Summary of data on student courses earned and associated teaching FTE, averaged in four-year intervals for the 32 year period 1969-70 through 2000-01. The first three sections of the table provide data by Faculty, the latter three by Department (organized into present Faculty groups). Adapted from the source file that displays original data for each year together with supporting graphs.
| Four-Year Averages of Student-Courses, Teaching FTE, & Student-Courses/Teaching FTE, by Faculty | ||||||||
| Student-Courses: | 69-73 | 73-77 | 77-81 | 81-85 | 85-89 | 89-93 | 93-97 | 97-01 |
| Fine Arts | 2308 | 2316 | 2383 | 2706 | 3210 | 3414 | 3441 | 3323 |
| Humanities | 8433 | 7995 | 8912 | 8792 | 9220 | 8866 | 8027 | 7461 |
| Nat. Sci. & Math. | 5591 | 6126 | 6576 | 6592 | 6509 | 6138 | 5887 | 5785 |
| Social & Appl. Sci | 4591 | 4796 | 5183 | 5012 | 4724 | 4622 | 4423 | 4610 |
| Interd. & Gen. St. | 543 | 839 | 826 | 1192 | 1314 | 1595 | 2069 | 3014 |
| Total | 21466 | 22072 | 23881 | 24293 | 24976 | 24635 | 23846 | 24193 |
| Teaching FTE: | 69-73 | 73-77 | 77-81 | 81-85 | 85-89 | 89-93 | 93-97 | 97-01 |
| Fine Arts | 36 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 50 |
| Humanities | 56 | 57 | 63 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 58 |
| Nat. Sci. & Math. | 37 | 37 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 48 |
| Social & Appl. Sci | 38 | 36 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 43 |
| Interd. & Gen. St. | 10 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| Total | 177 | 182 | 198 | 208 | 231 | 243 | 244 | 227 |
| Stud.-Courses/FTE | 69-73 | 73-77 | 77-81 | 81-85 | 85-89 | 89-93 | 93-97 | 97-01 |
| Fine Arts | 64 | 64 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 66 |
| Humanities | 151 | 141 | 141 | 134 | 126 | 119 | 115 | 128 |
| Nat. Sci. & Math. | 153 | 167 | 162 | 149 | 127 | 117 | 113 | 121 |
| Social & Appl. Sci | 120 | 133 | 127 | 122 | 108 | 107 | 97 | 108 |
| Interd. & Gen. St. | 55 | 52 | 53 | 68 | 68 | 62 | 79 | 111 |
| Total | 121 | 122 | 121 | 117 | 108 | 101 | 98 | 107 |
| Four-Year Averages of Student-Courses, Teaching FTE, & Student-Courses/Teaching FTE, by Department | ||||||||
| Student-Courses: | 69-73 | 73-77 | 77-81 | 81-85 | 85-89 | 89-93 | 93-97 | 97-01 |
| Art | 727 | 631 | 602 | 855 | 981 | 957 | 930 | 909 |
| Dance | 52 | 168 | 218 | 247 | 260 | 262 | ||
| Music | 1005 | 1104 | 1093 | 1021 | 1153 | 1218 | 1419 | 1481 |
| Speech/Theater | 576 | 581 | 662 | 662 | 858 | 992 | 832 | 671 |
| Fine Arts | 2308 | 2316 | 2383 | 2706 | 3210 | 3414 | 3441 | 3323 |
| Classics | 196 | 205 | 299 | 272 | 227 | 250 | 252 | 303 |
| English | 1914 | 1754 | 2099 | 2172 | 2242 | 2368 | 1903 | 1339 |
| French | 553 | 398 | 590 | 638 | 668 | 529 | 429 | 445 |
| German | 790 | 695 | 648 | 647 | 563 | 455 | 399 | 362 |
| History | 1340 | 1125 | 1120 | 1119 | 1228 | 1211 | 1138 | 1291 |
| Norwegian | 455 | 536 | 525 | 443 | 412 | 304 | 309 | 368 |
| Philosophy | 728 | 701 | 856 | 786 | 900 | 900 | 748 | 688 |
| Religion | 1996 | 2148 | 2363 | 2211 | 2285 | 2084 | 1978 | 1736 |
| Spanish | 461 | 433 | 413 | 505 | 695 | 766 | 870 | 931 |
| Humanities | 8433 | 7995 | 8912 | 8792 | 9220 | 8866 | 8027 | 7461 |
