How much money is spent maintaining campus landscape?
Ole Miss Landscape Services participated in a Grounds Cost Survey from the University of South Carolina several years ago. The results of this survey show that Ole Miss ranks well in having a very low cost per acre in grounds maintenance among other universities that participated in the survey. On an average Ole Miss spent $1,089 per acre/year the lowest in the State of Mississippi that were surveyed.
| Institution | Annual Grounds Budget | # FTEs | # Acres | # Sq. Ft. | Cost/Acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCSU | $2,504,610.00 | 73 | 947 | 41,251,320 | $2,645.00 |
| U of Tenn | $1,843,000.00 | 26 | 550 | 23,958,000 | $3,351.00 |
| U of South Carolina | $910,446.00 | 26 | 400 | 17,424,000 | $2,276.00 |
| App St Univ | $1,299,688.00 | 31 | 300 | 13,068,000 | $4,332.00 |
| W. Kentucky University | $943,000.00 | 21 | 200 | 8,712,000 | $4,715.00 |
| U of Alabama-Huntsville | $495,510.00 | 11 | 280 | 12,196,800 | $1,770.00 |
| Florida State University | $1,718,068.00 | 80 | 450 | 19,602,000 | $3,817.00 |
| Georgia Tech | $2,025,500.00 | 51 | 410 | 17,859,600 | $4,940.00 |
| East Carolina University | $498,210.00 | 61 | 465 | 20,255,400 | - |
| U of Southern Miss | $640,223.00 | 19 | 238 | 10,367,280 | $2,690.00 |
| U of Georgia | $1,966,250.00 | 95 | 605 | 26,353,800 | $3,250.00 |
| Miss State Univ. | $2,074,536.00 | 33 | 1200 | 52,272,000 | $1,729.00 |
| U of Richmond | $1,164,000.00 | 20 | 390 | 16,988,400 | $2,985.00 |
| Eastern Kentucky Univ. | $644,000.00 | 26 | 650 | 28,314,000 | $991.00 |
| U of Mississippi | $1,089,662.00 | 24 | 1000 | 43,560,000 | $1,089.00 |
| U of Florida | $786,000.00 | 97 | 2000 | 87,120,000 | $393.00 |
| U of Memphis | $1,000,000.00 | 30 | 300 | 13,068,000 | $3,333.00 |
| Duke University | $2,300,000.00 | 61 | 628 | 27,355,680 | $3,662.00 |
| West Virginia University | $1,617,146.00 | 45 | 545 | 23,740,200 | $2,967.00 |
