Department of Education

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Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request

CONTENTS

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Appropriations Language ........................................................................................................K-1

Analysis of Language Provisions and Changes.......................................................................K-2

Appropriation, Adjustments, and Transfers .............................................................................K-3

Authorizing Legislation............................................................................................................K-4

Appropriations History.............................................................................................................K-5

Activity:

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Appropriations Language

For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the 

Deaf Act of 1986, $70,016,000: Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may 

at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such 

Act.

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NOTES

A full-year 2018 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the budget was prepared; therefore, 

the budget assumes this account is operating under the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Division D of P.L. 115–

56, as amended). The amounts included for 2018 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution.

Each language provision that is followed by a footnote reference is explained in the Analysis of Language 

Provisions and Changes document that follows the appropriation language.
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Analysis of Language Provisions and Changes

Language Provision Explanation

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...Provided, That from the total amount 

available, the Institute may at its discretion 

use funds for the endowment program as 

authorized under section 207 of such Act.

This language provides authority for the 

Institute to use funds from the general 

appropriation for the Endowment Grant 

program.
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Appropriation, Adjustments, and Transfers

(dollars in thousands)

Appropriation/Adjustments/Transfers 2017

2018

Annualized CR 2019

Discretionary appropriation:

Discretionar y budget authority: Appropriation ................................................... $70,016 0 $70,016

Discretionar y budget authority: Annualized CR (P.L. 115-31) ........................... 0 $69,540 0

Discretionar y budget authority: Total, discretionary appropriation ............... 70,016 69,540 70,016
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Authorizing Legislation

(dollars in thousands)

Activity

2018

Authorized Footnote

2018

Annualized CR 

Footnote

2019

Authorized

Footnote

2019

Request

Operations (EDA l-B) 01

$69,540 To be determined1 $70,016

Construction (EDA l-112) 01

0 To be determined1 0

Endowment (EDA II-207) 01

 (2) To be determined1 (2)

Total appropriation 69,540 70,016

Portion of the request subject to reauthorization 70,016

 1 The GEPA extension expired September 30, 2015. Reauthorizing legislation is sought for fiscal year 2019.

Funding for the Endowment Grant program is provided together with funding for operations through a single appropriations amount. Appropriations language is 

included to authorize NTID, at its discretion, to use funds for the Endowment Grant program from the total amount available.
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Appropriations History 

(dollars in thousands)

Year

Budget

Estimate

to Congress

House 

Allowance footnote

Senate 

Allowance

footnote

Appropriation

2010 $68,437 $68,437 $68,4371$68,437

2011 64,677 68,437264,677 65,5463

2012 65,037 65,546465,546465,422

2013 65,037 65,422565,422562,000

2014 65,422 N/A666,422 66,291

2015 66,291 N/A 66,291767,016

2016 67,016 68,016869,016870,016

2017 70,016 70,016970,016970,016

2018 69,540 70,01610 70,01610 69,54010

2019 70,016

 1 The level for the Senate allowance reflects Committee action only.

2 The level for the House allowance reflects the House-passed full-year continuing resolution. 3 The level for appropriation reflects the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10). 4 The level for appropriation reflects the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10). 5

The levels for the House and Senate allowances reflect action on the regular annual 2013 appropriations bill, which proceeded in 

the 112th Congress only through the House Subcommittee and the Senate Committee. 6 The House allowance is shown as N/A because there was no Subcommittee action.

7

The level for the Senate allowance reflects Senate Subcommittee action only.

8 The levels for House and Senate allowances reflect action on the regular annual 2016 appropriations bill, which proceeded in the 

114th Congress only through the House Committee and Senate Committee.

9 The levels for the House and Senate allowances reflect Committee action on the regular annual 2017 appropriations bill. 10 The levels for the House reflect floor action on an Omnibus appropriation bill; Senate allowances reflect Committee action on the 

regular annual 2018 appropriations bill; the Appropriation reflects the annualized Continuing Resolution level.
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National Technical Institute for the Deaf

(Education of the Deaf Act, Title I, Part B and Section 207)

(dollars in thousands)

FY 2019 Authorization: To be determined1

Budget authority: 

2018

Annualized CR 2019

Change from

Annualized CR

$69,540 $70,016 +$476

1 The GEPA extension expired September 30, 2015; reauthorizing legislation is sought for fiscal year 2019.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Congress created the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in 1965 to promote the 

employment of persons who are deaf by providing technical and professional education. The

Department of Education is authorized to maintain an agreement with a host institution for the 

operation of a residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education for 

individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to provide a Federal subsidy to the National 

Technical Institute for the Deaf to provide postsecondary educational opportunities. 

