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This page contains archived information on Arizona's higher education system for years prior to the 2013-2014 school year. For more recent information, click here.

Admissions

Enrollment

See also: Higher education enrollment statistics

Between fiscal years 2012 and 2013, full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment in Arizona's public postsecondary institutions declined by 4,594, or 1.7 percent. Between fiscal years 2008 and 2013—expanding the timeline a bit—full-time enrollment in these schools increased by 37,389, or 16 percent. The table below lists full-time enrollment figures for public postsecondary schools in Arizona and surrounding states.

Full-time equivalent enrollment in public postsecondary institutions, FY 2008 to FY 2013
State	FY 2008	FY 2012	FY 2013	Change from FY 2012 to FY 2013	Percent difference from FY 2012 to FY 2013	Change from FY 2008 to FY 2013	Percent difference from FY 2008 to FY 2013
Arizona	233,255	275,238	270,644	-4,594	-1.70%	37,389	16.00%
Nevada	63,324	65,238	65,917	679	1.00%	2,593	4.10%
New Mexico	85,203	97,742	101,239	3,497	3.60%	16,036	18.80%
Utah	103,320	126,594	123,851	-2,743	-2.20%	20,531	19.90%
U.S. total	10,254,148	11,563,321	11,281,810	-281,511	-2.40%	1,027,662	10.00%
Note: The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association writes that full-time equivalent enrollment "equates student credit hours to full-time, academic year students, but excludes medical students." Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, "State Higher Education Finance: FY 2013"

Demographics

In Arizona, enrollment in all higher education institutions (public and private) totaled 736,379 in fall 2012. Approximately 54.8 percent of these students were white. Hispanic students comprised approximately 18.4 percent of the total postsecondary student population in Arizona. During that time, 56.2 percent of the state's general population was white and 18.9 percent was Hispanic, with other ethnic groups making up the remainder. The table below lists demographic information for both postsecondary students and the general population in Arizona and surrounding states.

Higher education enrollment by race/ethnicity, 2012
State	Population category	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races	Non-resident alien
Arizona	Postsecondary students	54.81%	15.66%	18.41%	3.07%	0.54%	2.61%	2.48%	2.41%
	General population	56.2%	16%	18.9%	3.1%	0.6%	2.7%	2.5%	N/A
Nevada	Postsecondary students	51.68%	8.50%	20.83%	9.87%	1.53%	1.01%	4.63%	1.97%
	General population	52.7%	8.7%	21.2%	10.1%	1.6%	1%	4.7%	N/A
New Mexico	Postsecondary students	36.53%	3.07%	44.66%	1.64%	0.26%	9.25%	1.77%	2.81%
	General population	37.6%	3.2%	46%	1.7%	0.3%	9.5%	1.8%	N/A
Utah	Postsecondary students	78.92%	3.42%	8.07%	2.56%	0.75%	0.90%	2.34%	3.04%
	General population	81.4%	3.5%	8.3%	2.6%	0.8%	0.9%	2.4%	N/A
U.S. total	Postsecondary students	58.04%	14.35%	14.43%	5.79%	0.31%	0.84%	2.45%	3.79%
	General population	60.3%	14.9%	15%	6%	0.3%	0.9%	2.5%	N/A
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, "Table 306.60. Fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity of student and state or jurisdiction: 2012"

In 2012, 61.9 percent of all postsecondary students in Arizona were female, which was higher than the national rate of 56.8 percent. The table below lists postsecondary student enrollment by sex in Arizona and surrounding states.

Higher education enrollment by sex, 2012
State	Total students	Male students	Percentage	Female students	Percentage
Arizona	736,379	280,280	38.06%	456,099	61.94%
Nevada	118,300	52,067	44.01%	66,233	55.99%
New Mexico	156,424	66,990	42.83%	89,434	57.17%
Utah	267,309	129,405	48.41%	137,904	51.59%
U.S. total	20,642,819	8,919,087	43.21%	11,723,732	56.79%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, "Table 304.30. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2011 and 2012"

Tuition

See also: Higher education tuition statistics

In the 2012-2013 academic year, the national average in-state cost for tuition and required fees at a public four-year school totaled $8,070. For a private four-year school, the average was $24,525. In Arizona, these figures were higher for public institutions and lower for private schools: $9,694 and $11,650, respectively. The table below compares average annual tuition costs for Arizona and surrounding states.

