18 Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs
Ph.D. in Nursing Science
1
Number of Degrees Per Year
Graduation Rates
2
For each of the three most recent years, average of the
percent of first-year doctoral students who graduated
within ten years. (First-year doctoral students: Those
students who have matriculated as doctoral students with
a doctoral degree objective.)
Average Time to Degree
3
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
3 Yr Avg
18
7
5
10.0
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
3 Yr
Rate
68%
70%
46%
63%
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
3 Yr Avg
6.5
yrs
6.2
yrs
8.8
yrs
6.8
yrs
For each of the three most recent years, average of the
number of degrees awarded per academic year.
For each of the three most recent years, average of the
graduates’ time to degree. (For each academic year, the
time to degree is defined as beginning the year students
matriculated with a doctoral degree objective until the
year they graduated.)
Employment Profile
(in field within one year of
graduation)
4
5
For each of the three most recent
years, the number and percent of
graduates by year employed, those
still seeking employment, and
unknown.
Admission Criteria
Description of admission factors.
2013-14
2015-16
Employed
18
100%
7
100%
5
100%
Still seeking
Employment
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
Unknown
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
Nursing Science Program Admission Criteria
Percentage of Full-time Students
6
2014-15
FTS/number students enrolled (headcount) for last three fall
semesters.
Beginning in Fall 2011 a full-time doctoral student in Fall is defined as
enrolled in 9 hours of coursework OR dissertation/final-practicums.
FA 2013
FA 2014
FA 2015
33.9%
33.3%
35.0%
Beginning in Fall 2011, a full-time doctoral student is defined as enrolled in 18 SCH during the academic year OR
dissertation/final-practicums. Full-time status may be underestimated because students entering a program in
Spring or Summer may not have opportunity to complete 18 hours of coursework during the remainder of the
academic year.
Average Institutional Financial Support Provided
7
8
2015-16
For those receiving financial support, the average monetary institutional support provided per fulltime graduate student for the prior year from assistantships, scholarships, stipends, grants, and
fellowships (does not include tuition or benefits).
Percentage Full-time students with Institutional Financial Support
2015-16
In the prior year, the number of FTS with at least $1000 of annual support/the number of FTS.
24%
Number of Core Faculty
9
2015-16
Number of core faculty in the prior year. (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.)
Student-Core Faculty Ratio
10
19
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
3 Yr Avg
4.0
3.7
3.7
3.8
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
3 Yr Avg
4.3
4.2
3.4
3.9
For each of the three most recent years, average of fulltime student equivalent (FTSE)/average of full-time faculty
equivalent (FTFE) of core faculty.
Core Faculty Publications
11
$5,523
For each of the three most recent years, average of the
number of discipline-related refereed papers/publications,
books/book chapters, juried creative/performance
accomplishments, and notices of discoveries filed/patents
issued per core faculty member.
Core Faculty External Grants
12
For each of the three most recent years, average of the number of core faculty receiving external funds, average
external funds per faculty, and total external funds per program per academic year (All external funds received
by core faculty from any source including research grants, training grants, gifts from foundations, etc., reported
as expenditures.)
# Core Faculty receiving external funds
Average external fund per faculty
Total external funds per program
13
2013-14
5
$330,238
$1,651,190
Core faculty by ethnicity and gender,
updated when changed.
Enrollment headcount by ethnicity
and gender in program during the
prior year.
3 Yr Avg
3
$291,194
$776,517
2015-16
Total number of semester credit hours in organized teaching courses taught per academic year by
core faculty divided by the number of core faculty.
11.9
White
Black
Hispanic
Other
Female
17
0
0
2
Male
0
0
0
0
White
Black
Hispanic
Other
Female
64
25
9
13
Male
4
1
1
0
Student Diversity
15
2015-16
2
$166,013
$332,026
Faculty Teaching Load
Faculty Diversity
14
2014-15
1
$346,334
$346,334
16
17
Date of Last External Review
External Program Accreditation
NA
Name of body and date of last program accreditation review, if
applicable, updated when changed.
Student Publications/Presentations
18
NA
Date of last formal external review, updated when changed.
For the three most recent years, the number of discipline-related
refereed papers/publications, juried creative/performance
accomplishments, book chapters, books, and external presentations
per year by student FTE.
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2.7
1.5
1.4
Comments:
Programs included only if in existence three or more years.
Program is defined at the 8-digit CIP code level.