Schools Ranked by Full-Time to Part-Time Faculty Ratio

Using the full-time and part-time faculty figures from the College Navigator database, we calculated how many full-time faculty members each school had per part-time faculty member as of fall 2011. Accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, such as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE), acknowledge that a bigger number of full-time faculty members typically indicates a higher chance of high-quality instruction. In fact, the CIHE states that one of the factors it considers when evaluating a school is that the school “avoids undue dependence on part-time faculty, adjuncts, temporary appointments, and graduate assistants to conduct instruction.”

College Navigator did not have these figures for all of the colleges on our list. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School FT to PT
Faculty Ratio		 Institution
Fin. Aid Rate		 Acceptance Rate Retention Rate Graduation Rate Accred.
Years		 Default
Rate		 Job Place. Rate  
1 Full Sail University 169.80 to 1 19% N/A 67% 80% 26 12% N/A  
2 Davenport University 137.00 to 1 81% 93% 68% 25% 36 10% N/A  
3 Southeast Missouri State University 102.25 to 1 69% 97% 71% 46% 97 10% N/A  
4 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 69.67 to 1 75% 80% 82% 69% 38 1% N/A  
5 Cornerstone University 69.00 to 1 100% 63% 77% 44% 35 6% N/A  
6 Des Moines Area Community College 67.40 to 1 8% N/A N/A 42% 38 15% N/A  
7 North Dakota State University-Main Campus 59.60 to 1 41% 86% 76% 54% 97 4% N/A  
8 Duke University 43.36 to 1 47% 16% 97% 94% 117 1% N/A  
9 Mayville State University 42.00 to 1 77% N/A 53% 26% 95 6% N/A  
10 Utah State University 33.35 to 1 29% 97% 72% 53% 88 4% N/A  
11 Texas A & M International University 32.00 to 1 24% 48% 68% 42% 42 12% N/A  
12 Dallas Baptist University 29.50 to 1 88% 44% 74% 56% 53 8% N/A  
13 University of West Alabama 28.00 to 1 58% 68% 57% 30% 74 12% N/A  
14 University of Delaware 27.59 to 1 36% 61% 93% 76% 91 3% N/A  
15 Southwestern Adventist University 26.50 to 1 76% N/A 58% 46% 54 15% N/A  
16 Washington Adventist University 24.50 to 1 93% N/A 69% 28% 70 10% N/A  
17 Adler School of Professional Psychology 23.50 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 34 3% N/A  
18 Texas A & M University 22.71 to 1 52% 63% 92% 81% 88 5% N/A  
19 United Tribes Technical College 21.33 to 1 24% N/A N/A N/A 30 0% N/A  
20 Rivier College 18.25 to 1 98% 81% 78% 37% 64 3% N/A  
21 Waldorf College 15.67 to 1 100% 49% 37% 45% 64 7% 87%  
22 Oklahoma Wesleyan University 15.50 to 1 98% 58% 66% 48% 34 10% N/A  
23 Community Care College 14.00 to 1 0% N/A 71% 74% 14 26% N/A  
24 Southeast Community College Area 13.50 to 1 1% N/A 63% 27% 29 14% N/A  
25 Regent University 13.46 to 1 80% 82% 76% 33% 28 5% N/A  
26 The University of Texas-Pan American 13.15 to 1 36% 70% 78% 42% 56 11% N/A  
27 Johns Hopkins University 12.45 to 1 51% 19% 96% 91% 91 1% N/A  
28 University of Alabama at Birmingham 12.11 to 1 56% 72% 79% 45% 42 6% N/A  
29 Emporia State University 12.10 to 1 64% 82% 69% 43% 97 8% N/A  
30 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 12.03 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 2% N/A  
31 Husson University 11.22 to 1 81% 75% 74% 38% 38 12% N/A  
32 Oregon Institute of Technology 11.08 to 1 54% 64% 73% 43% 50 6% N/A  
33 University of Wyoming 10.95 to 1 26% 95% 74% 53% 97 5% N/A  
34 University of Arkansas 10.63 to 1 36% 61% 83% 59% 88 7% N/A  
35 University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne 10.58 to 1 97% 54% 72% 54% 55 9% N/A  
36 Arizona State University 10.33 to 1 79% 87% 84% 57% 81 6% N/A  
37 Western Illinois University 10.25 to 1 45% 66% 71% 53% 99 11% N/A  
38 University of North Dakota 10.18 to 1 48% 70% 77% 54% 99 4% N/A  
39 Daytona College 9.00 to 1 26% N/A N/A 69% 8 16% N/A  
40 Abilene Christian University 8.48 to 1 94% 64% 75% 60% 41 10% 18%  
41 Eastern Oregon University 7.93 to 1 61% 74% 72% 32% 81 10% N/A  
42 Roberts Wesleyan College 7.92 to 1 97% 51% 73% 65% 49 8% N/A  
43 Northern State University 7.75 to 1 65% 94% 68% 37% 94 10% N/A  
44 Mississippi State University 7.52 to 1 66% 63% 83% 60% 86 7% N/A  
45 University of South Florida-Main Campus 7.26 to 1 53% 38% 88% 52% 47 10% N/A  
