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More Colleges M&O data

Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the mean FTE enrollment of survey respondents, total M&O expenditure, square feet maintained per custodian, square feet maintained per maintenance worker, square feet of building maintained per student, amount spent annually on energy (gas, electricity and other fuels), and number of motor vehicles by responding colleges.
April 1, 2009

4,136
Mean FTE enrollment of survey respondents.

$6.3 million
Mean total M&O expenditure of responding colleges.

39,647
Amount of square feet maintained per custodian.

79,293
Amount of square feet maintained per maintenance worker.

238
Amount of square feet of building maintained per student.

$1.6 million
Mean amount spent annually on energy (gas, electricity and other fuels) by responding colleges.

21
Median number of motor vehicles.

Read the main story, "38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Colleges," to learn more.

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