Number of degrees awarded by Portland State University in 2012:

[SlyPokerDog]

6,039

Number of people employed at Portland State University:

6,909

http://www.pdx.edu/university-communications/news/presidents-progress-report-2013-numbers

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Im curious what the #'s for uo and osu are

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Im curious what the #'s for uo and osu are

So am I. That seems really high to me. More than one employee per graduate?!?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Same deal at UO:
4499 degrees,
4500 employees

 

[Sinobas]

So they have about 1 employee for every 4 students. More than I'd expect. I wonder if that is counting a lot of fluff though, like students working in the grill or at the library?

 

[RR7]

super quick, potentially inaccurate search got me 5000 UO graduates, 4500 employees.

 

[jlprk]

So they have about 1 employee for every 4 students. More than I'd expect. I wonder if that is counting a lot of fluff though, like students working in the grill or at the library?

You assume each of the 4 years has an equal population. I'd guess that half of September freshmen never graduate. Maybe a quarter of sophomores. So the ratio is less than 1 new graduate per 4 undergraduates. But add graduate students and it goes back toward 1:4, so I don't know.

Anyway, this is why college costs so much.

 

[Sinobas]

You assume each of the 4 years has an equal population. I'd guess that half of September freshmen never graduate. Maybe a quarter of sophomores. So the ratio is less than 1 new graduate per 4 undergraduates. But add graduate students and it goes back toward 1:4, so I don't know.

Anyway, this is why college costs so much.

Nope, just looked at the total student count on that website.

 

[Eastoff]

okay, now do OSU!

 

[ehizzy3]

Don't forget to take into account all the student jobs...it's not a large number but some do qualify as both