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
Source: US Department of Education, IPEDS Finance Survey, various years
Analysis by AAUP Research Office, Washington, DC

 

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