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About the University

Fact Finder 1999-2000

H I G H L I G H T S 

1999-00 

HISTORY:  Founded 1925; classes began October 1926. 

OFFICERS:  Edward T. Foote II, President; Luis Glaser, Executive VP and Provost; David A. Lieberman, Sr. VP for Business & Finance; John G. Clarkson, Sr. VP Medical Affairs. 

CAMPUSES AND SCHOOLS: 

Coral Gables Campus: The Coral Gables campus, with its two colleges and ten schools, is located on a 260-acre tract in suburban Coral Gables. 

Medical Campus: The University's medical campus consists of 12.5 acres within the 67-acre University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center complex. Other facilities at the medical center complex, in addition to Jackson Memorial Hospital, in clude the Veteran Affairs Medical Center, the Diabetes Research Institute, the Ryder Trauma Center, and two University-owned hospitals-the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute /Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital. The School of Medicine is ranked in the top quarter of the 125 medical schools in terms of research and sponsored programs. 

Rosenstiel Campus: The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is located on a 16-acre waterfront campus on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay. 

South Campus: The south campus, located ten miles southwest of Coral Gables, opened in 1986 on a 106-acre site for the purpose of conducting research and development projects. It has since expanded to 136 acres. 

ACCREDITATION: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; 20 professional accrediting agencies. 

PROGRAMS: Students enrolled in approximately 110 undergraduate, 100 master's, 60 doctoral, and 2 professional areas of study. 

DEGREES AWARDED: 1,769 bachelor's, 1,111 master's, 483 J.D.'s, 154 M.D.'s, 126 Ph.D.'s, and 23 other doctorates (1998-99). 

BUDGET: The budget for 1999-00 is $893 million, with $510 million projected for the medical campus. At the end of the FY 99 the endowment was $428.6 million. 

RESEARCH: Research and sponsored program expenditures totaled $175.6 million (FY 99). According to the National Science Foundation, UM ranked 40th of all universities and 18th of private universities in expenditures of federal funds for research and development (FY 97). 

FACULTY: Of full-time regular faculty, 96 percent hold a doctorate or terminal degree; of full-time tenure-track faculty, 84 percent are tenured. 

STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO: Student to faculty ratio is approximately 13 to 1. 

CLASS SIZE: Over 50 percent of classes for undergraduates have 14 or fewer students; over 75 percent have 25 or fewer students. 

HONORS PROGRAM/HONOR SOCIETIES: Approximately 1,603 students participate in the Honors Program. UM has 54 academic honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa. 

FRESHMAN DUAL HONORS PROGRAMS: Selected freshmen are guaranteed admission to one of UM's graduate or professional schools in the following areas of study: biomedical engineering, medicine (Florida residents only), and physical therapy. 

NEW FRESHMAN STANDINGS: Over two-thirds of the new freshmen graduated in the top fifth of their high school class. 

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: 50 programs are offered in 24 countries on a full academic year, semester, or summer basis. 

GRADUATE SCHOOL PLANS: Of the May 1998 graduating seniors, 36 percent reported plans to attend graduate school the following fall. 

ALUMNI: UM alumni live in all 50 states and in 148 foreign countries; approximately 59,000 reside in Florida, including 35,000 in Miami-Dade County. There are more than 130,000 alumni in UM's history. 

RESIDENT STUDENTS: Approximately 3,250 enrolled students live on campus, including 72 percent of new freshmen and 37 percent of all degree undergraduates. UM has five residential colleges as well as on-campus apartments. 

SPORTS: UM is a member of the Big East Conference. 

Men: baseball (1982, 1985 and 1999 NCAA champions), basketball, crew, cross country, football (1983, 1987, 1989, and 1991 NCAA champions), swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field. 

Women: basketball, crew, cross country, golf (1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, and 1984 national champions), swimming and diving (1975 and 1976 national champions), tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and soccer. 

COMPUTING FACILITIES: The Ungar Computing Center (central facility) is equipped with an IBM 9672-R42 Enterprise Server, an IBM AS/400-310, 2 IBM RS/6000-580, an IBM AS/400-B20, a DEC VMS cluster with 2 DEC 4100 systems, a DEC 4100, and a DEC 10 00A. There are over 60 computer labs located in the residential colleges, libraries, schools, and colleges. The University has a campus network, including network connections in each dorm room, with a gateway to national and international networks. 

