Advisers On Record for Fall 2008
(Advisee Assignments According
To Registrar 10-day Counts)
A) Fall 2008: Number of Advisers and UG Students By College
TOTAL / AG / BUS / DES / ENGR / H SCI / LAS# of Advisers / 564 / 143 / 27 / 82 / 74 / 59 / 179
# of Students / 21,336 / 2,741 / 3,464 / 1,844 / 4,717 / 2.761 / 5,809
Adviser/Student / 1:19 / 1:128 / 1:22 / 1:64 / 1:47 / 1:32
* Rankings: By # of Advisers By # of UG Students
1 LAS (179) 1 LAS (5,809)
2 AG (143) 2 ENGR (4,717)
3 DES (82) 3 BUS (3,464)
4 ENGR (74) 4 H SCI (2,761)
5 H SCI (59) 5 AG (2,741)
6) BUS (27) 6 DES (1,844)
B) Fall 2008: UG Advising Loads By College
Total # of Advisers / Adviser Load 1-24 students / Adviser Load 25-49 students / Adviser Load 50+ studentsAG / 143 / 107 (74.8%) / 19 (13.3%) / 17 (11.9%)
BUS / 27 / 17 (63%) / 0 / 10 (37%)
DES / 82 / 75 (91.5%) / 2 (2.4%) / 5 (6.1%)
ENGR / 74 / 55 (74.3%) / 2 (2.7%) / 17 (23%)
H SCI / 59 / 44 (74.6%) / 2 (3.4%) / 13 (22%)
LAS / 179 / 142 (79.3%) / 11 (6.1%) / 26 (14.5%)
Totals / 564 / 440 (78%) / 36 (6.4%) / 88 (15.6%)
* For Fall 2008, 440 UG advisers (78%) had advisee loads of less than 25 students. The range in percentages by College show adviser loads of less than 25 students as highest in DES (91.5%) of advisers and lowest for BUS (63%).
* Only 88 advisers (15.6%) had advisee loads of 50 or more students.
C) Fall 2008: Distribution of UG Students By College Grouped By Adviser Load
1-24 students / Adviser Load
25-49 students / Adviser Load
50+ students / Unassigned
students
AG / 2.741 / 774 (28.2%) / 607 (22.1%) / 1,278 (46.6%) / 82 (3%)
BUS / 3,464 / 62 (1.8%) / 0 / 3,401 (98.2%) / 1
DES / 1,844 / 910 (49.3%) / 52 (2.8%) / 827 (44.8%) / 55 (3%)
ENGR / 4,717 / 509 (10.8%) / 68 (1.4%) / 3,956 (83.9%) / 184 (3.9%)
H SCI / 2,761 / 333 (12.1%) / 75 (2.3%) / 2,261 (82%) / 92 (3.3%)
LAS / 5,809 / 1.004 (17.3%) / 382 (6.6%) / 4,150 (71.4%) / 273 (4.7%)
Total
( % ) / 21,336 / 3,592
(16.8%) / 1.184
(5.5%) / 15,873
(74.4%)
* For Fall 2008, 15,873 undergraduate students (~75%) were advised by advisers with student loads of 50+ students. College percentages ranged from 46.6% (AG) to 98.2% (BUS) of students advised by advisers with student loads of 50+ advisees.
* Advisers with an advising load of less than 5 students were rather frequent among Colleges:
BUS 12 of 27 advisers or (44.4%)
AG 60 of 143 advisers or (42%)
LAS 71 of 179 advisers or (40%)
H SCI 15 of 59 advisers or (25.4%)
ENGR 14 of 74 advisers or (19%)
DES 8 of 82 advisers or (9.8%)
* Advisers with an advising load of 50+ students were often a smaller percentage of the advising staff for a College, but serve a significant percentage of students within that College:
DES 5 of 82 advisers or (6.1%) that serve 44.8% of students
AG 17 of 143 advisers (11.9%) that serve 46.6% of students
LAS 26 of 179 advisers (14.5%) that serve 71.4% of students
H SCI 13 of 59 advisers (22%) that serve 82% of students
ENGR 17 of 74 advisers (23%) that serve 83.9% of students
BUS 12 of 27 advisers (44.4%) that serve 98.2% of students
Prepared by: Cindy Frederickson
University Academic Advising Committee
January 2009