Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.02
Liaison Christine Bruckner
Submission Date Jan. 24, 2025

STARS v3.0

Illinois State University
PRE-3: Institutional Characteristics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Christine Bruckner
Assistant Director
Office of Sustainability
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Institution type:
Doctoral/Research

Institutional control:
Public

Narrative outlining the institutional boundary used to complete this report:

Illinois State University's main campus is in an urban setting with the majority of academic buildings surrounding a main quad. Residence halls and additional academic buildings are proximal to the quad area within easy walking distance. The campus also includes a golf course, horticulture center, intramural athletic fields and additional farm ground which are adjacent to campus. There is also a research farm located approximately 20 minutes from campus, in the same county.


Which of the following features are included within the institutional boundary?:
Agricultural experiment station larger than 2 hectares
Agricultural school
Farm larger than 2 hectares

Locale:
Mid-size city

Climate zone:
5 - Cool

Gross floor area of building space:
638,080.30 Square meters

Full-time equivalent of employees:
3,295

Full-time equivalent student enrollment:
18,590.30

Percentage of students that live in campus housing:
29.70

Percentage of students enrolled exclusively in distance education:
5.50

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:

For employee FTE, source is the 2023-24 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Human Resources survey. Employees are reported based on primary position. Employees on unpaid leave are excluded. Includes all employees with the exception of graduate assistants. If applicable, full-time equivalency (FTE) of part-time employees is calculated using the IPEDS formula (part-time employee total * 0.3333).

Student FTE is calculated by dividing total undergraduate credit hours by 15 and total graduate credit hours by 12.


Additional documentation for this credit:
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