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Fact Finder 2006 - 2007

H I G H L I G H T S

2006-07

HISTORY:  Founded 1925; classes began October 1926.

OFFICERS:  Donna E. Shalala, President; Thomas J. LeBlanc, Executive VP and Provost; Joseph Natoli, Sr. VP for Business and Finance; Pascal J. Goldschmidt, Sr. VP Medical Affairs.

CAMPUSES: 

Coral GablesCampus:  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 Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine campus consists of 45 acres within the 100-acre UM/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 Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, home to the top-ranked Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Bascom Palmer was ranked the number one eye hospital in the country for the third time in a row in the 2006 annual survey of “America’s Best Hospitals” published in U.S. News & World Report; five other programs at UM/Jackson also ranked among the best. Miller School of Medicine faculty conduct more than 1,300 research projects in basic science and clinical care in facilities totaling more than two million square feet of space, including the newly-opened Clinical Research Building. 

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.

RichmondCampus:  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; 24 professional accrediting agencies.

PROGRAMS:  Including specializations, approximately 120 bachelors, 108 masters, 49 doctoral, and 2 professional.

DEGREES AWARDED:  2,452 bachelors, 1,081 masters, 330 J.D.'s, 148 M.D.'s, 138 Ph.D.'s, and 57 other doctorates (2005-06).

BUDGET:  The budget for 2006-07 is $1.6 billion, with $953 million projected for the medical campus.  At the end of the FY 06 the endowment for the University was $620 million.

RESEARCH:  Research and sponsored program expenditures totaled $267 million (FY 06).  According to the National Science Foundation, UM ranked 62nd of all universities in expenditures of federal funds for research and development (FY 04).

CLASS SIZE:  Over 50 percent of classes for undergraduates have 16 or fewer students; over 75 percent have 26 or fewer students.

HONORS PROGRAM/HONOR SOCIETIES:   Approximately 898 students participate in the Honors Program.  UM has 49 academic honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa.

FRESHMAN DUAL HONORS PROGRAMS:  UM offers dual degree honors programs, combining undergraduate and graduate study in engineering, exercise physiology, Latin American studies, law, marine geology, medicine, and physical therapy.

NEWFRESHMAN STANDINGS:  Over 40% of new freshmen graduated in the top 5% of their high school class. Two-thirds graduated in the top 10% of their high school class.  Mean SAT was 1269.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS:  77 programs are offered in 33 countries on a full academic year, semester, or summer basis as well as UM faculty-led programs during intersession, spring break, and summer.

GRADUATESCHOOLPLANS:  37% of the May 2004 graduating seniors reported plans to attend graduate/professional school this fall.

ALUMNI:  UM alumni live in all 50 states and in 148 countries; over 70,000 reside in Florida, including over 39,500 in Miami-Dade County.  There are just over 155,000 alumni in UM's history.

RESIDENT STUDENTS:  Approximately 4,940 enrolled students live on campus, including 84% of new freshmen and 47% of all degree undergraduates.  UM has five residential colleges as well as on-campus apartments.  In 2006 the University Village apartments were opened and house almost 800 students.

SPORTS:  In 2004, UM joined the Atlantic Coast 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, 2nd at 2006 NCAA Tournament), indoor track and field (3rd at 2005 NCAA Championship), outdoor track and field (top 10 finishes at NCAA Championship 2004, 2005, and 2006), and volleyball (2003 Sweet 16).

COMPUTING FACILITIES:  The Ungar Computing Center is equipped with an Enterprise Server and a number of smaller machines.  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. myUM is UM’s interactive online source for personalized University-related information.

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 2.6 million volumes, 15,110 print serial subscriptions, 4 million microforms, and access to more than 33,500 e-journals and 325,600 e-books and databases.

DEVELOPMENT:     In FY 06, contributions reached $161.6 million in total private cash, gifts and grants; and in FY 05, UM ranked 32nd among all U.S. institutions in this category.  In January 2006, UM increased the goal of its Momentum Campaign to $1.25 billion; as of August 2006, $1.182 billion was raised to support scholarships, chairs, interdisciplinary centers, and research initiatives. 