46 Georgia Southern University 7.15 to 1 11% 56% 80% 47% 77 7% N/A  
47 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 7.14 to 1 10% 67% 81% 59% 69 5% N/A  
48 Pueblo Community College 7.00 to 1 4% N/A 50% 21% 33 31% N/A  
49 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 6.98 to 1 38% 67% 91% 82% 89 2% N/A  
50 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 6.95 to 1 29% 55% 92% 87% 91 6% N/A  
51 Fort Hays State University 6.93 to 1 84% 68% 63% 42% 97 7% N/A  
52 Michigan State University 6.69 to 1 39% 73% 91% 77% 97 4% 96%  
53 Western University of Health Sciences 6.62 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 1% N/A  
54 Auburn University 6.50 to 1 62% 70% 89% 66% 90 7% N/A  
55 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 6.36 to 1 78% 82% 80% 62% 96 6% N/A  
56 Purdue University-Main Campus 6.26 to 1 43% 68% 90% 68% 99 3% N/A  
57 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6.25 to 1 46% 34% 97% 89% 112 1% N/A  
58 Naval Postgraduate School 6.23 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 57 N/A N/A  
59 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 6.11 to 1 14% 60% 74% 52% 71 7% N/A  
60 Kansas State University 6.01 to 1 64% 99% 82% 56% 96 5% N/A  
61 Heritage College-Columbus 6.00 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A  
62 Iowa State University 5.89 to 1 72% 81% 88% 68% 96 4% N/A  
63 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 5.88 to 1 32% 58% 90% 79% 91 4% N/A  
64 Texas Tech University 5.85 to 1 33% 66% 82% 61% 84 8% N/A  
65 Fayetteville State University 5.83 to 1 61% 61% 70% 31% 65 17% N/A  
66 Washington State University 5.80 to 1 58% 84% 84% 67% 94 6% N/A  
67 University of Utah 5.73 to 1 35% 83% 87% 55% 79 3% N/A  
68 University of Colorado Denver 5.44 to 1 42% 60% 76% 40% 42 5% N/A  
69 Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing 5.43 to 1 N/A N/A N/A 100% 17 3% N/A  
70 University of Kentucky 5.27 to 1 45% 69% 82% 59% 97 4% N/A  
71 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 5.24 to 1 28% 44% 66% 45% 99 8% N/A  
72 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 5.12 to 1 45% 54% 89% 72% 84 3% N/A  
73 University of Florida 5.01 to 1 32% 43% 95% 84% 99 3% N/A  
74 Tennessee Temple University 5.00 to 1 60% 25% 33% 27% 12 22% N/A  
75 East Carolina University 4.98 to 1 39% 70% 81% 59% 85 3% 100%  
76 Columbia International University 4.88 to 1 90% 67% 82% 58% 64 3% N/A  
77 Prairie View A & M University 4.85 to 1 23% 40% 64% 34% 78 19% N/A  
78 University of Georgia 4.84 to 1 20% 59% 94% 84% 103 3% N/A  
79 Savannah College of Art and Design 4.81 to 1 91% 49% 82% 64% 7 7% N/A  
80 University of Massachusetts Amherst 4.74 to 1 57% 66% 89% 67% 80 4% N/A  
81 University of North Carolina at Pembroke 4.68 to 1 15% 75% 62% 34% 61 6% N/A  
82 Ball State University 4.63 to 1 42% 68% 79% 56% 87 5% N/A  
83 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 4.54 to 1 14% 75% 73% 51% 63 8% N/A  
84 University of Idaho 4.49 to 1 38% 61% 80% 51% 94 5% N/A  
85 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 4.48 to 1 11% 82% 77% 54% 97 5% N/A  
86 Michigan Technological University 4.41 to 1 92% 74% 83% 65% 84 3% N/A  
87 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.36 to 1 47% 41% 96% 90% 99 2% N/A  
88 Western State College of Colorado 4.33 to 1 73% 93% 63% 39% 97 12% N/A  
89 The University of Tennessee 4.33 to 1 67% 70% 84% 63% 12 8% N/A  
90 Clarkson College 4.25 to 1 73% 32% 79% 59% 28 5% N/A  
90 Vatterott College-Berkerley 4.25 to 1 37% N/A N/A 40% 31 26% N/A  
92 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 4.24 to 1 16% 78% 85% 68% 84 2% N/A  
93 Eastern Illinois University 4.22 to 1 22% 68% 79% 59% 97 5% N/A  
94 Angelo State University 4.18 to 1 50% 93% 61% 31% 76 16% N/A  
95 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4.17 to 1 37% 76% 84% 65% 62 2% N/A  
96 The University of Findlay 4.14 to 1 99% 69% 78% 57% 79 6% N/A  
97 University of Louisiana Monroe 4.09 to 1 47% 92% 69% 35% 57 13% N/A  
98 Northwest Missouri State University 4.08 to 1 90% 70% 69% 50% 91 7% N/A  
99 Southern University and A & M College 4.06 to 1 18% 43% 70% 25% 74 12% N/A  
100 Lively Technical Center 4.00 to 1 0% N/A 52% 32% 35 0% N/A  

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more