How Does IIT Compare? Comparison Data
2004-05 St. Olaf IIT Benchmarks
| Peer Colleges | |||||||
| St. Olaf College | Average | Minimum | 25th Percentile |
50th Percentile |
75th Percentile |
Maximum | |
| IT Budget Ratios (Does not include A/V Services) | |||||||
| Total IT Budget as a percent of institutional budget | 3.4% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 5.3% |
| Total IT budget per student | $935 | $1,501 | $683 | $1,277 | $1,451 | $1,656 | $2,400 |
| Total IT budget per faculty member | $8,472 | $14,698 | $7,509 | $12,040 | $14,636 | $18,135 | $20,949 |
| Total IT budget per (employee+student) | $738 | $1,115 | $525 | $893 | $1,092 | $1,248 | $1,733 |
| Total IT budget per institution-owned computer | $1,530 | $2,479 | $1,492 | $2,131 | $2,375 | $2,965 | $3,599 |
| Total IT budget per (college+student-owned) computer | $599 | $949 | $498 | $827 | $967 | $1,103 | $1,316 |
| St. Olaf College | Average | Minimum | 25th Percentile |
50th Percentile |
75th Percentile |
Maximum | |
| IT Staff Ratios (does not include A/V Services) | |||||||
| Number of students supported per IT staff member | 152.3 | 88.3 | 54.0 | 66.1 | 80.2 | 95.5 | 166.1 |
| Number of faculty supported per IT staff member | 16.8 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 16.8 |
| Number of (employees+students) per IT staff member | 192.8 | 118.0 | 75.0 | 90.6 | 103.7 | 127.6 | 216.1 |
| Number of (employees+students) per IT (prof. &student) staff member | 134.8 | 82.7 | 37.1 | 65.0 | 77.6 | 93.0 | 152.5 |
| Number of college-owned computers supported per IT staff member | 93.0 | 53.7 | 20.5 | 37.1 | 53.0 | 66.6 | 93.0 |
| Number of (student+college)-owned computers supported per IT staff member | 237.7 | 137.3 | 71.2 | 109.9 | 126.7 | 152.2 | 237.7 |
| Total Central IT staff (not including students) | 20.0 | 29.3 | 14.0 | 20.7 | 29.6 | 34.0 | 45.0 |
| Total Central IT Student Staff FTE | 8.6 | 12.7 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 18.0 | 36.3 |
| St. Olaf College | Average | Minimum | 25th Percentile |
50th Percentile |
75th Percentile |
Maximum | |
| IT Computer Ratios (Does not Include A/V Services) | |||||||
| Number of students per institutional computer accessible to students | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 8.5 |
| Total (employees+students)/Total institutional computers | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| Number of institutional computers accessible to students | 755 | 511 | 315 | 400 | 513 | 594 | 755 |
| Number of other institutional computers (faculty, staff, etc.) | 1105 | 960 | 300 | 730 | 975 | 1,050 | 1,665 |
| Number of institutional computers | 1860 | 1,471 | 650 | 1,260 | 1,445 | 1,565 | 2,395 |
| Percentage of students that own personal computers on campus | 95% | 95% | 90% | 94% | 95% | 96% | 99% |
| Full-time students | 2973 | 2,337 | 1,324 | 1,932 | 2,290 | 2,718 | 3,512 |
| Part-time students | 73 | 54 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 66 | 280 |
| Faculty headcount | 336 | 246 | 133 | 212 | 245 | 295 | 363 |
| Employee headcount | 809 | 806 | 593 | 668 | 809 | 943 | 1,059 |
Institutions included in this comparative analysis are:
| Bucknell University | Denison University | Lawrence University |
| Carleton College | DePauw University | Macalester College |
| Colgate University | Dickinson College | Oberlin College |
| College of the Holy Cross | Gettysburg College | St. Olaf College |
| College of Wooster | Kenyon College | Wheaton College |
| Colorado College | Lafayette College |