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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 public, 4-year, degree-granting institutions, Fall 2001 to 2009.| State | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 |
| Alabama | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Alaska | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Arizona | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Arkansas | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| California | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Colorado | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Connecticut | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Delaware | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| District of Columbia | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| Florida | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.7 |
| Georgia | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Hawaii | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Idaho | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Illinois | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Indiana | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Iowa | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Kansas | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Kentucky | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Louisiana | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Maine | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Maryland | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Massachusetts | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Michigan | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Minnesota | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Mississippi | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Missouri | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Montana | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Nebraska | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Nevada | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 7.0 |
| New Hampshire | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| New Jersey | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| New Mexico | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| New York | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| North Carolina | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| North Dakota | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Ohio | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Oklahoma | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Oregon | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Rhode Island | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| South Carolina | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| South Dakota | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| Tennessee | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Texas | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| United States of America | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Utah | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| Vermont | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Virginia | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Washington | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| West Virginia | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Wisconsin | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| Wyoming | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
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