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  
301 Shorter University 1.36 to 1 98% 65% 68% 47% 89 12% N/A  
302 Northern Kentucky University 1.36 to 1 36% 66% 66% 37% 39 11% N/A  
303 University of Southern Maine 1.36 to 1 41% 78% 66% 33% 52 9% N/A  
304 The University of Tennessee-Martin 1.35 to 1 55% 73% 73% 48% 61 16% N/A  
305 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1.34 to 1 43% 96% 62% 22% 83 15% N/A  
306 Trine University 1.34 to 1 95% 72% 73% 44% 46 10% N/A  
307 Florida National College-Main Campus 1.33 to 1 0% N/A 70% 57% 15 22% N/A  
308 Lynn University 1.33 to 1 77% N/A 60% 42% 45 8% N/A  
309 SUNY College at Plattsburgh 1.31 to 1 44% 48% 81% 59% 60 4% N/A  
310 Jacksonville University 1.31 to 1 99% 42% 60% 40% 62 13% N/A  
311 Cameron University 1.29 to 1 39% N/A 56% 18% 80 20% N/A  
312 Temple University 1.29 to 1 67% 63% 87% 68% 91 6% N/A  
313 SUNY College of Technology at Canton 1.29 to 1 34% 74% 75% 35% 60 15% N/A  
314 Mount Carmel College of Nursing 1.29 to 1 42% 75% 86% 66% 18 4% N/A  
315 University of New England 1.28 to 1 100% 82% 75% 58% 46 3% N/A  
316 York College 1.28 to 1 95% 84% 67% 43% 42 12% N/A  
317 Kennesaw State University 1.28 to 1 3% 64% 77% 41% 44 9% N/A  
318 Albany State University 1.28 to 1 7% 55% 65% 41% 61 12% 85%  
319 King College 1.27 to 1 79% 66% 67% 41% 65 9% N/A  
320 Arkansas Northeastern College 1.27 to 1 17% N/A N/A 24% 32 24% N/A  
321 Black River Technical College 1.26 to 1 7% N/A 59% 30% 15 27% N/A  
322 SUNY College at Oswego 1.26 to 1 39% 48% 79% 57% 62 8% N/A  
323 Galen College of Nursing-Louisville 1.26 to 1 0% 74% N/A 79% 29 17% N/A  
324 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 1.25 to 1 57% 82% 76% 39% 48 7% N/A  
325 Seattle Pacific University 1.25 to 1 96% 70% 85% 74% 79 2% 90%  
326 Pepperdine University 1.25 to 1 71% 32% 93% 81% 63 2% N/A  
327 The University of West Florida 1.25 to 1 24% 66% 73% 48% 43 7% N/A  
328 Austin Peay State University 1.25 to 1 17% 88% 69% 34% 65 17% N/A  
329 Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical 1.24 to 1 0% N/A 62% 29% 17 15% N/A  
330 Pfeiffer University 1.24 to 1 87% 59% 69% 45% 70 7% N/A  
331 Biola University 1.24 to 1 94% 77% 86% 71% 51 3% N/A  
332 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 1.24 to 1 28% 57% 80% 37% 60 14% N/A  
333 Boise State University 1.23 to 1 25% 85% 69% 31% 71 8% 95%  
334 Gannon University 1.23 to 1 99% 85% 79% 67% 61 4% N/A  
335 George Mason University 1.23 to 1 17% 53% 87% 64% 40 3% N/A  
336 Taylor University 1.22 to 1 91% 84% 85% 80% 65 5% N/A  
337 Akron Institute of Herzing University 1.22 to 1 8% 100% 20% 60% 10 13% N/A  
338 Pima Medical Institute 1.20 to 1 0% N/A 89% N/A 3 14% N/A  
339 Northwestern Oklahoma State University 1.19 to 1 60% 100% 59% 37% 90 15% N/A  
340 Kent State University at Kent 1.19 to 1 57% 89% 75% 50% 97 9% N/A  
341 Central Christian College of Kansas 1.19 to 1 100% N/A 62% 54% 37 8% N/A  
342 Arlington Baptist College 1.18 to 1 31% N/A 46% 41% 31 14% N/A  