| Biology | 1258 | 1394 | 1405 | 1303 | 1250 | 1218 | 1324 | 1376 |
| Chemistry | 896 | 1145 | 1198 | 1097 | 1030 | 1027 | 1064 | 1039 |
| Mathematics | 1262 | 1340 | 1806 | 2234 | 2264 | 1978 | 1693 | 1625 |
| Physics | 475 | 551 | 698 | 674 | 565 | 578 | 491 | 452 |
| Psychology | 1700 | 1696 | 1470 | 1283 | 1402 | 1338 | 1316 | 1294 |
| Nat. Sci. & Math. | 5591 | 6126 | 6576 | 6592 | 6509 | 6138 | 5887 | 5785 |
| Aerospace Studies | 82 | |||||||
| Economics | 726 | 866 | 1309 | 1393 | 1647 | 1374 | 1162 | 1255 |
| Education | 659 | 533 | 424 | 320 | 312 | 350 | 568 | 782 |
| Family Resources | 402 | 588 | 466 | 423 | 344 | 347 | 355 | 374 |
| Nursing | 739 | 938 | 897 | 802 | 281 | 143 | 172 | 220 |
| Physical Education | 238 | 228 | 235 | 439 | 574 | 620 | 557 | 445 |
| Political Science | 888 | 728 | 972 | 898 | 761 | 855 | 705 | 711 |
| Social Work | 129 | 167 | 162 | |||||
| Sociology | 856 | 915 | 881 | 736 | 806 | 804 | 738 | 743 |
| Social & Appl. Sci | 4591 | 4796 | 5183 | 5012 | 4724 | 4622 | 4423 | 4610 |
| Interdisciplinary | 152 | 182 | 626 | 644 | 756 | 1215 | 2251 | |
| Paracollege | 356 | 512 | 473 | 387 | 393 | 517 | 539 | 321 |
| REAL/Asian Studies | 187 | 176 | 172 | 179 | 276 | 322 | 315 | 442 |
| Interd. & Gen. St. | 543 | 839 | 826 | 1192 | 1314 | 1595 | 2069 | 3014 |
| Total | 21466 | 22072 | 23881 | 24293 | 24976 | 24635 | 23846 | 24193 |
| Faculty FTE: | 69-73 | 73-77 | 77-81 | 81-85 | 85-89 | 89-93 | 93-97 | 97-01 |
| Art | 4.63 | 3.98 | 4.76 | 5.37 | 7.01 | 8.08 | 8.31 | 8.32 |
| Dance | 0.83 | 2.22 | 3.36 | 3.04 | 3.18 | 3.44 | ||
| Music | 26.19 | 27.17 | 26.81 | 26.11 | 26.81 | 28.91 | 31.57 | 32.04 |
| Speech/Theater | 5.00 | 5.12 | 6.08 | 5.43 | 6.92 | 7.22 | 7.77 | 6.43 |
| Fine Arts | 35.82 | 36.26 | 38.07 | 39.13 | 44.09 | 47.25 | 50.83 | 50.22 |
| Classics | 2.21 | 2.32 | 2.71 | 3.09 | 3.04 | 3.04 | 2.96 | 2.92 |
| English | 13.56 | 13.69 | 15.75 | 15.56 | 17.35 | 17.94 | 16.41 | 10.86 |
| French | 4.17 | 3.66 | 4.75 | 5.63 | 6.34 | 5.69 | 4.91 | 4.12 |
| German | 6.59 | 5.29 | 5.25 | 5.33 | 6.00 | 5.12 | 4.34 | 3.92 |
| History | 8.12 | 8.21 | 8.76 | 9.40 | 9.85 | 10.42 | 10.24 | 8.50 |
| Norwegian | 2.95 | 3.79 | 4.17 | 4.17 | 3.96 | 3.50 | 3.13 | 3.21 |
| Philosophy | 4.67 | 4.42 | 4.88 | 4.96 | 5.88 | 7.00 | 6.25 | 5.08 |
| Religion | 10.09 | 11.42 | 13.00 | 13.17 | 14.59 | 14.62 | 14.17 | 12.41 |
| Spanish | 3.61 | 3.98 | 3.83 | 4.52 | 6.17 | 6.88 | 7.33 | 7.33 |
| Humanities | 55.95 | 56.77 | 63.09 | 65.81 | 73.17 | 74.22 | 69.74 | 58.34 |
| Biology | 8.46 | 8.08 | 8.68 | 8.88 | 9.73 | 10.04 | 11.59 | 11.63 |
| Chemistry | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.71 | 8.00 | 8.96 | 9.40 | 9.75 | 9.42 |
| Mathematics | 9.19 | 8.38 | 10.77 | 13.94 | 17.50 | 16.87 | 15.37 | 13.41 |
| Physics | 5.31 | 4.50 | 5.54 | 5.46 | 6.08 | 6.38 | 5.99 | 4.67 |
| Psychology | 6.13 | 8.13 | 7.84 | 7.88 | 8.79 | 9.79 | 9.67 | 8.89 |
| Nat. Sci. & Math. | 36.59 | 36.59 | 40.54 | 44.15 | 51.06 | 52.47 | 52.36 | 48.01 |
| Aerospace Studies | 3.04 | |||||||
| Economics | 5.46 | 5.75 | 8.00 | 9.17 | 11.75 | 12.40 | 11.08 | 9.66 |
| Education | 4.32 | 4.59 | 4.34 | 2.97 | 3.64 | 4.25 | 6.50 | 8.51 |
| Family Resources | 3.63 | 3.52 | 3.61 | 3.31 | 3.00 | 2.46 | 2.09 | 2.42 |
