17%

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

17%
is currently above the average of the 3 previous years (16.67%)


ADEQUACY

17%
is currently at or below the benchmark set by Peers (21%)



Frostburg State University's peers as of 2015

California State University, Northridge
Sonoma State University
Bridgewater State University
Fitchburg State University
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
Kean University
SUNY College at Buffalo
Western Carolina University
Clarion University of Pennsylvania

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%