Average annual undergraduate costs for tuition and required fees, 2012-2013
State	Public in-state institution			Private institution
	2011-2012	2012-2013	Percent difference	2011-2012	2012-2013	Percent difference
Arizona	$9,030	$9,694	7.35%	$11,865	$11,650	-1.81%
Nevada	$4,624	$4,953	7.12%	$15,797	$16,108	1.97%
New Mexico	$5,275	$5,483	3.94%	$15,417	$16,256	5.44%
Utah	$5,166	$5,375	4.05%	$7,677	$7,758	1.06%
U.S. average	$7,703	$8,070	4.76%	$23,460	$24,525	4.54%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, "Table 330.20. Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2011-12 and 2012-13"

Out-of-state tuition

See also: Higher education tuition statistics

Public postsecondary schools receive some of their funding from their state's government. This money in turn comes from taxation of the state's residents. Since neither out-of-state students nor their parents paid that state's taxes, the schools charge these students additional tuition to account for the difference. This additional charge is a significant increase over in-state tuition in all 50 states. In the 2012-2013 school year, out-of-state students paid a nationwide average of $21,847 in tuition and required fees annually—a 270 percent increase over the in-state average of $8,070.

Students attending public postsecondary institutions in Arizona from outside of the state were required to pay an average of $21,201, a 219 percent increase over the average in-state tuition of $9,694. The average out-of-state tuition cost for Arizona was slightly lower than the national average of $21,847.

Average annual in-state and out-of-state tuition and required fees, 2012-2013
State	In-state tuition averages	Out-of-state tuition averages	Percent increase
Arizona	$9,694	$21,201	219%
Nevada	$4,953	$19,156	387%
New Mexico	$5,483	$14,327	261%
Utah	$5,375	$16,631	310%
United States	$8,070	$21,847	270%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, "Table 330.20. Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2011-12 and 2012-13"

Financial aid

See also: Higher education financial aid statistics

The federal government provides financial aid to undergraduate students in the form of grants and loans. Notable grants administered by the United States government include Pell Grants and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG). Loan programs administered by the federal government include the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program and Federal Perkins Loan Program. Individual states may also administer student financial aid programs. In addition, postsecondary institutions often offer institution-specific financial aid to their students.

According to the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, the states disbursed approximately $11.3 billion in state-based financial aid to postsecondary students in the 2012-2013 academic year. Arizona awarded about $21.7 million in state-based financial aid during that time. The table below provides state-based aid figures for Arizona and surrounding states in 2012-2013.

Total state-based financial aid, 2012-2013 (dollars in millions)
State	Need-based grant aid	Non-need-based grant aid	Non-grant aid	Total
Arizona	$21.436	-	$0.277	$21.713
Nevada	$36.269	$23.053	$18.887	$78.210
New Mexico	$25.433	$81.125	$9.895	$116.453
Utah	$3.484	$6.240	$80.539	$90.262
U.S. totals	$7,200.770	$2,390.600	$1,693.530	$11,284.910
Source: National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, "44th Annual Survey Report on State-Sponsored Student Financial Aid, 2012-2013 Academic Year"

Student debt

See also: Student debt in higher education in the United States

Student debt is a major concern for both parents and students. According to the Project on Student Debt by the Institute for College Access and Success, in school year 2012-2013, an average of 61 percent of all students nationwide graduated with debt, which averaged about $26,421 per borrower. The lowest debt owed by students could be found in New Mexico, where average student debt was about $18,656. Conversely, students who graduated in New Hampshire with debt owed an average of about $32,795, the highest in the country.

During the 2012-2013 school year, about 55 percent of postsecondary students at both public and private schools in Arizona graduated with debt. This debt averaged to about $22,253, ranking 45th highest in the country.

Average student debt in Arizona and surrounding states, 2012-2013
State	Average debt	Rank	Percentage with debt	Rank
Arizona	$22,253	45	55%	36
Nevada	$21,666	48	43%	50
New Mexico	$18,656	50	54%	40
Utah	$22,418	44	52%	44
United States	$26,421	N/A	61%	N/A
Source: Project on Student Debt, "State by State Data"

While tuition for private schools is almost always higher than that of public schools, debt does not always follow this same pattern. College InSight, another project of the Institute for College Access and Success, analyzed data on student debt held by graduates of public and private schools. They found that nationwide, about 60 percent of students who graduated from a public institution had debt, which averaged about $25,665 per borrower. For private schools, they found that approximately 65 percent of students graduated with an average of $28,498 in debt. However, in some states, such as Maine, students on average graduated from private schools with less debt than those who graduated from public schools.

During the 2012-2013 school year, about 54 percent of graduates from Arizona's public schools graduated with debt. This debt averaged to about $22,165 across the state. This was lower than the national average. No data for Arizona's private schools was available for this year. The chart below compares these statistics for Arizona and its surrounding states.