The Department maintains a contract with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 

Rochester, New York, for the operation of NTID. NTID is one of nine colleges of RIT. The 

purpose of the relationship with the host institution is to provide NTID students access to more 

facilities, institutional services, and career preparation options than could be otherwise provided 

solely by a national technical institute for the deaf. RIT provides NTID students with options for 

courses of study from its eight other colleges, along with health and counseling services, library, 

physical education, and recreation facilities, and general services such as food, maintenance, 

grounds, and security. 

Academics: NTID offers a variety of technical programs at the sub-baccalaureate degree level, 

including certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees. Students enrolled at NTID can earn 

associate degrees in 18 accredited programs. Qualified students can also earn bachelor’s or 

master’s degrees in approximately 200 programs offered by RIT’s other colleges in subjects 

areas including: Applied Science and Technology; Business; Computing and Information 

Sciences; Engineering; Health Sciences and Technology; Imaging Arts and Sciences; Liberal 

Arts; and Science. NTID initiated a Master of Science program in Secondary Education to 

prepare students to help meet the national need for qualified deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing 

teachers and leaders in the field of deaf education. In addition, NTID operates a Bachelor in 

Applied Science degree program to train interpreters along with a tutor/note taker training 

program. Students with hearing loss who enroll in NTID or RIT programs are provided a wide 

range of support services and programs to help them prepare for careers, including tutoring, 
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remedial and language enrichment programs, counseling, notetaking, interpreting, mentoring, 

specialized educational media, cooperative work experiences, and specialized job placement. 

NTID conducts applied research on occupational and employment-related aspects of deafness, 

communication assessment, the demographics of NTID's target population, and learning 

processes in postsecondary education. In addition, NTID conducts training workshops and

seminars related to deafness. These workshops and seminars are offered to professionals

throughout the Nation who employ, work with, teach, or otherwise serve persons who are deaf

or hard of hearing. 

Endowment Grant Program: The Federal Endowment Grant program is designed to assist in 

meeting the future needs of NTID, and reduce long-term Federal funding requirements by 

stimulating private contributions. NTID has the discretion to determine the amount of funds it 

wants the Department to provide from the annual appropriation as matching funds. The 

Department may allot funds to the program from the appropriation up to the amount contributed 

to the fund from non-Federal sources. The Education of the Deaf Act (EDA) provides that NTID 

may retain up to 50 percent of the income of the fund for expenses necessary to its operation 

such as personnel, construction and renovation, community and student services, technical 

assistance, and research. The other 50 percent of the interest returns to the corpus. 

No portion of the Endowment Fund corpus may be withdrawn, except with the Department's 

approval, and only due to a financial emergency, life-threatening situation occasioned by natural 

disaster, arson, or other unusual circumstance. NTID has full discretion in how it invests the 

funds it raises for this program. However, the EDA specifies parameters for investment of the 

Federal matching funds in order to help safeguard that portion of the fund corpus. After a period 

of 10 years from an initial investment, NTID does not have to follow Federal investment 

restrictions related to the Federal portion of the corpus and may use any and all earned interest 

associated with that year's matching funds. 

Funding levels for the past 5 fiscal years were:

Fiscal Year (dollars in thousands)

2014.............................................................................. $66,291

2015................................................................................ 67,016

2016................................................................................ 70,016

2017................................................................................ 70,016

2018................................................................................ 69,540

FY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST

For fiscal year 2019, the Administration requests $70.0 million for the National Technical 

Institute for the Deaf (NTID), to restore funding to the fiscal year 2017 level. The Administration

supports funding for NTID to help promote educational and employment opportunities for 

persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The fiscal year 2019 request for operations represents 

approximately 68 percent of NTID’s total projected budget. NTID anticipates fiscal year 2019 

expenses will be approximately $4.4 million more than estimated fiscal year 2018 expenses. 