LIBRARIES: Richter (central facility) and libraries in the schools of Architecture, Law, Medicine, and Music, and the Rosenstiel School. Combined holdings include 2.2 million volumes, 16,430 serial subscriptions, 3.5 million microforms, and acc ess to 463 electronic journals. The Richter Library is a Federal Government Documents Depository. 

DEVELOPMENT: In FY 99 contributions reached a record-breaking $85.7 million in gifts, ranking the University 20th among private research institutions. 

FACULTY AND NON-FACULTY EMPLOYEES - FALL 1999 


Classification Full-time Part-time Total
Faculty      
Architecture 
 28 21 49
Arts and Sciences 
 318 87 405
Business 
 119 46 165
Communication 
 39 11 50
Continuing Studies 
 7 38 45
Education 
 43 30 73
Engineering 
 58 17 75
International Studies 
 18 6 24
Law 
 71 96 167
Marine & Atmos. Science 
 90 4 94
Medicine 
 1,007 17 1,024
Music 
 57 47 104
Nursing 
 29 6 35
Richter Library 
 31 0 31
TOTAL FACULTY 1,915 426 2,341

 
Administrative/Professional 1,846 25 1,871
Research/Training 500 160 660
Staff (hourly non-exempt) 3,433 67 3,500
Physical Plant 104 0 104
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
(excluding students)		 7,798 678 8,476
As of September 30, 1999.
 
  

STUDENT ENROLLMENT - FALL 1999 


  Undergraduate  
School (Year Founded) Degree N-Deg Grad. Prof. Total
Architecture ('83) 254 0 41 0 295
Arts and Sciences ('26) 3,153 18 453 0 3,624
Business ('29) 1,908 0 1,168 0 3,076
Communication ('85) 981 1 106 0 1,087
Continuing Studies ('74) 108 285 14 0 407
Education ('29) 171 0 455 0 626
Engineering ('47) 804 0 136 0 940
International Studies ('83) 102 0 67 0 169
Law ('28) 0 0 0 1,189 1,189
Marine & Atmos. Sci ('69) 0 0 151 0 151
Medicine ('52) 0 0 372 618 990
Music ('26) 502 0 220 0 722
Nursing ('68) 252 0 81 0 333
Special and Joint Programs 0 90 16 0 106
TOTAL 8,235 393 3,280 1,807 13,715

Full-Time 7,704 122 2,396 1,734 11,956
Part-Time 531 271 884 73 1,759
Full-Time Equivalent 7960.1 226.3 2908.6 1780.8 12875.9

  

ENROLLMENT BY GENDER - FALL 1999 


New Freshmen Undergraduate Students Graduate & Professional
GENDER Count % Count % Count %
Male 857 46 3,902 45 2,603 51
Female 1,001 54 4,726 55 2,484 49


RACIAL/ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION - FALL 1999 


New Freshmen Undergraduate Students Graduate & Professional
ETHNICITY Count %1 Count %1 Count %1
White, non-Hispanic 989 56 4,158 50 2,802 58
Hispanic 442 25 2,706 32 1,217 25
Asian/Pacific Islander 131 7 500 6 487 10
Black, non-Hispanic 186 11 987 12 342 7
American Indian 4 0 25 0 12 0
Unknown 106 - 252 - 227 -
TOTAL 1,858   8,628   5,087  


GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS - FALL 1999 

New Freshmen Undergraduate Students Graduate & Professonal
ORIGIN Count %2 Count %2 Count %2
Miami-Dade 492 26 3,147 36 1,856 36
Broward 129 7 640 7 476 9
Other Florida 279 15 963 11 736 14
Other U.S 847 46 3,080 36 1,281 25
International 111 6 798 9 704 14
Exec MBA-Bahamas 0 0 0 0 34 1
TOTAL 1,858   8,628   5,087  
 

1Percentages exclude unknowns and may not total 100 due to rounding. 
2Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.   
 
