Ratios that enable colleges and universities to select other institutions for comparison are presented. The ratios and underlying data also enable colleges to rank order institutions and to calculate means, quartiles, and ranges for these groups. The data are based on FY 1983 U.S. Department of Education Statistics. The ratios summarize the relationship between important categories of transactions: revenue sources related to total expenditures, expenditures for major operating functions related to total revenues, and full-time equivalent categories. The ratios are provided by state for private and public institutions. The schools are coded according to the following institutional identifying characteristics: Department of Education Institution Classification Codes, Department of Education Level of Offering Codes, Higher Education Directory Level of Offering Codes, academic calendar codes, control or affiliation codes, city size codes, and land grant codes. Additional sections cover: revenue contribution ratios; expenditure demand ratios; plant, endowment assets, and plant debt; and opening fall enrollment ratios. Appended are the Financial Statistics Survey Form and the Fall Enrollment Survey Form. Instructions are provided for obtaining and using special information management software (two diskettes) that enable an institution to create a statistical database for use with this publication. (SW)