6b. Unit Budget
6b1. What is the budget available to support programs preparing candidates to meet standards? How does the unit’s budget compare to the budgets of other units on campus or similar units at other institutions?
The College of Education’s 2008-09 total budget allocation was $6,956,788. Most of the budget is used either directly or indirectly to support teacher education programs as the majority of the college is devoted to this endeavor. Of the four undergraduate colleges on campus, the College of Education is the third largest, just slightly smaller in FTE behind the College of Business & Economics.
| College | Budget Total | FTE total |
| Business & Economics | 9,952,511 | 110.17 |
| Education | 6,956,758 | 105.43 |
| Arts & Communication | 6,250,948 | 85.32 |
| Letters & Sciences | 12,931,514 | 207.49 |
2. What changes to the budget over the past few years have affected the quality of the programs offered?
In general, there has been no significant change in the budget since the last review.
