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Fact Finder 2004 - 2005

Fact Finder 2004 - 2005

HIGHLIGHTS

2004-05

HISTORY: Founded 1925; classes began October 1926.

OFFICERS: Donna E. Shalala, President; Luis Glaser, Executive VP and Provost; David A. Lieberman, Sr. VP for Business and Finance; John G. Clarkson, Sr. VP Medical Affairs.

CAMPUSES: Coral Gables Campus: The Coral Gables campus, with its two colleges and seven schools, is located on a 230-acre tract in suburban Coral Gables.
Medical Campus: The School of Medicine campus consists of 35 acres within the 80-acre University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center complex. Other facilities at the medical center, in addition to Jackson, include the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center and two University-owned hospitals—the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics and Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, along with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Bascom Palmer was ranked the number one eye hospital in the country in the 15th annual survey of “America’s Best Hospitals” published in U.S. News & World Report; seven additional programs at UM/Jackson also received high rankings. School of Medicine faculty currently conduct more than 1,300 research projects aimed at advances in basic science and clinical care in facilities totaling more than two million square feet of owned and leased space, which is currently expanding.
Rosenstiel Campus: The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is located on a 18-acre waterfront campus on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay.
South Campus: The south campus, located ten miles southwest of Coral Gables, is on a 136-acre site used for conducting research and development projects.
Richmond Campus: The Richmond campus, established in 2001, is a 76-acre site near south campus. Research facilities for the Rosenstiel School's Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) and Richmond Satellite Operations Center (RSOC) are located on a portion of the new campus.

ACCREDITATION: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; 22 professional accrediting agencies.

PROGRAMS: Including specializations, approximately 155 bachelor’s, 125 master's, 60 doctoral, and 2 professional.

DEGREES AWARDED: 2,155 bachelor's, 1,183 master's, 381 J.D.'s, 142 M.D.'s, 119 Ph.D.'s, and 40 other doctorates (2003-04).

BUDGET: The budget for 2004-05 is $1.4 billion, with $803 million projected for the medical campus. At the end of the FY 04 the endowment for the University was $475 million.

RESEARCH: Research and sponsored program expenditures totaled $263.1 million (FY 04). According to the National Science Foundation, UM ranked 56th of all universities in expenditures of federal funds for research and development (FY 02).

ECONOMIC IMPACT: The University community spends over $1 billion annually in Miami-Dade County, creating a total economic impact on the State of Florida of $2.3 billion and supporting one of every 28 jobs in the County. In the City of Coral Gables, University activity creates a total economic impact of nearly $540 million as a result of spending over $400 million and supporting 8,500 jobs.

CLASS SIZE: Over 50 percent of classes for undergraduates have 15 or fewer students; over 75 percent have 25 or fewer students.

HONORS PROGRAM/HONOR SOCIETIES: Approximately 1,200 students participate in the Honors Program. UM has 51 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, Latin American studies, marine geology, medicine, and physical therapy.

NEW FRESHMAN STANDINGS: Two in five new freshmen graduated in the top 5% of their high school class. Almost two-thirds graduated in the top 10% of their high school class.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: 65 programs are offered in 29 countries on a full academic year, semester, or summer basis.
GRADUATE SCHOOL PLANS: 37% of the May 2004 graduating seniors reported plans to attend graduate school this fall.

ALUMNI: UM alumni live in all 50 states and in 148 countries; over 69,000 reside in Florida, including over 38,000 in Miami-Dade County. There are just over 147,000 alumni in UM's history.

RESIDENT STUDENTS: Approximately 4,200 enrolled students live on campus, including 81% of new freshmen and 42% of all degree undergraduates. UM has five residential colleges as well as on-campus apartments.

SPORTS: In 2004, UM joined the Atlantic Coast Conference after having previously been a member of the Big East Conference.
Men: baseball (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001 NCAA champions), basketball (2000 Sweet 16), cross country, football (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001 NCAA champions), tennis, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field.
Women: basketball, cross country, golf (1970, 1972, 1977-78, 1984 national champions), rowing, soccer, swimming and diving (1975-76 national champions), tennis (2004 Elite 8), indoor track and field, outdoor track and field (10th at 2004 NCAA Championship), and volleyball (2003 Sweet 16).