Remaining fiscal year 2019 program operations are expected to be supported by a combination 
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of additional revenue ($1 million) expected from an increase in tuition, room, board, and student 

fees, and reductions in other expenditure areas. 

Endowment Grant Program: The Department’s request continues the policy of not specifying an 

amount for NTID’s Federal Endowment Grant program. NTID would retain the discretion to 

determine how much of the Federal funds provided will be used for the Endowment Grant 

program in 2019. The Department strongly supports the objectives of the Endowment Grant 

program—a permanent and increasing source of funds—and believes this program helps to 

promote NTID’s financial independence. As of September 30, 2017, the market value of the 

Federal Endowment Grant program at NTID, including Federal, private, and reinvested funds, 

was $60.2 million. NTID traditionally notifies the Department during the current fiscal year of the 

funds it wishes to be set aside from the operations funding for an endowment match. At this 

time, the request does not include matching endowment funds.

Other Revenue: In addition to funding from the Federal appropriation, NTID receives revenue 

from a variety of other sources. In fiscal year 2017, NTID reported approximately $27.2 million in 

other revenue from tuition ($18.1 million), room and board ($7.9 million), as well as 

$256 thousand from student activity fees and approximately $1 million from other sources, such 

as interpreting and captioning services provided to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and 

programs outside of RIT, the NTID Hearing Aid Shop, and fees from grant programs renting 

space. This represents a decrease of approximately $0.9 million in revenue from the 

$28.1 million NTID received from these sources for fiscal year 2016. NTID has the flexibility to 

apply this revenue to its highest funding priorities. 

The revenue derived from tuition, room, board, and fees is substantially comprised of payments 

from Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) State agencies and Federal student financial aid programs. 

For example, in fiscal year 2017, NTID students received $10.0 million from funds made 

available under the VR State Grants program to support their postsecondary education and 

$2.4 million in Pell Grants. Students also received $101,000 from RIT grants-in-aid, $1.3 million 

from NTID grants-in-aid, $435,000 in State grants, and $4.2 million in scholarships stemming 

from institutionally-supported grants, endowment income, and external groups. In addition to 

grants and scholarships, NTID students received nearly $3.9 million in subsidized and 

unsubsidized Federal student loans and Parent PLUS loans in fiscal year 2017. Many NTID 

students also receive Federal Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments.

Student aid, excluding loans, averaged approximately $14,715 per domestic student for both 

deaf and hearing students, including students in the sub-baccalaureate, baccalaureate, 

graduate, and interpreter training programs. 

International students pay tuition, room, board, and fees, and these payments are included in 

the revenue figure cited above. However, these students, with the exception of permanent 

residents, are not eligible for Federal student financial aid or assistance under the VR State 

Grants program. International students receive support from two private endowments; during 

fiscal year 2017, $622,840 in interest accrued from these endowments was used for this 

purpose.

NTID also receives significant revenue from competitive grants and contracts awarded by the 

Federal and New York State governments. In fiscal year 2017, NTID received nearly 

$2.9 million in Federal and State grants and contracts, as well as $717,000 in private grants and 

contracts. 
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Additionally, NTID has been somewhat successful in raising private funds. In fiscal year 2017, 

NTID received approximately $683,000 in cash donations to the endowment and other restricted 

funds and $21,000 in gifts in kind, primarily equipment and software for specific programs at 

NTID. The funds raised in addition to endowments are often restricted by the donors to specific 

NTID activities and include such projects as the Hearing Aid Shop Renovation, the Pre-College 

Education Network, the Next Big Idea Competition, Theater Outreach Programming, PreCollege Outreach Programs, and selected research projects. Restricted gifts totaled $248,000 in 

fiscal year 2017. NTID currently has $5.7 million in endowments that are not part of the Federal 

Endowment Grant program. In fiscal year 2017, NTID distributed $2.3 million in earnings from 

all endowment sources for scholarships and other purposes.

