ANALYSIS OF SELECTED VARIABLES INSTITUTIONS GRANTING MASTER OF ARTS OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
Category	High	Mean	Median	Low	Reporting
1. Professional staff as percent of Total Staff	62.96	31.91	31.25	8.33	327
2. Support Staff as percent of Total Staff	71.43	37.77	37.99	0.00	333
3. Student Assistant Staff as percent of Total Staff	63.16	29.04	29.22	0.00	317
4. Ratio of Professional to Support Staff (excluding student Assistant Staff)	3.00	0.92	0.80	0.13	326
5. Ratio of Items Loaned to Items Borrowed	53.30	1.75	1.09	0.00	315
6. Serial Expenditures as percent of Total Library Materials Expenditures	81.64	48.56	49.18	1.79	311
7. Total Library Material Expenditures as percent of Total Library Expenditures	54.64	34.17	35.22	11.31	152
8. Contract Binding as percent of Total Library Expenditures	2.05	0.76	0.78	0.00	167
9. Salary and Wages Expenditures as percent of Total Library Expenditures	74.53	53.74	54.54	27.15	146
10. Other Operating Expenditures as percent of Total Library Expenditures	26.33	8.81	8.15	0.00	150
11. Unit cost of monographs (per volume)	91.62	39.50	38.52	0.00	260
12. Unit cost of serials (per title)	489.43	153.82	145.22	0.36	287