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What it shows
- WSU has 44 fewer tenure-track faculty than in FY22, and 70 more non-tenure-track.
- Staff grew faster than faculty (FY22 2.34 → FY27 2.47 staff per faculty, FY22–FY27).
- Senior administration vs Nebraska (FY21 20 → FY27 37, +85%; Total pay $3.3M → $8.3M (+$5.0M), FY21–FY27).
- Staff paid $100K or more nearly doubled (FY21 89 → FY27 172, +93%, FY21–FY27).
- Vacant tenure-track lines fell by two-thirds (FY19 66 → FY27 24, −64%, FY19–FY27).
How to use this page
- The Year menus open on the latest year; pick an earlier year to compare.
- Staff figures leave out NIAR, the research institute, unless a chart says otherwise.
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WSU has 44 fewer tenure-track faculty than in FY22, and 70 more non-tenure-track
Filled faculty positions in the six colleges, by track
Every budgeted faculty line in WSU's six colleges (department chairs counted as faculty; Dean and Associate/Assistant Dean roles tracked separately): filled tenure-track positions fell from 360 in FY22 to 316 in FY27 (−44, −12.2%), while non-tenure-track positions rose from 142 to 212 (+70, +49.3%). FY27 includes 19 faculty who joined after the budget book.
The College of Engineering lost the most tenure-track faculty of any college — 64 down to 46 (−18) — 41% of the entire university's FY22→FY27 decline. See every college →
Staff and faculty FTE, FY19–FY27
Faculty FTE = filled tenure-track and non-tenure-track positions; staff FTE = every other filled position (support staff, professional staff, deans). Every budget unit, vacancies excluded.
Faculty FTE vs staff FTE
Staff FTE per faculty FTE
Faculty and staff FTE by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Faculty FTE | Staff FTE | Staff per faculty FTE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | NTT | Total | Support (USS) | Professional | Deans | Total | Whole university excl. NIAR | Excl. Div. of Research | |
| FY19 | 352.1 | 132.7 | 484.8 | 322.2 | 890.9 | 25.0 | 1,238.1 | 2.55 | 2.34 |
| FY20 | 364.9 | 157.2 | 522.0 | 277.5 | 944.3 | 26.0 | 1,247.8 | 2.39 | 2.17 |
| FY21 | 382.5 | 150.4 | 532.9 | 266.1 | 997.7 | 30.0 | 1,293.8 | 2.43 | 2.21 |
| FY22 | 377.3 | 147.0 | 524.2 | 232.5 | 965.7 | 29.0 | 1,227.2 | 2.34 | 2.14 |
| FY23 | 363.3 | 155.2 | 518.4 | 223.5 | 1,004.2 | 27.0 | 1,254.7 | 2.42 | 2.20 |
| FY24 | 354.5 | 173.5 | 528.0 | 200.5 | 1,049.2 | 30.5 | 1,280.2 | 2.42 | 2.22 |
| FY25 | 346.8 | 192.0 | 538.8 | 203.5 | 1,103.9 | 32.0 | 1,339.4 | 2.49 | 2.29 |
| FY26 | 342.3 | 208.6 | 550.9 | 174.0 | 1,187.7 | 28.0 | 1,389.7 | 2.52 | 2.30 |
| FY27 | 325.3 | 207.9 | 533.1 | 148.6 | 1,138.3 | 29.0 | 1,315.9 | 2.47 | 2.22 |
Faculty FTE +10.0% (484.8 to 533.1); staff FTE +6.3% (1,238.1 to 1,315.9). The Division of Research went from 101.9 to 131.7 staff FTE; without it, staff per faculty FTE went from 2.34 to 2.22.
Senior administration, FY19–FY27
Counted by the title printed in the budget book: President, Provost and Vice Presidents; Associate and Assistant Vice Presidents, Vice Provosts and chief officers; Deans, associate deans and assistant deans. Assistants to these officers and vacant positions are not counted.
People in senior administration, by level
Budgeted salary of senior administration ($ millions)
By fiscal year: people, per 100 faculty FTE, total and average budgeted salary
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| Fiscal year | People | Per 100 faculty FTE | Total budgeted salary | Average salary per FTE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pres./Provost/VPs | Assoc./Asst. VPs & chiefs | Deans | Total | Pres./Provost/VPs | Assoc./Asst. VPs & chiefs | Deans | |||
| FY19 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 44 | 9.1 | $6.9M | $231K | $152K | $140K |
| FY20 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 48 | 9.2 | $7.6M | $237K | $150K | $140K |
| FY21 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 52 | 9.8 | $8.5M | $275K | $142K | $145K |
| FY22 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 9.7 | $8.4M | $276K | $147K | $142K |
| FY23 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 52 | 10.0 | $9.3M | $296K | $156K | $152K |
| FY24 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 56 | 10.6 | $9.9M | $307K | $159K | $152K |
| FY25 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 62 | 11.5 | $11.8M | $335K | $171K | $157K |
| FY26 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 60 | 10.9 | $12.1M | $362K | $177K | $163K |
| FY27 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 61 | 11.4 | $12.0M | $412K | $178K | $155K |
Every senior position, as printed in the budget book
View data: every senior position
The three levels together went from 44 to 61 people (+38.6%), or 9.1 to 11.4 per 100 faculty FTE, and their budgeted salaries from $6.9M to $12.0M.
Non-faculty positions paid $70K or more, FY19–FY27
Every named non-faculty position — support staff, professional staff, deans and executives — one person per year with all budget lines summed; faculty, including department chairs, are not in it. The threshold is fixed in each year's dollars (WSU gave about 5% in across-the-board raises over these years).
Faculty and staff pay, person by person, is on the Salary tab →
People paid at least $70K
University vs Division of Research: people paid at least $70K
University vs Division of Research: their total salary ($M)
Budgeted salary by pay band ($M)
By fiscal year
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Vacant positions, FY19–FY27
Every line the budget book prints as Vacant, with its budgeted amount: faculty vacancies by the position title (department chairs are faculty), every other vacant line staff. A vacant line is a funded position held open or being recruited, so people hired after the book was printed appear here first.
Vacant lines by kind
Budgeted amount of vacant lines ($M)
By fiscal year
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Vacant positions by college
Vacant and filled lines in each college's own budget units, by person; research-unit lines and post-book hires are not here, so filled faculty counts run a little below the college pages.