PROGRAM OUTPUT MEASURES

(whole numbers)

Output Measures 2017 2018 2019

Undergraduate tuition (U.S. students) $15,140 $15,730 $15,730

Graduate tuition (U.S. students) 16,690 17,341 17,341

Fees 544 562 562

Room 7,162 7,376 7,376

Board 5,338 5,290 5,290

Undergraduate tuition (International students) 30,2801,2 31,4601,2 31,4601,2

Graduate tuition (International students) 33,3802,3 34,7802,3 34,7802,3

Student data (undergraduate deaf students 

only – includes international students):

Student data (undergraduate deaf students onl y – incl udes inter nati onal students)Applications 771 771 771

Student data (undergraduate deaf students onl y – incl udes inter nati onal students)Acceptances 432 432 432

Student data (undergraduate deaf students onl y – incl udes inter nati onal students)Percent of applications accepted 56% 56% 56%

Student data (undergraduate deaf students onl y – incl udes inter nati onal students)Registrations 305 305 305

Student data (undergraduate deaf students onl y – incl udes inter nati onal students)Percent of accepted who register 71% 71% 71%

Enrollment (deaf students only – includes 

international students, excludes Master’s 

in Secondary Education program 

students):

Technical (Career Exploration Studies 

and Sub-Baccalaureate) deaf students onl y, incl udes i nternati onal students

571 571 571

Professional Undergraduate deaf students onl y, incl udes i nternati onal students 507 507 507

Professional Graduate deaf students onl y, i ncludes inter national students 44 44 44

 NOTE: All data are provided by NTID. 

1 Tuition rate increases are proposed by NTID annually. However, through an agreement with the Department, the 

increase may not exceed 10 percent in any given year. 

2 Graduate students are charged a 10 percent surcharge above the tuition rate for undergraduate students. 3 A tuition surcharge for international students is required; the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 provides that 

NTID may develop a sliding scale model to reduce the surcharge, with different surcharge levels set depending on 

student need and whether the student’s country of origin is considered developed or developing. 
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Total deaf studentsincludes inter national students 1,122 1,122 1,122

PROGRAM OUTPUT MEASURES

(whole numbers)

Output Measures 2017 2018 2019

Degrees granted

Associate and certificate degrees granted 114 114 114

Baccalaureate and graduate degrees ranted granted 226 226 226

Total degrees granted 340 340 340

Co-op (work experience) placements 271 271 271

Percent of support for operations provided by 

Federal appropriation 71% 71% 68%

Student services (rounded to nearest 100 

hours):

Hours of interpreting Student ser vices (rounded to nearest 100 hours): 153,000 153,000 153,000

Hours of in-class interpreting Student ser vices (rounded to nearest 100 hours): 108,000 108,000 108,000

Hours of note taking Student ser vices (rounded to nearest 100 hours): 62,000 62,000 62,000

Hours of tutoring Student ser vices (rounded to nearest 100 hours): 12,900 12,900 12,900

Hours of Real-time captioning Student ser vices (rounded to near est 100 hours): 24,600 24,600 24,600

Research:

Federal funds (dollars in thousands) Research: $1,942 $2,000 $2,000

Sponsored research (dollars in thousands) : $3,165 $3,620 $3,500

Personnel (in full-time equivalents)

Faculty Personnel (in full-ti me eq ui val ents) 164 164 164

Interpreters Personnel (in full-time equi valents) 142 142 142

C-print captionists Personnel (i n full-time equi valents) 54 54 54

Clerical/Technical Personnel (in full-ti me eq ui val ents) 84 84 84

Professional Personnel (in full-ti me eq ui val ents) 133 133 133

Total Personnel (in full-time equi valents) 577 577 577

NOTE: All data are provided by NTID. 
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PROGRAM OUTPUT MEASURES

(whole numbers)

Output Measures 2017 2018 2019

Minorities as a % of faculty 14.1% 14.1% 14.1%

Minorities as a % of staff 11.5 11.5 11.5

Disabled as a % of faculty 43.0 43.0 43.0

Disabled as a % of staff 13.0 13.0 13.0

NTID faculty/student ratio 1:7.71,5 1:7.71,2 1:7.71,2

NTID teaching faculty/student ratio 1:9.12,3 1:9.12,3 1:9.12,3

Average Faculty Salaries:

Professor Aver age F aculty Sal aries $110,5013 $113,3746 $116,3226

Associate Professor Averag e F aculty Sal aries 88,5276 90,8293 93,1903

Assistant Professor Average Faculty Salari es 71,6123 73,4813 75,3923

Principal / Senior lecturer Aver age F aculty Salaries 67,9163 69,6893 71,5013

Lecturer Aver age F aculty Sal aries 59,7223 61,2813 62,8743

All Faculty Average Faculty Sal aries 78,0863 80,1243 82,2073

Average full- and part-time staff salary:

Exempt staff Aver age full- and part-ti me staff sal ar y 64,9033 66,5973 68,3283

Non-exempt staff Averag e full- and part-ti me staff salar y 45,6943 46,8873 48,1063

All staff Aver age full- and part-ti me staff sal ar y 51,8656 53,2193 54,6023

 NOTE: All data are provided by NTID.

