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Washington, DC—The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has released our annual state rankings of higher education performance. Using ACTA’s interactive tool, policymakers and taxpayers can instantly see how Texas ranks on institutional finance issues, such as administrative bloat, and academic quality issues, such as free speech policies. They can also compare their state’s rankings to the rest of the country.
The future of the economy, the health of our civic institutions, and the integrity of our national workforce depend on the strength of our colleges and universities. Policymakers cannot assume that higher education institutions properly serve taxpayers and students without careful oversight. ACTA’s state rankings provide a snapshot of 10 data points that can be used to assess the current strength of higher education in Texas. Our findings include:
- TX ranks 47th in the nation for administrator to professor ratios
- TX ranks 22nd in the nation for student stop out rates
- TX ranks 8th in the nation for administrative spending per student
“Students, families, and taxpayers deserve a public higher education system that prepares graduates for career and citizenship and stewards state funds appropriately. Lawmakers must ensure that colleges and universities meet these goals,” says Armand Alacbay, ACTA’s chief of staff & senior vice president of strategy. “ACTA’s annual rankings of state institutions compared to their peers include new measures of cost-effectiveness and academic quality such as the average amount of debt a student can expect after graduation and the average number of students who begin a program but do not complete it. Policymakers and other higher education leaders need to pay attention to essential metrics like these, and this resource makes it easy.”
Click here to see if institutions in your state are providing taxpayers with a significant return on their investment in higher education.
Thank yuu,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
