Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS database, 9-year matched set |
East South Central Region
(Public Nonprofit Institutions: AL, KY, MS, TN)
Regional Context:
- 939,978 total students enrolled at degree-granting public and private postsecondary institutions
- 82% of students are enrolled in public institutions
- Distribution of enrollments at public institutions:
- 37% at Research
- 23% at Master’s
- 38% at Bachelor’s
Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Survey (IPEDS), 2005 |
Average Measures of Costs per Student, Student Shares, and Production
|
East South Central
Region
(AL, KY, MS, TN)
|
National
|
| Full Educational Costs per FTE student |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2005 |
$12,289 |
$9,736 |
$7,604 |
$13,570 |
$10,208 |
$8,788 |
| Change from 1998-2005 |
13% |
8% |
6% |
1% |
4% |
-1% |
| Student Share of Costs (Discounted) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2005 |
47% |
46% |
34% |
51% |
47% |
32% |
| Percentage Point Change 1998-2005 |
13% |
13% |
11% |
13% |
10% |
8% |
| Aggregate
Educational Spending/Student Completions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2005 |
$55,168 |
$46,476 |
$37,230 |
$54,819 |
$46,591 |
$41,112 |
| Change from 1998-2005 |
10% |
4% |
4% |
-2% |
3% |
-5% |
| Percent of
Completions per 100 FTE students |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2005 |
22% |
22% |
22% |
25% |
23% |
25% |
| Percentage Point Change 1998-2005 |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS database, 9-year matched set. |