1 Includes administrators and researchers who have faculty rank.

2 Faculty/student ratios do not include RIT faculty who teach the 42 percent of NTID’s students enrolled in RIT 

courses or RIT faculty teaching NTID students in pre-baccalaureate programs. 3 FY 2017 salaries are actual and FY 2018 and FY 2019 salaries assume a 1 percent increase from the previous 

year.
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PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Performance Measures

This section presents selected program performance information, including, for example, GPRA 

goals, objectives, measures, and performance targets and data; and an assessment of the 

progress made toward achieving program results. Achievement of program results is based on 

the cumulative effect of the resources provided in previous years and those requested in fiscal 

year 2019 and future years, as well as the resources and efforts invested by those served by 

this program.

Goal: To provide deaf and hearing students in undergraduate programs and professional 

studies with state-of-the-art technical and professional education programs, undertake a 

program of applied research; share National Technical Institute for the Deaf expertise, 

and expand outside sources of revenue.

Objective: Maximize the number of students successfully completing a program of study.

Measure: The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking sub-baccalaureate and 

baccalaureate students who were in their first year of postsecondary enrollment in the previous 

year and are enrolled in the current year.

Year

Sub-Baccalaureate 

Target

Sub-Baccalaureate 

Actual

Baccalaureate 

Target 

Baccalaureate 

Actual

2014 70% 74% 85% 90%

2015 70 75 85 93

2016 70 86

2017 70 87

2018 75 90

2019 75 90

Additional Information: This measure is used to gauge the persistence rate (i.e., first-year 

retention rate) of first-time, full-time students from the fall semester of their freshmen year to the 

fall semester of their sophomore year. RIT submits data to the Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS) on its students, including NTID students who are in RIT 

programs. However, it does not break out data separately for NTID students in RIT programs. 

The data for this measure are calculated using the same IPEDS methodology as used by other 

postsecondary education programs funded by the Department. The data allow for comparative 

analyses between NTID, Gallaudet University, and other higher education programs. 

Comparisons with IPEDS data for 2-year public and private higher education institutions indicate 

that NTID's persistence rate of 75 percent for sub-baccalaureate students is higher than the 

rates for comparable institutions. Two-year public colleges and 2-year private colleges both 

have an average persistence rate of 61 percent.

NTID's baccalaureate student persistence rate of 93 percent is also higher than those of other 

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of 81 percent for 4-year public colleges and 82 percent for 4-year private colleges. The 

Department will consider adjusting targets for 2019 and beyond.

Measure: The percentage of first-time, full-time degree seeking sub-baccalaureate students and 

baccalaureate students who graduate within 150 percent of the program-based length of time. 

Year

Sub-Baccalaureate 

Target

Sub-Baccalaureate 

Actual 

Baccalaureate 

Target

Baccalaureate 

Actual

2014 36% 37% 63% 70%

2015 37 39 64 76

2016 38 65

2017 39 65

2018 41 76

2019 41 76

Additional Information: The methodology used to obtain data for this measure is consistent 

with that used by IPEDS and other Department programs to measure graduation. Programbased length of time refers to the stated number of years to complete a degree. Generally, an 

associate degree program requires 2 years of study, and a baccalaureate degree program 

requires 4 years. However, some of RIT’s programs include a requirement for an additional 

internship year. In this case, the program-based length of time for a sub-baccalaureate degree 

may be 3 years and baccalaureate degree 5 years. As such, the program-based length of time 

may be 2, 3, 4, or 5 years, depending on the program.

