Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Characteristics of Public Doctoral Programs

Measure	Operational Definition
Number of Degrees Per Year	Rolling three-year average of the number of degrees awarded per academic year	26 (graph A)
Graduation Rates	Rolling three-year average of the percent of first-year doctoral students^[2] who graduated within ten years	97%
Average Time to Degree	Rolling three-year average of the registered time to degree^[3] of first-year doctoral students within a ten year period	2 Years / 6 consecutive semesters
Employment Profile (in field within one year of graduation)	Percentage of the last three years of graduates employed in academia, post-doctorates, industry/professional, government, and those still seeking employment (in Texas and outside Texas)	Academia: 11% Industry/Professional: 89% Still seeking employment: 0%
Admissions Criteria	Description of admission factors	Doctorate
Percentage Full-time Students (FTS) with Financial Support	In the prior year, the number of FTS (≥ 18 SCH) with support/the number of FTS	30%
Average Financial Support Provided	For those receiving financial support, the average financial support provided per full-time graduate student (including tuition rebate) for the prior year, including research assistantships, teaching assistantships, fellowships, tuition, benefits, etc. that is "out-of-pocket"	$30,912.00
Student-Core Faculty^[4] Ratio	Rolling three-year average of full-time student equivalent (FTSE) /rolling three-year average of full-time faculty equivalent (FTFE) of core faculty	3:1
Core Faculty Publications	Rolling three-year average of the number of discipline-related refereed papers/ publications, juried creative/performance accomplishments, book chapters, notices of discoveries filed/patents issued, and books per year per core faculty member.	23
Core Faculty External Grants	Rolling three-year average of the number of core faculty receiving external funds, average external grant $ per faculty, and total external grant $ per program per academic year^[5]	(Graph B)
Percentage Full-Time Students	Rolling three-year average of the FTS (≥ 9 SCH)/number students enrolled (headcount) for last three fall semesters	96%
Number of Core Faculty	Number of core faculty in the prior year	8
Faculty Teaching Load	Total number of semester credit hours in organized teaching courses taught per academic year by core faculty divided by the number of core faculty in the prior year	Fall: 24 credits Spring: 14 credits Summer: 16 credits TOTAL: 54 credits/6 = 9
Faculty Diversity	Core faculty by ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, Other) and gender, updated when changed	White Female
Student Diversity	Enrollment headcount by ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, Other) and gender in program in the prior year	(Graph C)
Date of Last External Review	Date of last formal external review, updated when changed	March 2010
External Program Accreditation	Name of body and date of last program accreditation review, if applicable, updated when changed	Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education March 2010
Student Publications/Presentations	Rolling three-year average of the number of discipline-related refereed papers/ publications, juried creative/performance accomplishments, book chapters, books, and external presentations per year per student	Publications: 10.3 External Presentations: TBA

^[1] Programs included only if in existence 3 or more years. Program is defined at the 8-digit CIP code level.

^[2] First-year doctoral students: Those students who have been coded as doctoral students by the institution and have either completed a master's program or at least 30 SCH towards a graduate degree.

^[3] Registered time to degree: The number of semesters enrolled starting when a student first appears as a doctoral student until she completes a degree, excluding any time taken off during graduate study. The number of years is obtained by dividing the number of semester by three.

^[4] Core Faculty: Full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty who teach 50 percent or more in the doctoral program or other individuals integral to the doctoral program who can direct dissertation research.

^[5] All external funds received from any source including research grants, training grants, gifts from foundations, etc.

Graph A

	AY2009	AY2010	AY2011	AY2012	AY2013	AY2014	AY2015	AY2016	AY2017
Advancing to Candidacy	19	18	22	22	21	26	30	22	25
Graduates	0	19	17	20	22	21	26	30	22

Graph B
Total External Funding: All external funds received from any source including research grants, training grants, gifts from foundations, etc.

Faculty	AY2009	AY2010	AY2011	AY2012	AY2014	AY2015	AY2016	AY2017
Ashcraft		$14,699	$22,700		$10,500	$5,000.00
Campbell
Champion		$541,015	$541,015	$628,620
Cherry	$187,605	$70,376	$88,124		$189,168
Crenshaw					$500			$5,000
*Esperat					$1,828,383	$491,697.00	$850,042.00
Fenton	$249,183	$249,182	$249,182
Green		$500,000	$500,000	$12,000		$10,000,000.00
Hanley	$63,995
*McBride		$7,799,318
McBride		$638,457
Thomas			$23,050.00

* Dr. McBride is the Co-Pl and supports the West Texas HITREC as Senior Advisor under the F. Marie Hall Rural and Community Institute

* Dr. Esperat holds 3 and 5 year grant dollars

*** Dr. Cherry's research grant is funded through 2017

Total external grant $ per program per academic year

AY2009	AY2010	AY2011	AY2012	AY2013	AY2014	AY2015	AY2016	AY2017
$500,783	$9,588,777	$1,199,801	$640,620	**$0	$2,028,551	$10,496,697.00	$850,042.00

** Grant dollars are only reported once. Therefore, some grants reported in previous years carry over into the next academic year however they are NOT reported each academic year.

Rolling three-year average of the number of core faculty receiving external funds: 2

Graph C
Student Diversity

Ethnicity	AY2009		AY2010		AY2011		AY2012		AY2013		AY2014		AY2015		AY2016		AY2017
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
White-Non Hispanic	7	21	5	19	7	26	6	25	7	32	7	28	9	38	3	20	2	12
Black- Non Hispanic	1	4	2	5	1	2	0	3		4	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	2
Hispanic	2	4	3	4	3	8	2	8	2	5	2	5	5	3	2	2	2	2
Asian or Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
International	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	27	4	28
Total By Gender	10	30	10	29	11	34	8	36	9	42	9	39	15	45	13	50	8	45
Total	40		39		47		44		51		48		60		63		53

* Numbers derived from fall & spring semesters

Core Faculty

AY2009	AY2010	AY2011	AY2012	AY2013	AY2014	AY2015	AY2016	AY2017
7	7	6	7	6	6	8	7	7
Ashcraft	Ashcraft	Ashcraft	Ashcraft	Ashcraft	Ashcraft	Ashcraft	Ashcraft	Ashcraft
Cherry	Champion	Champion	Campbell	Campbell	Campbell	Campbell	Campbell	Campbell
Fenton	Cherry	Cherry	Crenshaw	Crenshaw	Crenshaw	Crenshaw	Crenshaw	Crenshaw
Hanley	Fenton	Green	Cherry	Cherry	Cherry	Cherry	Cherry	Cherry
Hicks	Hanley	Hanley	Green	Green	Green	Esperat	Esperat	Esperat
McBride	Hicks	McBride	McBride	McBride	McBride	Green	McBride	McBride
Yoder-Wise	McBride		Hanley			McBride	Webb	Webb
						Webb