COMPUTING FACILITIES: The Ungar Computing Center is equipped with an IBM 2086-A04 Model 230 Enterprise Server, an IBM AS/400-820, an IBM RS/6000-580, an IBM RS/6000-F20, IBM AS/400-B20, a DEC VMS cluster with 2 DEC 4100 systems, a DEC 4100, and a DEC 1000A. Over 60 computer labs are located in residential colleges, libraries, schools, and colleges. The university’s campus network provides connections in each dorm room, with a gateway to national and international networks (Internet and Internet2). The wireless network on all three main campuses complements the extensive wired network. EASY is UM’s interactive online source for personalized University-related information (e.g., registration, grades, billing).

LIBRARIES: The UM Libraries comprise the Richter Library (central facility) and libraries in the Schools of Architecture, Business, Law, Medicine, Music, and the Rosenstiel School. Combined holdings include over 2.5 million volumes, 15,500 print serial subscriptions, 3.8 million microforms, and access to 28,618 electronic journals and to 232,200 electronic books and databases.

DEVELOPMENT: In FY 04, contributions reached $125.7 million in private cash, gifts and grants. In FY 03, the University ranked 49th among national research institutions in this category. In October 2003, Momentum: the Campaign for the University of Miami was announced to increase the University’s endowment and raise needed funds to support its research, teaching, and service missions.

FACULTY & EMPLOYEES — FALL 2004

Classification

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Faculty

Architecture

30

30

60

Arts and Sciences

396

66

462

Business

133

36

169

Communication

48

17

65

Education

49

45

94

Engineering

63

16

79

Music

74

40

114

Law

63

111

174

Medicine

1,163

11

1,174

Nursing

20

16

36

Rosenstiel School

102

9

111

Richter Library & Other

42

38

80

TOTAL FACULTY

2,183

435

2,618

Faculty

2,183

435

2,618

Administrative/Professional

2,539

29

2,568

Research/Training

792

28

820

Staff (hourly non-exempt)

3,624

84

3,708

Physical Plant

118

1

119

TOTAL FACULTY & EMPLOYEES

9,256

577

9,833

(excluding students)

 

Faculty Characteristics

 

Full-time regular faculty with doctorate or terminal degree

97%

Full-time tenure-track faculty who are tenured

78%

Student-faculty ratio

13:1

As of September 30, 2004


STUDENT ENROLLMENT - FALL 2004

Undergraduate

 

School (Year Founded)

Degree

N-Deg

Grad.

Prof.

Total

Architecture ('83)

305

0

52

0

357

Arts and Sciences ('26)

4,125

18

596

0

4,739

Business ('29)

1,910

0

885

0

2,795

Communication ('85)

1,214

0

125

0

1,339

Education ('29)

312

0

496

0

808

Engineering ('47)

772

0

246

0

1,018

Frost Music School ('26) 532 0 216 0 748

Law ('28)

0

0

0

1,311

1,311

Medicine ('52)

0

0

331

600

931

Nursing ('68)

377

0

54

0

431

Rosenstiel School ('69)

0

0

209

0

209

Cont. Studies, Special and Joint Programs

194

345

25

0

564

TOTAL

9,741

363

3,235

1,911

15,250

Full-Time

9,202

137

2,528

1,831

13,698

Part-Time

539

226

707

80

1,552

Full-Time Equivalent

9474.8

221.8

2885.1

1882.3

14464.0


ENROLLMENT BY GENDER - FALL 2004

New
Freshmen

Undergrad.
Students

Graduate.& Professional

Gender

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Male

875

43

4,196

42

2,557

50

Female

1,161

57

5,908

58

2,589

50

 

RACIAL/ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION - FALL 2004

New
Freshmen

Undergrad.
Students

Graduate.& Professional

Ethnicity

Count

%1

Count

%1

Count

%1

White, non-Hispanic

1,193

61

5,438

55

2,880

58

Hispanic

419

21

2,673

27

1,157

23

Asian/Pacific Islander

151

8

655

7

539

11

Black, non-Hispanic

191

10

1,005

10

379

8

American Indian

8

0

29

0

9

0

Unknown

74

304

182

TOTAL

2,036

10,104

5,146

GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS - FALL 2004

New
Freshmen

Undergrad.Students

Graduate.& Professional

Origin

Count

%2

Count

%2

Count

%2

Miami-Dade

410

20

2,899

29

1,574

31

Broward

181

9

781

8

404

8

Other Florida

351

17

1,567

16

739

14

Other U.S. & Terr.

