Institutions can provide their institution's student-to-faculty ratio (i.e., student-to-instructional staff) for undergraduate programs or follow the NCES guidance in calculating their student-to-faculty ratio, which is as follows: the number of FTE students (using Fall Enrollment survey component data) divided by total FTE instructional staff (using the total primarily instruction + instruction/research/public service staff reported in Human Resources survey component and adding any not primarily instructional staff that are teaching a credit course). For this calculation, FTE for students is equal to the number of the full-time students plus one-third the number of part-time students; FTE for instructional staff is similarly calculated. Students in "stand-alone" graduate or professional programs (such as, medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, or public health) and instructional staff teaching in these programs are excluded from the FTE calculations.

Additional information on the IPEDS survey components, including survey methodology, survey forms, and frequently asked questions, can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/survey-components.

Additional information on the timing of IPEDS data collection, data coverage, and data release cycle, can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/timing-of-ipeds-data-collection.

Additional definitions of variables used in this report can be found in the IPEDS glossary available at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisGlossaryAll.aspx.

Additional resources on the IPEDS Data Feedback Report, including the instructions on creating a custom comparison report, FAQs, and video tutorials, can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/lpeds/Help/View/2.