2021 IT Benchmarking & Strategic Planning
The CIO Division conducts an annual benchmarking analysis to assess our strategy and operations relative to higher education peers and IT units across the University of Arizona. The analysis compares strategic priorities, services, organizational design, personnel, operating and capital expenditures, suppliers, and operational maturity to inform data driven decision-making with university leadership, IT leadership, and IT staff. This information is published in the University’s IT Annual Report to foster transparency and support strategic planning activities.
External Benchmarking
The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation’s top public universities in the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) national university rankings. The University is also ranked in the top 20 in research expenditures among all public institutions and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). In FY21, UArizona’s IT expenditure was 6.0%, which was the smallest expenditure compared to higher education peers in all other benchmark categories.
Information Technology at UArizona
The University of Arizona’s IT community is comprised of 765.7 professionals across central and distributed job functions that support college, institutional, auxiliary, and enterprise-wide services. The annual expenditure in FY21 for IT across the University was $104.8 M.
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University Information Technology Services
The CIO Division operates and manages central IT services for University of Arizona faculty, staff and students. Within the division, there are 306.8 total IT FTEs represented in 17 UCAP IT job families. The annual expenditure in FY21 for the CIO Division was $68.2M.
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Expenditures
| UArizona | ABOR Peers | Public AAU | USNWR Public 2022 Top 50 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty FTE 1 | 2,863 | 3,330 | 3,049 | 2,800 |
| Student FTE 2 | 39,479 | 43,109 | 36,887 | 36,548 |
| Research Expenditures 3 (in the thousands) |
$734.3M | $841.1M | $694.6M | $639.3M |
| Total Expenditures 4 (net of hospital) |
$2,162.0M | $2,895.0M | $2,341.9M | $2,226.8M |
| IT FTE 5 | 782 | 985 | 842 | 810 |
| IT Expenditures 5 | $130.5M | $204.1M | $155.8M | $152.8M |
| IT Staff per 1,000 Students | 19.8 | 22.8 | 22.3 | 21.2 |
| IT Expenditure as % of total | 6.0% | 6.9% | 6.3% | 6.5% |
Sources
1 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPeDS) - Spring 2020 Human Resources Component
2 IPEDS - Spring 2020, Fall Enrollment Component
3 NSF Higher Education Research and Development Survey FY19
4 IPEDS Spring 2020, Finance Component
5 Educause Core Data Service Survey FY20