%
Frostburg State University 17%
Salisbury University 17%
Towson University 21%
University of Baltimore 22%
University of Maryland, Baltimore 10%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 14%
University of Maryland, College Park 10%
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore 21%
University of Maryland Global Campus 22%