Student debt from public and private institutions, 2012-2013
State	Public in-state institution		Private institution
	Average debt of graduates	Percent of graduates with debt	Average debt of graduates	Percent of graduates with debt
Arizona	$22,165	54%	N/A	N/A
Nevada	$21,577	43%	$26,368	50%
New Mexico	$18,473	54%	$25,256	77%
Utah	$18,065	51%	$27,588	54%
United States	$25,665	60%	$28,498	65%
Source: The Institute for College Access & Success - College InSight, "Student debt and undergraduate financial aid data"

Academic performance and outcomes

Retention rates

See also: Higher education retention rates

Retention rates indicate the percentage of freshman postsecondary students who enroll the following academic year as sophomores. According to the NCHEMS Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis:

“	Students are more likely to drop out of postsecondary education during the first year than any other time. If a state can implement policies that help to increase retention rates either within institutions or through transfer, the likelihood of students persisting to graduation is far greater.	”
—NCHEMS Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis

Compared to neighboring states, Arizona had the lowest total retention rate in 2010 at 70 percent. The table below compares retention rates in Arizona and surrounding states. These figures date to 2010.

Retention rates by state, 2010
State	Total retention rate	Total full-time retention rate	Total part-time retention rate
Arizona	70%	73.1%	45.6%
Nevada	73.8%	76.3%	41.1%
New Mexico	70.5%	72%	38.4%
Utah	73.3%	76.2%	48.8%
U.S. average	77.1%	78.7%	44.6%
Source: NCHEMS Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis, "Retention Rates - First-Time College Freshmen Returning Their Second Year"

Graduation rates

See also: Higher education graduation rates

The table below, built from data compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education, details graduation rates for Arizona and surrounding states. Although postsecondary schools are classified as four-year and two-year institutions, relatively few students actually complete degrees within these time frames. At four-year schools, students commonly take between four and six years to complete their degrees. Likewise, students at two-year institutions commonly take three years to complete their degrees. To illustrate this point, both four-year and six-year completion rates are provided in the table below (only three-year rates are provided for two-year institutions, owing to a lack of information regarding two-year completion rates).

Compared to neighboring states, Arizona in 2010 had the highest four-year and six-year graduation rates for public four-year institutions at 31.9 percent and 57.1 percent, respectively.

Graduation rates by state, 2010
State	Four-year institutions						Two-year institutions
	Completion within four years			Completion within six years			Completion within three years
	Public four-year colleges	Private nonprofit four-year colleges	Private for-profit four-year colleges	Public four-year colleges	Private nonprofit four-year colleges	Private for-profit four-year colleges	Public two-year colleges	Private for-profit two-year colleges
Arizona	31.9%	31.7%	9.6%	57.1%	56.9%	15.1%	16.3%	63%
Nevada	13.5%	29.2%	9.1%	43.6%	33.8%	20%	16.7%	52.4%
New Mexico	11.9%	42.6%	21.1%	40.6%	59.9%	38.9%	14.8%	62.8%
Utah	20%	27.2%	31.9%	46.9%	65.2%	40.6%	35.6%	72%
U.S. average	31.30%	52.50%	20.30%	56%	65.5%	28.2%	20.4%	60.1%
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, "College Completion: Who graduates from college, who doesn't, and why it matters"

Funding

See also: Higher education funding and Arizona state budget and finances

Higher education funding mechanisms differ depending on the type of institution. Public colleges receive the lion's share of their funding from state and local governments. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, state and local appropriations accounted for 53 percent of higher education revenues nationwide in 2013. By contrast, private institutions do not receive direct government funding. Instead, these institutions rely primarily on tuition, gifts and endowments.

According to Grapevine, which is published by Illinois State University’s Center for the Study of Education Policy and the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), financial support for public higher education in Arizona totaled an estimated $873 million in fiscal year 2014, a 3.5 percent increase over fiscal year 2013. The table below lists higher education fiscal support figures for Arizona and surrounding states.

Financial support for higher education by state, 2013 and 2014
State	Fiscal year 2013	Fiscal year 2014	Percent change
Arizona	$843,251,300	$873,005,600	3.53%
Nevada	$472,368,017	$487,184,042	3.14%
New Mexico	$831,998,223	$871,115,913	4.70%
Utah	$748,759,000	$798,346,200	6.62%
U.S. totals	$72,156,979,373	$76,238,167,052	5.66%
Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, "State Higher Education Finance: FY 2013"

According to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, average adjusted public postsecondary appropriations per full-time student (FTE) declined 23 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2013 on average in the United States. In Arizona, appropriations per full-time student declined 37.1 percent during that same period. The table below lists adjusted public higher education appropriations per full-time student for Arizona and surrounding states in fiscal years 2008, 2012, and 2013.

