Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Characteristics of Public Doctoral Programs
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 | AY2013 | 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 |