Temple vs. Other R1/Very High Research Public Universities: $ on Instruction/$ from Tuition and Fees
The following table derives from a tool created by The Century Foundation, which uses the most recent data available reported by universities to the U.S. Department of Education to show “how much a school spends on student instruction—that is, what they invest in the faculty and resources required to offer coursework—relative to what a student pays in tuition and fees.” We recommend visiting the site for a fuller explanation of the aim and methodology. Many universities spend more than $1.00 because they draw on other sources, including state and federal support and endowments. Note: Some R1s are not included because they do not show up in the data.
R1/Very High Research is a classification from the Carnegie Foundation.
It is not TAUP’s claim that the ranking here indicates educational quality. But the fact that Temple is dead last and that it is much closer to the average of for-profit institutions than other public institutions or R1s is deeply troubling. It argues strongly that Temple is not spending enough of the money it collects from students on supporting its faculty, librarians, and academic professionals in the work they do with students. Even small adjustments in this ratio would make large differences. In FY 2016, Temple collected just over $796 million dollars in tuition and fees minus scholarships. So every cent on the dollar more spent on instruction would mean approximately $7.96 million.
| Temple | 0.61 |
| Arizona State | 0.65 |
| Colorado State-Fort Collins | 0.65 |
| University of North Texas | 0.65 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | 0.75 |
| University of Houston | 0.76 |
| University of Arizona | 0.77 |
| Auburn | 0.78 |
| Clemson | 0.78 |
| Montana State | 0.78 |
| Texas Tech | 0.78 |
| Penn State | 0.79 |
| University of Georgia | 0.81 |
| West Virginia | 0.81 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 0.84 |
| IU-Bloomington | 0.85 |
| University of New Hampshire | 0.85 |
| University of Colorado-Boulder | 0.87 |
| University of Oregon | 0.87 |
| Michigan State | 0.89 |
| Oklahoma State | 0.89 |
| University of Cincinnati | 0.91 |
| Virginia Tech | 0.91 |
| Georgia State | 0.92 |
| Georgia Tech | 0.92 |
| Louisiana State-Baton Rouge | 0.94 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | 0.94 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | 0.95 |
| Oregon State | 0.95 |
| University of California-Berkeley | 0.99 |
| University of Delaware | 0.99 |
| University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign | 0.99 |
| University of Kentucky | 0.99 |
| University of Iowa | 1.01 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman | 1.01 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 1.01 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1.03 |
| George Mason | 1.04 |
| Mississippi State | 1.05 |
| University of Maryland-College Park | 1.05 |
| Kansas State | 1.07 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 1.07 |
| Median | 1.07 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 1.09 |
| UC-Riverside | 1.12 |
| Wayne State | 1.13 |
| Purdue-Main Campus | 1.16 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 1.16 |
| Florida International University | 1.18 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1.19 |
| Washington State | 1.20 |
| Ohio State–Main Campus | 1.21 |
| University of Central Florida | 1.23 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 1.23 |
| Virginia Commonwealth | 1.24 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 1.25 |
| University of Mississippi | 1.25 |
| Rutgers-New Brunswick | 1.29 |
| University of Southern Missippi | 1.32 |
| University of Utah | 1.34 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 1.36 |
| University of South Florida | 1.37 |
| University of Louisville | 1.38 |
| University of California-Irvine | 1.45 |
| University of Kansas | 1.48 |
| Texas A and M | 1.49 |
| University of California-San Diego | 1.52 |
| University of Washington-Seattle | 1.53 |
| University of Connecticut | 1.58 |
| Florida State | 1.61 |
| University of California-Davis | 1.62 |
| North Carolina State | 1.63 |
| University at Buffalo | 1.78 |
| University of Florida | 1.82 |
| University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 1.88 |
| SUNY at Albany | 1.96 |
| University of Hawaii-Manoa | 1.97 |
| University of Nevada-Reno | 2.04 |
| Stony Brook University | 2.11 |
| University of Colorado-Denver | 2.11 |
| University of New Mexico | 2.30 |
| University of Illinois-Chicago | 2.34 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 2.70 |
| CUNY Graduate School | 5.79 |
| Average R1 | 1.26 |
| Median R1 | 1.07 |
| Average Public Institution | 1.42 |
| Average For Profit | 0.29 |