It should also be noted that these data include some institutions with hospitals and some without hospitals. Percentile Median 75th Percentile GTA Avg. The average cash salary is the paid salary that the graduate assistant receives for fulfilling his or her terms of employment. At the University of Missouri, UM-Rolla's GTA and GRA average cash salaries exceed the 75th percentile. Average compensation, however, is at about the AAU average for both groups at the Rolla campus.
Federal obligations are the amount of federal research funds promised to an institution.
Federal expenditures are the amount of federal research funds actually expended by an institution during a given period of time regardless of when the funds were promised or received. Thus, if annual obligations and expenditures were added over a several-year period they would be roughly the same. University of Missouri totals for federal research obligations and expenditures are significantly lower than the 25th percentile of the public AAUs. In fact, the University of Missouri totals do not account for one-half of the AAU median in either federal obligations or expenditures. Of the four UM campuses, the Columbia campus accounts for the most in federal research funds.