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50 State Comparison - Postsecondary Education Data Table
Student to Staff Ratio
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Full-time-equivalent students per full-time-equivalent staff at private, 4-year, degree-granting institutions, Fall 2001 to 2005.| State | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 |
| Alabama | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Alaska | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| Arizona | 11.4 | 10.8 | 13.9 |
| Arkansas | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| California | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Colorado | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| Connecticut | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| Delaware | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
| District of Columbia | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Florida | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Georgia | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Hawaii | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.5 |
| Idaho | 8.2 | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| Illinois | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| Indiana | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Iowa | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Kansas | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Kentucky | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| Louisiana | 3.8 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| Maine | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Maryland | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Massachusetts | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Michigan | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Minnesota | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| Mississippi | 8.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Missouri | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Montana | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Nebraska | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Nevada | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| New Hampshire | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| New Jersey | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| New Mexico | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.8 |
| New York | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| North Carolina | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| North Dakota | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
| Ohio | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Oklahoma | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| Oregon | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Rhode Island | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| South Carolina | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| South Dakota | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| Tennessee | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Texas | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| United States of America | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Utah | 7.3 | 6.6 | 7.0 |
| Vermont | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Virginia | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| Washington | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| West Virginia | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Wisconsin | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
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