 

FACULTY & EMPLOYEES — FALL 2006

Classification

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Faculty

 

 

 

       Architecture

30

33

63

       Arts and Sciences

403

67

470

       Business

145

33

178

       Communication

52

15

67

       Education

50

53

103

       Engineering

66

17

83

       Frost Music School

74

51

125

       Law

69

104

173

       Miller School of Medicine

1,170

23

1,193

        Nursing & Health Studies

25

25

50

       Rosenstiel School

105

7

112

       Richter Library & Other

37

50

87

       TOTAL FACULTY

2,226

478

2,704

 

Faculty

2,226

478

2,704

Administrative/Professional

2,762

53

2,815

Research/Training

777

29

806

Staff (hourly non-exempt)

3,636

90

3,726

Physical Plant

119

0

119

TOT FACULTY & EMPLOYEES

9,520

650

10,170

(excluding students)

 

 

 

 

Faculty Characteristics

 

Full-time faculty with doctorate or terminal degree

   90%

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, 2006

 

STUDENT ENROLLMENT — FALL 2006

 

  Undergraduate

 

 

 

School (Year Founded)

Degree

N-Deg

Grad

  Prof

  Total

Architecture ('83)

331

0

68

0

399

Arts and Sciences ('26)

4,219

10

592

0

4,821

Business ('29)

2,063

0

848

0

2,911

Communication ('85)

1,251

0

132

0

1,383

Education ('29)

385

0

413

0

798

Engineering ('47)

741

0

244

0

985

Frost Music School ('26)

543

14

212

0

769

Law ('28)

0

0

0

1,333

1,333

Miller School of Medicine ('52)

0

0

365

653

1,018

Nursing & Health Studies ('68)

470

0

60

0

530

Rosenstiel School ('69)

0

0

222

0

222

Cont. Studies, Special & Joint

187

295

19

0

501

TOTAL

10,190

319

3,175

1,986

15,670

 

Full-Time

9,674

144

2,586

1,920

14,324

Part-Time

516

175

589

66

1,346

 

Full-Time Equivalent

9935.9

208.4

2908.1

1958.7

15011.1

 

ENROLLMENT BY GENDER — FALL 2006

 

New

Freshmen

Undergrad.

  Students

Graduate &

Professional

Gender

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

 

Male

1,000

49

4,689

45

2,634

51

 

Female

1,061

51

5,820

55

2,527

49

 

 

RACIAL/ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION — FALL 2006

 

New

Freshmen

Undergrad.

  Students

Graduate &

Professional

 

Ethnicity
Count

%1

Count

%1

Count

%1

 

White, non-Hispanic 

1,112

62

5,324

56

2,476

58

Hispanic

377

21

2,565

27

951

22

Asian/Pacific Islander

125

7

602

6

539

13

Black, non-Hispanic

170

10

968

10

316

7

American Indian

4

0

24

0

7

0

Unknown

273

—

1,026

—

872

—

TOTAL

2,061

 

10,509

 

5,161

 

 

GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS — FALL 2006

New

Freshmen

Undergrad.

  Students

Graduate &

Professional

 

Origin               
Count

%2
Count

%2
Count

%2

 

Miami-Dade

348

17

2,796

27

1,495

29

Broward

166

8

801

8

381

7

Other Florida

361

18

1,623

15

767

15

Other U.S. & Terr.

1,082

52

4,617

44

1,823

35

International

104

5

672

6

649

13

Non-U.S. Campus

0

0

0

0

46

1

TOTAL3

2,061

 

10,509

 

5,161

 

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

2Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

3UM students come from 50 states, 3 territories, and 114 other countries.

 

NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT — FALL 2006

Undergraduate

Total Applied

Accepted

Enrolled

New Freshmen

19,031

7,704

2,061

New Transfers

3,487

1,355

656

 

Enrollment School

Freshmen

Transfers

Total

Architecture

61

18

79

Arts and Sciences

968

279

1,247

Business

381

106

487

Communication

234

101

335

Education

67

29

96

Engineering

165

29

194

Frost Music School

141

20

161

Nursing & Health Studies

43

64

107

Cont. Stud., Spec. & Joint

1

10

11

TOTAL

2,061

656

2,717

 

CREDIT HOURS TAUGHT1 — FALL 2006

Teaching School

Undergrad.