Public higher education appropriations per FTE (in constant 2013 dollars)
State	Fiscal year 2008	Fiscal year 2012	Fiscal year 2013	FY12 to FY13 change	Percent change	FY08 to FY13 change	Percent change
Arizona	$7,886	$4,869	$4,958	$89.00	1.80%	-$2,928.00	-37.10%
Nevada	$9,938	$6,798	$6,693	-$105.00	-1.50%	-$3,245.00	-32.60%
New Mexico	$10,320	$7,751	$8,580	$829.00	10.70%	-$1,740.00	-16.90%
Utah	$7,259	$4,865	$5,007	$142.00	2.90%	-$2,252.00	-31.00%
U.S. average	$7,924	$6,020	$6,105	$85.00	1.40%	-$1,819.00	-23.00%
Notes: "Educational appropriations are a measure of state and local support available for public higher education operating expenses including ARRA funds, and exclude appropriations for independent institutions, financial aid for students attending independent institutions, research, hospitals, and medical education." "Adjustment factors, to arrive at constant dollar figures, include Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), Enrollment Mix Index (EMI), and Higher Education Cost Adjustment (HECA).The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is not a measure of inflation over time." Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, "State Higher Education Finance: FY 2013"

Faculty

See also: Higher education faculty statistics

Across the country, as student enrollment at postsecondary institutions has changed, so has the faculty. The number of faculty increased nationwide by nearly 73 percent from 450,368 to 780,127 between the 1991-1992 and 2011-2012 school years in order to keep up with rising student enrollment. In Arizona, the total number of faculty rose from 6,392 to 14,437. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the college faculty profession has one of the fastest growth rates in the nation and will see a 19 percent increase in jobs between 2012 and 2022.

Employment status

Employment of faculty at four-year public institutions in Arizona

Although the total number of faculty at public colleges and universities continued to rise over the previous two decades, the portion of faculty who work part-time rose more quickly. By the end of 2012, the percentage of part-time faculty, including teaching and research assistants, had reached 55.8 percent at four-year institutions nationwide. The number of part-time faculty plus teaching and research assistants outnumbered full-time faculty in all but six states. The number of teaching and research assistants alone outnumbered full-time faculty in eight states. Arizona was one of these states. According to the Southern Regional Education Board,

“	The fact that part-time faculty and teaching/research assistants are a majority of the instructional staff does not mean they do a majority of the instruction, because part-time faculty members and teaching/research assistants typically do not teach as many classes as full-time faculty members. Part-time faculty members generally do not have campus committee assignments or participate in student activities.	”
—Southern Regional Education Board, "Fact Book on Higher Education"

In Arizona, the percentage of all part-time faculty, including teaching and research assistants, increased from 56.4 percent to 58 percent between the 1991-1992 and 2011-2012 school years. Below is a table that provides figures on full-time and part-time faculty employment in Arizona as compared to surrounding states.

Employment status of instructional faculty at public four-year institutions
State	1991-92				2011-12
	Full-time faculty	Part-time faculty	Teaching and research assistants	Part-time total as a percent of all faculty*	Full-time faculty	Part-time faculty	Teaching and research assistants	Part-time total as a percent of all faculty*
Arizona	2,786	330	3,276	56.4%	6,067	1,625	6,745	58.0%
Nevada	1,317	143	760	40.7%	1,631	1,641	1,869	68.3%
New Mexico	2,413	96	1,121	33.5%	3,114	1,912	2,942	60.9%
Utah	2,906	241	520	20.8%	5,362	2,507	2,184	46.7%
U.S. total	254,363	63,866	132,139	43.5%	344,940	157,123	278,064	55.8%
*"Part-time total" includes teaching and research assistants, who also work part-time. Source: Southern Regional Education Board, "Higher Education Faculty & Administrators

Salaries

According to the Southern Regional Education Board, although the salaries of faculty at public institutions were higher than those of the average American worker in the 2012-2013 school year, public higher education salary growth did not keep pace with the average rate of salary increases across all professions. However, salary growth at private institutions outpaced the national average rate. From the 1999-2000 to the 2012-2013 school years, the average salary for professors across all higher education institutions nationwide rose from $74,410 to $108,310. Click on the table below to view salary information for the school years 1999-2000 and 2012-2013 according to institution type and academic rank. Individual state information was not available. Dollar amounts have not been adjusted for inflation.

