Highlights of a report issued Wednesday by the Ohio Board of Regents about the state's colleges and universities.

        • Average tuition at a state-supported four-year university is $4,973.

        • Ohio's state-supported colleges and universities will spend far more to pay for student instruction than they receive in tuition. Two years ago, universities spent more than $11,000 per year to instruct a full-time student and two-year campuses spent from $5,700 to $7,700 by type of campus to instruct a full-time student.

        • In 1998, Ohio ranked 40th nationally in terms of state tax support per student. Ohio's $4,619 average per student lagged the national average of $5,272 by more than $650 per student.

        • Ohio students receive lower federal and state grants than the national average.

        • A larger percentage of Ohio's college students are receiving federally guaranteed loans than the national average.

        • The tuition increases that occurred in fall 2001 could make Ohio's tuition and fees among the highest in the nation.

        • Forty-five percent of students entering Ohio's state-supported institutions and independent colleges have family incomes less than $50,000 per year.

        • More than one-third of all full-time college freshmen in Ohio receive federal and state grants. Grants do not have to be paid back.

        • A majority of full-time students also take out guaranteed loans. Payment on such loans does not begin until after students finish college and are earning incomes.

        • Federal statistics estimate that by the time they graduate, more than 60 percent of Ohio students receiving baccalaureate degrees will have studied at more than one college while pursuing their degree.

        • Ohio's colleges and universities awarded more than 87,000 degrees in 1999-2000. Ohio lags the rest of the nation in educational attainment.

        • Thirty-seven percent of baccalaureate degree students who begin their study on university branch campuses graduate within six years.

        • Since 1985, Ohio universities have increased their share of both federal and industry supported research. Despite this progress, Ohio's universities are still 27 percent below the national average for federally supported research and 3 percent below national average for industry supported research.

        • Sixty percent of faculty at Ohio's colleges and universities have full-time status. Ohio's use of part-time faculty is similar to the national average.

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