  

NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT - FALL 1999

Undergraduate Applied Accepted Enrolled
New Freshmen 12,264 6,752 1,858
New Transfers 2,536 1,377 643
Enrollment School Freshmen Transfers Total
Architecture 55 13 68
Arts and Sciences 872 207 1,079
Business 346 143 489
Communication 199 86 285
Continuing Studies 1 13 14
Education 28 19 47
Engineering 182 59 241
International Studies 21 10 31
Music 140 23 163
Nursing 14 70 84
TOTAL 1,858 643 2,501

  

CREDIT HOURS TAUGHT1 - FALL 1999
 


Teaching School Undergrad. Grad. Prof. Total
Architecture 3,489 483 0 3,972
Arts and Sciences 62,801 2,970 0 65,771
Business 24,797 10,554 0 35,351
Communication 6,697 810 0 7,507
Education 3,449 2,700 0 6,149
Engineering 6,285 940 0 7,225
International Studies 1,263 382 0 1,645
Law 0 0 16,795 16,795
Marine & Atmos. Sci. 1,645 718 0 2,363
Medicine 824 3,489 11,124 15,437
Music 7,470 1,439 0 8,909
Nursing 2,709 521 0 3,230
Special & Joint Prog. 264 0 0 264
TOTAL 121,693 25,006 27,919 174,618


1Special plus regular credit hours by Budgeted Teaching School. Research courses taken for zero credit hours increased to one credit hour. 
  

ANNUAL STUDENT COSTS 
 


Tuition and Other Expenses 1999-00
Undergraduate Tuition and Fees  
Full-Time (12-20 credit hours.)1 
 $20,960
Required Fees1 
 394
1-11 Hours (per credit hour.) 
 852
Over 20 Hours (per credit hour.) 
 852
Graduate Tuition (per credit hour.) 852
Law Tuition (day program)2 22,640
Medical Tuition (M.D. program - FL residents) 25,670
Medical Tuition (M.D. program - non-residents) 35,670
Room (residential college, double occupancy) $4,424
Board (20-meal plan) $3,358
Travel, Books, and Personal Expenses $2,928

  

FINANCIAL AID AWARDED 
 


Source 1998-993
Federal Grants, College Work Study, and Perkins 13.6
Federal Loans Certified by the University 81.0
State Grants, Loans, and Work 14.1
University Scholarships and Grants 46.1
Tuition Remission and Athletic Scholarships 22.5
Department/Endowment/Donor Grants, Loans & Work 23.9
Outside and Other Programs 13.5
TOTAL 214.9


UNIVERSITY-OWNED FACILITIES 
 


Campus Buildings Sq. Footage4
Coral Gables 104 3,118,300
Medical School 25 1,482,500
Rosenstiel School 16 270,000
South 6 56,700
Other Facilities 6 39,700
TOTAL 157 4,966,900


1Total for both semesters.
2For new Law students.
3In millions; revised awards may change some amounts slightly; includes summer awards; total may differ due to rounding.
4Usable square footage is reported.
  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 1998-991 
 


What We Own  
Cash and Investments $800.2
Receivables 132.0
Contributions (Pledges) and Trusts Receivable 84.7
Land, Buildings, and Equipment2 464.7
Other Assets 16.6
TOTAL ASSETS $1,498.2

What We Owe
Services and Operating Expenses $230.8
Bonds and Notes Payable 208.5
Other Commitments 31.9
TOTAL LIABILITIES $471.2

Balances (What We Own Less What We Owe)
Operations $39.7
Funding for Plant Expansion and Student Loans 197.1
Invested in Plant Facilities 266.5
Contributions (Pledges) and Trusts 84.8
Endowment, Life Income, Annuity, and Other Funds 438.9
TOTAL NET ASSETS $1,027.0

Sources of Funds for Operations
Tuition and Fees, Net $206.8
Grants and Contracts 236.6
Patient Care 258.8
State Appropriation-School of Medicine 15.9
Gifts, Investment Return, Auxiliaries, and Other Sources 125.4
TOTAL SOURCES OF FUNDS $843.5

Gifts and Trusts
Unrestricted3 $44.6
Temporarily Restricted 25.0
Permanently Restricted 6.1
TOTAL GIFTS AND TRUSTS $75.7


1For the fiscal year ending May 31, 1999, in millions.
2Includes the effect of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $476.0 million.
3Unrestricted gifts & trusts of $31.6 included in Sources of Funds above.
 
  

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