TESTIMONY ON FISCAL YEAR 2019 CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT

Presented by Kim Schatzel President, July 20, 2017 TOWSONSquare root of total population UNIVERSITY IS... minus one decimal point used to create measurement for one side of square THE MOST FINANCIALLY EFFICIENT. Picas are used as units

For example, THEBowie: 5,669 SECOND LARGEST. Square root = 75.29 EDUCATION Towson University $35,163 Bowie box is 7.529p square AND RELATED $39,736 HEADCOUNT OF SIMILAR USM INSTITUTIONS EXPENSES PER Frostburg State University $51,966 Average: $63,249 (2016) COMPLETION Univ. of $52,770 Univ. of MD – Baltimore County $53,036 Univ. of MD – College Park 39,083 Univ. of MD – College Park $59,890 Current Delta Cost Project Bowie State Univ. $65,987 Towson University 22,343 Univ. of MD – Eastern Shore $95,335 Univ. of MD – Baltimore County Coppin State Univ. $115,360 Salisbury Univ. 13,640 8,748 Bowie State Frostburg Univ. of 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 Univ. Univ. Univ. of Baltimore 5,669 Coppin 5,676 MD – 5,983 State Eastern Univ. Shore 2,939 3,904 TU produces graduates for 44% BELOW THE AVERAGE COST of USM campuses Enrollment Data: USM Preliminary Opening Fall Enrollment $28,086 LESS per graduate $153 MILLION cost savings

5,432 DEGREES conferred in 2015-2016 Up 31% since 2005-06 THE BEST RETURN ON THE FASTEST GROWING. INVESTMENT FOR . 2500 PROJECTED GRADUATION UNDERGRADUATE 2,000 RATES OF FULL- 80% HEADCOUNT TIME / FIRST-TIME GROWTH OF USM 1,500 STUDENTS National Average: 59% CAMPUSES 60% (Fall 2009 Cohorts) (2016-2026)

1,000 40% U.S. Department of Education’s Total USM undergraduate Average: 688 Integrated Postsecondary headcount up 6,880 500 Education Data System (IPEDS) Source: USM Enrollment Projections, 20% and National Center for Education 2016-2026, Table 3 Statistics, public institutions

TU UMES UMBC Salisbury Bowie UB Coppin Frostburg UMCP UMB UMCP TU Salisbury UMBC Frostburg Bowie UMES UB Coppin 2.301 1,346 1,144 599 523 478 294 120 53 22 86% 70% 67% 63% 51% 41% 33% 32% 18%

Over the next 10 years, 33% OF UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT GROWTH 85% OF TU STUDENTS NEARLY 80% OF RECENT TU GRADUATES are Marylanders live/work in Maryland 2500at USM campuses will occur at TU.

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Bowie State University 87

Coppin State University 106 Unfilled health professions positions in Maryland Frostburg State University 102 cause $1.6 BILLION IN UNREALIZED Salisbury University 154 WAGES AND Towson University 563 $170 MILLION in unrealized state and local tax revenues. 68

Univ. of MD, Baltimore 333

Univ. of MD Eastern Shore 34 Univ. of MD, BaltimoreHEALTH County 113 PROFESSIONS BACHELOR’S Univ. of MD, CollegeDEGREES Park 119 AWARDED0 BY100 USM200 CAMPUSES300 400 500 600 (2014-2015)

Bowie State University 87 HEALTH PROFESSIONS IS THE MOST 106 Frostburg State University IN-DEMAND MAJOR AT TU. 102 Salisbury University 154 TOWSON UNIVERSITY Towson University 563 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT University of Baltimore 68 PROGRAM REQUEST Univ. of MD Baltimore 333 COLLEGE OF HEALTH Univ. of MD Baltimore County 113 COLLEGE OF HEALTH Univ. of MD College Park 119 PROFESSIONS BUILDING PROFESSIONS BUILDING Univ. of MD Eastern Shore 34 $5,266,000 FY 2020 1,679 TOTAL DEGREES AWARDED Maryland’s 22,000 unfilled health professions positions result in millions of Planning 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 unrealized tax dollars.1 Towson University awards the most USM bachelor’s Data Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS for CIP 51 (Health degrees in health professions and does it cost efficiently, averaging 44 percent The College of Health FY 2021 $6,437,000 Professions and related programs) below our peers.2 Demand for TU health professions programs is strong and Professions can currently Planning we are well positioned to grow if given the space. The College of Health ENROLL ONLY FY 2022 $73,784,000 Professions building will enable TU to lift enrollment caps and produce a greater Planning & Construction number of qualified health professionals to meet state workforce demand. 15 PERCENT OF APPLICANTS NOTABLE EMPLOYERS FY 2023 $75,193,000 1 Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) and Regional Economic Studies Institute for screened programs. (RESI), May 2017 OF TU HEALTH Construction & Equipment 2 Current Delta Cost Project PROFESSIONS GRADUATES TOTAL COST $160,680,000 Maryland public schools MedStar Health, Inc.

THIS PROJECT WILL: Johns Hopkins Hospital Genesis HealthCare GSF 228,993 • Support the college’s 86 percent undergraduate enrollment Greater Baltimore Medical Center Kennedy Krieger Institute COMPLETED Fall 2023 increase since 2006 UM St. Joseph Medical Center Sinai Hospital • Lift enrollment caps in high-demand programs including nursing, Franklin Square Hospital occupational therapy and audiology

• Help fill the 22,000-person gap in Maryland’s health professions workforce1

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DEANS TOWSON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF VISITORS Kim Schatzel Shohreh Kaynama ’76 President College of Business and Economics Myrna E. Cardin ’65

Timothy Chandler Laurie Mullen Diane Cho Provost and Executive Vice President College of Education Donald Fry, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Gerry Gaeng ’81 Susan Picinich Susan J. Ganz Joseph Oster College of Fine Arts and Nancy Grasmick ’61 Vice President for Administration and Communication Finance and Chief Fiscal Officer Patricia D. Hoge ’82 Lisa Plowfield Lawrence Letow Leah Cox College of Health Professions Dennis B. Mather ’72 Vice President for Inclusion and Nancy Palmer ’79 Institutional Equity Terry Cooney College of Liberal Arts Steven E. Peck Daraius Irani Honors College Rector Jeffrey Rosen Vice President for Innovation and Molly Shock ’75 Applied Research David Vanko Francis S. Soistman Jr. ’79, Chair Jess and Mildred Fisher College Traevena Byrd of Science and Mathematics Vincent Talbert ’90 Vice President for Legal Affairs and Connie Unseld ’79 Janet DeLany Human Resources W. Daniel White Office of Graduate Studies Debra Moriarty Ted Zaleski Jr. Vice President for Student Affairs Deborah Nolan James Mileo University Libraries Brian DeFilippis Student Representative Vice President for University Anthony Hamlett Advancement Alumni Association Representative Marina Cooper Vice President for University Marketing and Communications

Tim Leonard Director of Athletics

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Kathleen Maloney, Executive Director of Government and Community Relations Office: 410-704-4034 | Cell: 410-409-0978 | [email protected]