Average salary of full-time instructional faculty
Institution type	Academic rank
	Professor			Associate professor			Assistant professor	Instructor	Lecturer	No academic rank
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1999-2000
All institutions	$74,410	$76,478	$67,079	$54,524	$55,939	$52,091	$44,978	$34,918	$38,194	$47,389
Public	$72,475	$74,501	$65,568	$54,641	$55,992	$52,305	$45,285	$35,007	$37,403	$47,990
4-year	$75,204	$76,530	$69,619	$55,681	$56,776	$53,599	$45,822	$33,528	$37,261	$40,579
2-year	$57,806	$59,441	$55,501	$48,056	$49,425	$46,711	$41,984	$37,634	$40,061	$48,233
Nonprofit	$78,512	$80,557	$70,609	$54,300	$55,836	$51,687	$44,423	$34,670	$40,761	$41,415
4-year	$78,604	$80,622	$70,774	$54,388	$55,898	$51,809	$44,502	$34,813	$40,783	$41,761
2-year	$39,454	$38,431	$40,571	$36,349	$37,342	$35,608	$31,818	$27,696	$25,965	$40,373
For-profit	$45,505	$44,248	$49,693	$48,469	$53,548	$43,389	$33,043	$29,894	---	$27,958
2012-2013
All institutions	$108,310	$113,595	$96,680	$77,089	$79,508	$73,991	$64,632	$57,495	$53,394	$58,254
Public	$101,685	$106,945	$90,603	$75,505	$78,038	$72,269	$64,190	$59,120	$50,662	$57,376
4-year	$107,427	$111,224	$97,790	$77,519	$79,750	$74,466	$65,874	$47,701	$50,814	$54,544
2-year	$71,749	$73,142	$70,496	$61,134	$62,035	$60,423	$54,060	$64,762	$44,505	$58,410
Nonprofit	$120,619	$125,457	$109,033	$80,096	$82,284	$77,281	$65,411	$48,144	$60,874	$66,176
4-year	$120,667	$125,491	$109,102	$80,115	$82,300	$77,302	$65,447	$48,182	$60,874	$66,250
2-year	$48,111	$45,368	$50,512	$43,650	$42,635	$44,480	$43,117	$46,565	---	$60,621
For-profit	$73,302	$75,475	$70,604	$77,143	$82,509	$71,975	$65,826	$39,289	---	$31,824
Note: Dollar amounts have not been adjusted for inflation. Source: Southern Regional Education Board, "Higher Education Faculty & Administrators

Demographics

Over the past two decades, the proportions of female, black, and Hispanic faculty members at public colleges and universities nationwide increased to reach their highest levels ever in the 2011-2012 school year. In Arizona, 41.4 percent of full-time college faculty were female, 1.8 percent were black, and 7.7 percent were Hispanic. Black and Hispanic representation in college faculty at that time was higher than in the 1991-1992 school year. However, it still fell below the proportion of both the general and college student populations who were black and Hispanic. The table below provides demographic information for full-time faculty at public four-year colleges and universities in Arizona from the 1993-1994 to the 2011-2012 school years. Figures are compared with those in surrounding states.

Demographics of full-time faculty at public four-year colleges and universities
State	Year	Total full-time faculty	Percent men	Percent women	Percent white	Percent black	Percent Hispanic	Percent other*
Arizona	1993-94	4,096	73.2%	26.8%	89.1%	1.5%	4.1%	5.3%
	2011-12	6,067	58.6%	41.4%	79.6%	1.8%	7.7%	10.5%
Nevada	1993-94	1,291	70.9%	29.1%	88.3%	1.9%	2.2%	7.6%
	2011-12	1,631	61.7%	38.3%	78.3%	2.7%	4.5%	13.5%
New Mexico	1993-94	2,510	69.3%	30.7%	85.3%	0.6%	9.3%	4.7%
	2011-12	3,114	56.6%	43.4%	73.8%	1.8%	14.0%	9.7%
Utah	1993-94	3,057	72.7%	27.3%	94.3%	0.6%	1.5%	3.6%
	2011-12	5,362	63.0%	37.0%	89.1%	0.9%	2.6%	6.9%
U.S. total	1993-94	265,685	70.2%	29.8%	87.1%	4.8%	2.2%	6.0%
	2011-12	344,940	58.7%	41.3%	78.5%	5.3%	4.1%	11.5%
*Represents Asian/Pacific Islanders and American Indian/Alaskan Native Source: Southern Regional Education Board, "Higher Education Faculty & Administrators

See also

• Higher education in Arizona

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