COURSE FINANCIAL MEASURES

Total Academic Costs include faculty compensation, staff compensation, departmental overhead and institutional aid for the courses offered through the selected department or college. These costs are distributed across campus based on the location of the course offering.

Faculty compensation includes faculty salary, supplemental pay and benefits.
Staff compensation includes exempt and non-exempt staff salary and benefits, part-time staff, student service, temporary services.
Departmental Overhead includes all operating expenses directly associated with the department or college. The figure is derived from the department/college operating budget provided by the Controller’s Office.
Institutional Aid includes unrestricted institutional aid funds distributed by the college or by the Financial Aid Office. To derive the institutional aid expense by department/college, institutional aid received by the student per term is divided across his/her credit hours in the corresponding term.

Total Tuition Revenue is derived by the students’ home college. A tuition figure is calculated for each student and is then divided across the courses in which he/she is enrolled for the term and year.

Average Academic Costs per Course Hour are calculated by dividing each cost segment (faculty compensation, staff compensation, overhead and institutional aid) by the total course hours for the selected college/department. These costs are distributed across campus based on the location of the course offering and the students enrolled.

Average Tuition Revenue per Course Hour is calculated by dividing total tuition revenue for the selected department/college by the total course hours. This figure indicates the average amount of tuition revenue generated in a particular department or college per credit hour per student.

Net Average Tuition Revenue per Course Hour is calculated by subtracting average academic costs per course hour from average tuition revenue per course hour. The result provides the average net revenue generated per credit hour per student for the selected department/college.