| Variable definitions |
| department | University Name |
| ournum | Our raw number |
| ourrank | Our rank based on ournum |
| ft2000 | Number of fulltime faculty in 2000 |
| pt2000 | Number of Parttime faculty in 2000 |
| o2num | ournum/ft2000 |
| o2rank | Our rank based on o2num |
| o3num | ournum/(ft2000+pt2000) |
| o3rank 1 | Our rank based on o3num |
| m1num | Markovsky's raw number |
| m1rank | Markovsky's rank based on m1num |
| diff | m1rank-ourrank |
| mft | fulltime reported in Markovsky |
| mpt | parttime reported in Markovsky |
| m2num | m1num/mft |
| m2rank | rank based on m2num |
| m3num | m2num/(mft+mpt) |
| m3rank | rank based on m3num |
| usnews | us news rank reported at www.usnews.com |