1,023

50

4,155

41

1,777

35

International

71

3

702

7

625

12

Non-U.S. Campus

0

0

0

0

27

1

TOTAL3

2,036

10,104

5,146

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

2 Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

3 UM Students come from 50 states, 3 territories, and 110 other countries.


NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT - FALL 2004

Undergraduate

Total Applied

Accepted

Enrolled

New Freshmen

18,490

7,774

2,036

New Transfers

2,680

1,446

721

Enrollment School

Freshmen

Transfers

Total

Architecture

52

11

63

Arts and Sciences

1,030

294

1,324

Business

358

96

454

Communication

212

82

294

Education

53

39

92

Engineering

161

33

194

Frost Music School

134

21

155

Nursing

35

124

159

Cont. Stud., Spec. & Joint 1 21 22

TOTAL

2,036

721

2,757

CREDIT HOURS TAUGHT 1 - FALL 2004

Teaching School

Undergrad.

Grad.

Prof.

Total

Architecture

4,209

720

0

4,929

Arts and Sciences

76,904

3,971

0

80,875

Business

28,079

7,070

0

35,149

Communication

8,908

1,055

0

9,963

Education

4,882

2,851

0

7,733

Engineering

6,547

1,414

0

7,961

Frost Music School

8,706

1,662

0

10,368

Law

60

0

18,695

18,755

Medicine

1,041

2,774

10,904

14,719

Nursing

4,401

313

0

4,714

Rosenstiel School

1,878

797

0

2,675

Cont. Stud., Spec. & Joint

64

0

0

64

TOTAL

145,679

22,627

29,599

197,905

1 Special 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

2004-05

Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

      Full-Time (12-20 credit hours)1

$27,384

      Required Fees1

456

      1-11 Hours (per credit hour)

1,140

      Over 20 Hours (per credit hour)

1,140

Graduate Tuition (per credit hour)

1,140

Law Tuition (day program)

29,016

Medical Tuition (M.D. program - FL residents)

28,670

Medical Tuition (M.D. program - non-residents)

37,600

Room (residential college, double occupancy)

5,028

Board (20-meal plan)

3,574

Travel, Books, and Personal Expenses

3,258

FINANCIAL AID AWARDED

Source

2003-042

Federal Grants, College Work Study, and Perkins

$18.9

Federal Loans Certified by the University

91.7

State Grants, Loans, and Work

21.2

University Scholarships and Grants

74.1

Tuition Remission and Athletic Scholarships

28.5

Department/Endowment/Donor Grants, Loans & Work

32.6

Outside and Other Programs

48.5

TOTAL

$315.5

UNIVERSITY-OWNED FACILITIES

Campus

Buildings

Sq. Footage3

Coral Gables

111

3,686,500

Medical School

28

1,818,100

Rosenstiel School

15

247,000

South

6

63,800

Richmond

6

6,400

Other Facilities

6

39,700

TOTAL

172

5,861,500

1 Total for both semesters.

2 In millions; revised awards may change some amounts slightly; includes summer awards; total may differ due to rounding.

3 Net usable square footage of owned buildings is reported as of May 31, 2004; leased space contributes an additional 43buildings and 566,600 square feet.


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - 2003- 041

What We Own

Cash and Investments

$1,092.8

Receivables

160.2

Contributions (Pledges) and Trusts Receivable

114.5

Land, Buildings, and Equipment2

679.2

Other Assets

116.7

TOTAL ASSETS

$2,163.4

What We Owe

For Services and Other Operating Expenses

$318.5

Bonds and Notes Payable

526.1

Other Commitments

31.7

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$876.3

Balances - (What We Own Less What We Owe)

Operations

$(20.1)

Funding for Plant Expansion and Student Loans

238.2

Invested in Plant Facilities

471.4

Contributions (Pledges) and Trusts

114.5

Endowment, Life Income, Annuity, and Other Funds

483.1

TOTAL NET ASSETS

$1,287.1

Sources of Funds for Operations

Tuition and Fees, Net

$282.4

Grants and Contracts

358.9

Patient Care

402.8

State Appropriation - School of Medicine

17.6

Gifts, Investment Return, Auxiliaries, and Other Sources3

182.4

TOTAL SOURCES OF FUNDS

$1,244.1

Gifts and Trusts

Unrestricted4

$47.0

Temporarily Restricted

40.5

Permanently Restricted

12.5

TOTAL GIFTS AND TRUSTS

$ 100.0

1 For the fiscal year ending May 31, 2004, in millions.

2 Includes the effect of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $587.8 million.

3 Net assets released from restrictions of $12.5 million included in Sources of Funds.

4 Unrestricted gifts & trusts of $44.4 million included in Sources of Funds above.

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