Using Delta Cost Study Data AASCU Annual Meeting November 2010 F. King Alexander California State University, Long Beach Sources: Delta Cost Project & Education Trust

Chart 1: (Revenue) State & Local Appropriations Per FTE 2 Source: Delta Cost Project (2008 Data)

Chart 2: (Expenditures) Education & Related Per FTE 3 Source: Delta Cost Project (2008 Data)

Chart 3: (Expenditures) Total Education & General Per FTE 4 Source: Delta Cost Project (2008 Data)

Chart 4: Total Degrees & Spending Per Outcome 5 Source: Delta Cost Project (2008 Data)

Chart 5: Percentage of Pell Freshmen Students 6 Source: Education Trust (2008 Data)

Chart 6: Total Degrees & Spending Per Outcome 7

Chart 7: “Outcomes” Education & Related Spending per Degree 8

Chart 8: “Outcomes” Education & Related Spending per Completion 9

Chart 9: Comparative Mid-Career Salaries (Ages 42-45) 10 Source: Payscale,

Four Points in a Degree Production Era 1. Delta Cost Study comparative data can be very useful for “rebooting” state funding formulas state by state. 2. Delta Cost data shows how AASCU institutions are comparatively more efficient, affordable, & productive. 3. AASCU institutions in most states: (a) collect less in net tuition (per FTE among 4-year) (b) receive less in state approp. (per FTE among all publics) (c) We have comparatively less so we expend less per FTE (d) Yet we enroll the nation’s most expensive 4yr. students 4. Increasing important to states if degree prod. remains goal Source: Delta Cost Project 11