University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University Facts at a Glance

Fact Areas	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11
Student Headcount:1
Undergraduate	2468	2488	2599	2634	2620	2526
Graduate	340	369	370	366	364	342
Total	2808	2857	2969	3000	2984	2868
Student FTEs:2
Undergraduate	2438	2450	2570	2591	2589	2493
Graduate	193	222	228	237	246	227
Total	2631	2672	2798	2828	2836	2720
Degrees Conferred 4
Number of Degrees	499	489	497	653	610	N/A
First Year Student Data: (See Entering Class Characteristics for more specific details.)
Class Size	536	521	574	553	530	477
University Average SAT Scores	1168	1171	1174	1168	1163	1192
National Average SAT Scores	1028	1021	1017	1017	1016	1017
Faculty/Student Data:
Full-Time Teaching Faculty 5	163	161	166	161	172	169
Faculty FTE 6	195.6	191.0	199.6	195.6	210.3	214.0
Student/Faculty Ratio 7	13:1	13:1	13:1	13:1	12:1	12:1
Faculty Tenure Status:
Tenured	32%	32%	34%	32%	34%	34%
Tenure Track	17%	19%	18%	20%	19%	18%
Non-Tenure Track	51%	48%	48%	48%	47%	48%
Tuition and Charges:
Tuition	$22,798	$24,144	$25,618	$27,130	$28,190	$29,290
Required Fees	$1,184	$1,248	$1,312	$1,376	$1,440	$1,504
Typical Room and Board - Double Occup, 19 Meals/wk.	$9,380	$9,936	$10,524	$11,146	$11,582	$12,034

Additional Facts

• In 2010/2011, 135 or 80% of all full time faculty members had a terminal degree.

National Ranking of Number of Doctoral Recipients by Baccalaureate Institution for 1999-2008⁷

• University of the Sciences ranks in the top 15% of 1150 comparable institutions whose undergraduates have gone on to complete a Doctoral degree in the sciences

Notes

1. Most recent headcount includes students enrolled in the Fall Semester as of 10/15/10
2. Definition for undergraduate student FTE is: (Sum of part-time students/12) + (Sum of full time students)
   Definition for graduate student FTE is: (Sum of part-time students/9) + (Sum of full time students)
3. Includes more than one degree for some students.
4. Definition for Faculty FTE is: (Sum of clock hours of part-time faculty/12) + (sum of full time faculty)
   
5. Student/Faculty ratio = number of undergraduate students/faculty FTE. Off-campus faculty is excluded from this count.
6. Double occupancy, 19 meals per week.
7. Source: NSF CASPAR Data base - number of doctoral recipients over ten years. All of the institutions included in the study are in one of the following Carnegie Classifications:
   • Master's (Comprehensive) Universities and Colleges I and II
   • Doctoral Universities I and II
   • Schools of Engineering and Technology
   • Other Separate Health Profession Schools
   • Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I and II
   • The NSF CASPAR data base includes institutions where at least one graduate has subsequently completed a doctoral degree in Medical, Chemistry, and/or Biological Sciences. Institutions where there were no recipients in any of the above categories were excluded from this study