An IPEDS analysis of public and private not-for-profit 2-year institutions indicated graduation 

rates of 24 percent and 57 percent, respectively, for full-time, first-time degree/certificateseeking students within 150 percent of normal time to completion. NTID’s sub-baccalaureate 

graduation rate of 39 percent falls roughly halfway in between. IPEDS data indicate 4-year 

public colleges have an average graduation rate of 55 percent and 4-year private colleges have 

an average graduation rate of 64 percent. NTID has a higher baccalaureate graduation rate of 

76 percent. Given NTID’s performance, the Department revised targets starting in 2013 and will 

reconsider revising targets for 2019 and beyond.

Measure: The percentages of graduates who are employed, in advanced education or training, 

or are neither employed nor enrolled in advanced education or training during their first year 

after graduation.

Year

Employed 

Target

Employed 

Actual

Advanced Ed 

Target

Advanced Ed 

Actual

Neither 

Target

Neither 

Actual

2014 50% 55% 45% 35% 5% 10%

2015 50 58 45 31 5 11

2016 50 45 5

2017 50 45 5

2018 50 45 5

2019 50 45 5

Additional Information: For students who graduated in fiscal year 2015, NTID reported 

58 percent were employed during their first year after graduation, 31 percent were in advanced 

education or training, and 11 percent were not in the workforce nor engaged in advanced 
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education or training. Any graduate who was simultaneously employed and in advanced 

education or training was placed into the one category that best described their status. 

Efficiency Measures

Objective: Improve the efficiency of operations at NTID as defined by the cost per successful 

student outcome, where the successful outcome is graduation.

Measure: Total Federal cost per NTID graduate. 

Year Target Actual

2014 $213,755 $183,300

2015 218,030 226,200

2016 222,827 191,200

2017 222,827

2018 n/a

2019 n/a

Additional Information: The Federal cost per graduate, as reported by NTID, includes 

graduates who receive sub-baccalaureate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees. The measure 

is calculated by averaging the Federal appropriation for a particular year and the previous 

5 years, and dividing the figure by the number of graduates for that school year. Federal student 

aid, vocational rehabilitation payments, other Federal support for students, Federal grants and 

contracts, the Federal Endowment Grant Program tuition, and other private funds received by 

NTID are not included in this calculation. 

This measure focuses on graduates, because it is a key program outcome for NTID. The 

Department plans to investigate how much of the variation can be explained by funding levels 

and what measures, if any, can be taken to lessen the measure’s inconsistency. Given recent 

performance, the Department will reconsider this measure and targets for 2018 and beyond to 

account for disaggregation of data by program type.

Measure: Total educational cost per NTID graduate. 

Year Target Actual

2014 $256,836 $224,000

2015 261,973 277,100

2016 267,737 237,300

2017 267,737

2018 n/a

2019 n/a

Additional Information: The measure is calculated by averaging the total annual student 

expenditures for a particular year and the previous 5 years, and dividing the figure by the 

number of graduates for that school year. Graduates include students receiving certificates, 

diplomas, associates degrees, baccalaureate degrees, and master's degrees. The cost is 

composed of the total program budget excluding expenditures associated with research, public 

services, auxiliary enterprises, and construction. This measure looks at the total cost of 

educating a student at NTID as an indication of how efficiently the University operates. 
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Both efficiency measures use existing cost data reported to the Department as part of NTID’s 

budget submission. The Department will continue its discussion with NTID about how best to 

use these measures as a basis for examining the cost per student, the subcomponents of the 

expenditures, and whether efficiencies can be achieved. The Department will use IPEDS data to 

look at cost components of similarly sized Carnegie Level IV institutions as a basis for 

comparison. 

The Department reached an agreement with NTID on a methodology that accounts for future 

inflation by using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) with the goal of limiting increases on the 

Federal cost per graduate and the total cost per graduate to less than those of the CPI. The 

Department maintained the 2016 target in 2017. As updated information becomes available 

regarding the projected inflation rate for the next fiscal year and outlying years, the targets will 

be adjusted accordingly. The Department plans to reconsider this measure and targets for 2018

and beyond to account for disaggregation of data by program type.

Other Performance Information

Onsite Monitoring

The Department conducted an onsite monitoring review of NTID during the fall of 2017. The 

goal of the monitoring visit was to review NTID’s use of its annual Federal appropriation to 

provide “a residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education for individuals 

who are deaf in order to prepare them for successful employment,” as required by Section 111 

of the EDA, as amended, 20 U.S.C. § 4331, and other relevant requirements. The Department 

will issue a report to NTID in the spring of 2018.