With the College's current financial situation and the ongoing effort to reduce institutional expenditures, it is worth noting the percentage of our budget that goes to instruction and to compare how we stack up against comparable institutions:
Instruction as a proportion
of total expenditures, selected institutions,
FY 1997-2001
| Institution |
Instruction
% FY 1997
|
Instruction
% FY 1998
|
Instruction
% FY 1999
|
Instruction
% FY 2000
|
Instruction
% FY 2001
|
| Barnard College, NY |
34.7
|
33.9
|
33.9
|
33.9
|
33.6
|
| Bryn Mawr, PA |
38.5
|
38.1
|
36.1
|
33.8
|
35.5
|
| Mills College, CA |
32.2
|
33.1
|
33.9
|
36.4
|
35.4
|
| Occidental College, CA |
35.8
|
35.9
|
34.5
|
34.5
|
33.9
|
| Pepperdine University, CA |
37.8
|
37.3
|
37.7
|
37.8
|
37.0
|
| Pomona College, CA |
41.1
|
41.3
|
41.0
|
40.0
|
39.6
|
| Santa Clara University, CA |
41.0
|
40.9
|
42.9
|
42.1
|
41.2
|
| Scripps College, CA |
50.1
|
50.2
|
51.7
|
49.3
|
47.1
|
| Wellesley College, MA |
36.8
|
33.1
|
33.4
|
33.2
|
33.0
|
Analysis by AAUP Research Office, Washington, DC
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