Grad.

Prof.

Total

Architecture

5,424

870

0

6,294

Arts and Sciences

62,563

3,729

0

66,292

Business

31,096

6,545

0

37,641

Communication

18,520

1,048

0

19,568

Education

5,662

2,666

0

8,328

Engineering

11,346

1,500

0

12,846

Frost Music School

9,092

1,659

0

10,751

Law

6

306

18,992

19,304

Miller School of Medicine

3

3,017

12,363

15,383

Nursing & Health Studies

7,172

515

0

7,687

Rosenstiel School

47

835

0

882

Cont. Stud., Spec.& Joint

1,944

49

0

1,993

TOTAL

152,875

22,739

31,355

206,969

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

2006-07

Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

 

  Full-Time (12-20 credit hours)1

$30,732

  Required Fees1

  $556

  1-11 Hours (per credit hour)

$1,280

  Over 20 Hours (per credit hour)

$1,280

Graduate Tuition (per credit hour)

$1,280

Law Tuition (day program)

$32,356

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

$29,298

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

$38,504

Room (residential college, double occupancy)

$5,486

Board (20-meal plan)

$3,848

Travel, Books, and Personal Expenses

$3,500

 

FINANCIAL AID AWARDED

Source

2005-062

Federal Grants, College Work Study, and Perkins

$20.7

Federal Loans Certified by the University

$96.8

State Grants, Loans, and Work

$25.5

University Scholarships and Grants

$83.9

Tuition Remission and Athletic Scholarships

$31.5

Department/Endowment/Donor Grants, Loans & Work

$40.1

Outside and Other Programs

$65.6

TOTAL

$364.1

 

UNIVERSITY-OWNED FACILITIES

Campus

Buildings

Sq. Footage3

Coral Gables

113

4,134,200

Medical School

27

1,839,500

Rosenstiel School

15

247,000

South

6

63,800

Richmond

6

6,400

Other Facilities

  6

39,700

TOTAL

173

6,330,600

1Total for both semesters.

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

3Net usable square footage of owned buildings is reported as of May 31, 2006; leased space contributes an additional 45 buildings and 581,500 square feet.

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — 2005-061

What We Own

 

Cash and Investments

$1,220.1

Receivables

$175.6

Contributions (Pledges) and Trusts Receivable

$164.2

Land, Buildings, and Equipment2

$904.5

Other Assets

$38.5

TOTAL ASSETS

$2,502.9

 

 

What We Owe

 

For Services and Other Operating Expenses

$407.8

Bonds and Notes Payable

$457.8

Other Commitments

$34.4

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$900.0

 

 

Balances  (What We Own Less What We Owe)

 

Operations

($139.6)

Funding for Plant Expansion and Student Loans

$445.9

Invested in Plant Facilities

$500.5

Contributions (Pledges) and Trusts

$164.2

Endowment, Life Income, Annuity, and Other Funds

$631.9

TOTAL NET ASSETS

$1,602.9

 

 

 

Sources of Funds for Operations

 

Tuition and Fees, Net

$329.0

Grants and Contracts

$386.6

Patient Care

$507.5

State Appropriation—School of Medicine

$10.4

Gifts, Investment Return, Auxiliaries, and Other Sources3

$220.1

TOTAL SOURCES OF FUNDS

$1,453.6

 

 

 

Gifts and Trusts

 

Unrestricted4

$56.7

Temporarily Restricted

$48.9

Permanently Restricted

$27.0

TOTAL GIFTS AND TRUSTS

$132.6

1For the fiscal year ending May 31, 2006, in millions.

2Includes the effect of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $682.1 million.

3Net assets released from restrictions of $19.4 million included in Sources of Funds.

4Unrestricted gifts & trusts of $55.9 million included in Sources of Funds above.

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