| Nursing | 10.10 | 9.50 | 10.81 | 10.25 | 7.25 | 3.63 | 4.00 | 4.29 |
| Physical Education | 2.27 | 2.13 | 2.26 | 4.95 | 6.74 | 7.21 | 7.49 | 6.02 |
| Political Science | 4.34 | 4.75 | 4.79 | 4.54 | 4.87 | 5.99 | 6.34 | 5.46 |
| Social Work | 1.83 | 2.33 | 2.00 | |||||
| Sociology | 5.21 | 5.79 | 6.88 | 5.96 | 6.37 | 5.46 | 5.87 | 5.41 |
| Social & Appl. Sci | 38.35 | 36.04 | 40.68 | 41.16 | 43.63 | 43.21 | 45.68 | 42.76 |
| Interdisciplinary | 1.76 | 1.94 | 5.69 | 7.08 | 7.06 | 10.05 | 17.62 | |
| Paracollege | 8.26 | 11.83 | 10.96 | 8.99 | 9.04 | 13.16 | 10.15 | 3.79 |
| REAL/Asian Studies | 1.75 | 2.30 | 2.67 | 2.88 | 3.34 | 5.75 | 5.59 | 5.83 |
| Interd. & Gen. St. | 10.00 | 15.88 | 15.56 | 17.56 | 19.46 | 25.97 | 25.79 | 27.24 |
| Total | 176.71 | 181.53 | 197.93 | 207.79 | 231.41 | 243.12 | 244.40 | 226.57 |
| Stud.-Courses/FTE | 69-73 | 73-77 | 77-81 | 81-85 | 85-89 | 89-93 | 93-97 | 97-01 |
| Art | 158 | 159 | 127 | 159 | 141 | 118 | 112 | 109 |
| Dance | 63 | 74 | 66 | 82 | 82 | 76 | ||
| Music | 38 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 42 | 45 | 46 |
| Speech/Theater | 115 | 114 | 109 | 123 | 124 | 137 | 107 | 106 |
| Fine Arts | 64 | 64 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 66 |
| Classics | 89 | 89 | 111 | 88 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 104 |
| English | 141 | 128 | 134 | 140 | 129 | 132 | 116 | 123 |
| French | 132 | 109 | 124 | 113 | 105 | 94 | 88 | 108 |
| German | 121 | 132 | 123 | 121 | 94 | 89 | 92 | 93 |
| History | 166 | 137 | 128 | 119 | 126 | 116 | 112 | 152 |
| Norwegian | 156 | 142 | 126 | 106 | 104 | 86 | 99 | 115 |
| Philosophy | 156 | 159 | 176 | 159 | 153 | 128 | 120 | 135 |
| Religion | 198 | 188 | 182 | 168 | 157 | 143 | 140 | 140 |
| Spanish | 128 | 109 | 107 | 112 | 113 | 112 | 119 | 127 |
| Humanities | 151 | 141 | 141 | 134 | 126 | 119 | 115 | 128 |
| Biology | 149 | 172 | 162 | 147 | 128 | 122 | 114 | 118 |
| Chemistry | 120 | 153 | 155 | 137 | 115 | 110 | 109 | 111 |
| Mathematics | 138 | 160 | 167 | 161 | 129 | 117 | 110 | 121 |
| Physics | 91 | 123 | 126 | 123 | 93 | 91 | 82 | 97 |
| Psychology | 277 | 208 | 188 | 163 | 159 | 137 | 137 | 146 |
| Nat. Sci. & Math. | 153 | 167 | 162 | 149 | 127 | 117 | 113 | 121 |
| Aerospace Studies | 27 | |||||||
| Economics | 134 | 150 | 165 | 152 | 142 | 111 | 105 | 130 |
| Education | 153 | 117 | 100 | 108 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 93 |
| Family Resources | 111 | 170 | 129 | 128 | 115 | 145 | 171 | 157 |
| Nursing | 73 | 99 | 83 | 78 | 35 | 42 | 43 | 51 |
| Physical Education | 107 | 106 | 104 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 75 | 76 |
| Political Science | 208 | 153 | 203 | 198 | 157 | 144 | 111 | 130 |
| Social Work | 71 | 72 | 81 | |||||
| Sociology | 164 | 158 | 128 | 124 | 127 | 148 | 126 | 137 |
| Social & Appl. Sci | 120 | 133 | 127 | 122 | 108 | 107 | 97 | 108 |
| Interdisciplinary | 88 | 90 | 113 | 95 | 110 | 120 | 128 | |
| Paracollege | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 39 | 54 | 99 |
| REAL/Asian Studies | 107 | 77 | 64 | 62 | 84 | 56 | 56 | 76 |
| Interd. & Gen. St. | 55 | 52 | 53 | 68 | 68 | 62 | 79 | 111 |
| Total | 121 | 122 | 121 | 117 | 108 | 101 | 98 | 107 |