USA Africa Dialogue Series - NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT: Table of 61 Nigerian Universities, their Student and Staff Populations - and Some Recommendations

 Table of 61 Nigerian Universities, their Student and Staff Populations - and Some Recommendations

 

You will find that, based on these 61 universities:

1.  total enrollment in the universities is 1,252,913 in 2013, less than the number of students (1,503,931) that sat for exams to get into universities that same year.

2.  average enrollment per university is 20,540 students, with 28 universities having greater population than this average.  Range of population is 212 to 90,885.   [Largest size is 90,885 (Lagos State University, Ojo).  Five universities have less than 1000 students:  Ondo State University, Okitipupa (212), Plateau State University, Bokkos (328), Bauchi State University, Gadau (445), FUPRE, Effurun (682),   and Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden (837)]

3.  average student/teaching staff ratio is 33:1.

4.  average non-teaching staff to teaching staff ratio is 2:1.

More updated info can be seen here:

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20131014144647zg/sections/general-articles/the-nigerian-universities-needs-assessment-report/

5.  For comparison, I present below information on the US - general information on college education, as well as specific information on some universities.  There are 629  public four-year institutions in the US (average of  13 per state) and 1845 private universities. Average enrollment of four-year public universities in the US is almost 11,000. Average enrollment in the ten top universities chosen is 25,000, and student/teaching staff ratio is 11.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908742.html

Number of U.S. Colleges and Universities and Degrees Awarded, 2005

	Number		Enrollment		Average Enrollment	Average Enrollment
Public 4-year institutions	629		6,837,605		10,8712	4,446
Private 4-year institutions	1,845		4,161,815		2,256
Public 2-year institutions	1,070		6,184,229		5,780	3,894
Private 2-year institutions	596		303,826		510
Total	4,140		17,487,475		4,224	4,224
Undergraduate			14,473,884
Graduate			2,097,511
Professional			329,076
	Number			Number
Degrees awarded:
Associate	696,660	Doctorate		52,631
Bachelor's	1,439,264	Professional		87,289
Master's	574,618
Enrollment highlights:
Women	57.4%	Minority		30.9%
Full-time	61.7%	Foreign		3.3%

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2006.

 

ENROLLMENT AT SOME UNIVERSITIES IN THE US - and at FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OTUOKE***

Source: Wikipedia

 

S/N	VARSITY	YEAR ESTAB	STUDENT ENROLL	UG	G	ACAD STAFF	ADMIN STAFF	NON- ACAD, MEDICAL	# OF CAMPUSES	TOTAL SIZE Ha	OTHER HOLDINGS Ha
1	Harvard	1636	21,000	7,200	14,000	2,100	2,500	11,000	3	241.5	1,800
2	MIT	1861	10,894	4,384	6,510	1,018	n.a.	n.a.	1	68	n.a.
3	U Berkeley	1868	35,899	25,574	10,125	2,082	n.a.	n.a.	2	572	2,703
4	U Texas Austin	1883	51,145	38,463	12,682	3,018	21,000	n.a.	1	171	n.a.
5	Howard U.	1867	10,583	7,144	34,39	1,058	n.a.	n.a.	1	104	n.a.
6	UCLA	1882/1919	39,945	27,941	12,004	4,016	26,139	n.a.	1	170	n.a.
7	U Illinois, Urbana	1867	42,606	31,932	10,674	2,971	8,085	n.a.	1	594	n..a
8	Princeton U.	1746	7,592	5,113	2,479	1,172	1,103	n.a.	1	200	n.a.
9	Yale U.	1701	11,732	5,414	6,318	3,619	n.a.	n.a.	1	339	n.a.
10	U. Virginia	1819	21,095	14,641	6,454	2,102	n.a.	n.a.	1	681	n.a.
			252,491			23,156
***	Federal U. Otuoke	2011	700	700	0	85	900	n..a	1	200	n.a.

 

University of California,  Berkeley

First-Time Freshman Profile[90][91][92]
	2013 (preliminary)	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Applicants	67,658	61,731	52,966	50,393	48,650	48,461
Admits	14,101	11,130	11,441	10,844	10,528	10,474
% Admitted	20.8	18.0	21.6	21.5	21.6	21.6
Enrolled		4,162	4,443	4,109	4,356	4,261
Average GPA		3.84	3.83	3.84	3.80	3.90

Best wishes all...process 

Bolaji Aluko

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