343 Southern Arkansas University Tech 1.17 to 1 21% N/A 60% 39% 32 21% N/A  
344 Kentucky Wesleyan College 1.17 to 1 95% 52% 54% 44% 64 18% N/A  
345 Ridgewater College 1.17 to 1 0% N/A 65% 37% 16 12% N/A  
346 Charleston Southern University 1.17 to 1 98% 65% 63% 38% 42 6% N/A  
347 Franciscan University of Steubenville 1.16 to 1 86% 76% 84% 71% 52 2% N/A  
348 Carrington College-Phoenix 1.14 to 1 0% 100% 68% 68% 20 24% N/A  
349 Brescia University 1.14 to 1 96% 48% 61% 32% 55 14% N/A  
350 Limestone College 1.13 to 1 90% 51% 59% 41% 84 14% N/A  
351 Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College 1.13 to 1 7% N/A 53% 32% 11 27% N/A  
352 Oklahoma Christian University 1.13 to 1 100% 51% 76% 45% 46 9% N/A  
353 Brookline College 1.12 to 1 1% N/A 32% 65% 30 14% N/A  
354 University of Houston-Clear Lake 1.12 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 7% N/A  
355 New Mexico State University-Carlsbad 1.11 to 1 23% N/A 49% 4% 62 15% N/A  
356 Humboldt State University 1.10 to 1 40% 83% 74% 40% 63 8% N/A  
357 Texas Woman's University 1.09 to 1 34% 88% 68% 39% 89 8% N/A  
358 Tarleton State University 1.08 to 1 25% 63% 67% 39% 86 11% N/A  
359 California Baptist University 1.08 to 1 50% 74% 77% 55% 51 8% N/A  
360 University of Antelope Valley 1.07 to 1 0% N/A 70% 73% 11 31% N/A  
361 Dover Business College 1.07 to 1 12% 68% N/A 56% 38 24% N/A  
362 University of South Carolina-Upstate 1.07 to 1 42% 59% 67% 39% 36 7% N/A  
363 Dakota Wesleyan University 1.07 to 1 100% 76% 66% 42% 99 13% N/A  
364 Central Community College 1.06 to 1 24% N/A N/A 33% 32 16% N/A  
365 Minnesota State Community and Technical College 1.06 to 1 5% N/A 55% 35% 52 13% N/A  
366 Huntington Junior College 1.05 to 1 4% N/A 48% 37% 15 20% N/A  
367 University of Denver 1.04 to 1 83% 68% 89% 78% 98 4% N/A  
368 Schreiner University 1.04 to 1 100% 61% 64% 40% 78 12% N/A  
369 Sterling College 1.03 to 1 100% 49% 62% 48% 84 14% N/A  
370 University of Nebraska at Omaha 1.02 to 1 41% 76% 73% 43% 73 8% N/A  
371 West Hills College Coalinga 1.02 to 1 16% N/A 62% 30% 60 28% N/A  
372 Southwestern Assemblies of God University 1.02 to 1 67% 32% 66% 36% 64 14% N/A  
373 Towson University 1.01 to 1 37% 54% 84% 64% 63 3% N/A  
374 Western Oregon University 1.01 to 1 51% 89% 68% 39% 88 5% N/A  
375 University of Massachusetts-Boston 1.01 to 1 53% 68% 75% 40% 40 6% N/A  
376 Hamline University 1.01 to 1 96% 71% 80% 68% 98 5% N/A  
377 DePaul University 1.00 to 1 88% 64% 86% 66% 87 4% 81%  
378 Southern University Law Center 1.00 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 59 12% N/A  
379 Hofstra University 0.99 to 1 87% 59% 80% 58% 72 6% N/A  
380 Oakland University 0.98 to 1 79% 68% 73% 40% 46 6% N/A  
381 Suffolk University 0.98 to 1 74% 79% 75% 55% 60 4% N/A  
382 Eastern Wyoming College 0.98 to 1 46% N/A N/A 34% 36 23% N/A  
383 Nova Southeastern University 0.98 to 1 86% 58% 70% 43% 41 4% N/A  
384 Duquesne University 0.97 to 1 100% 70% 87% 76% 77 2% N/A  
385 Hodges University 0.97 to 1 31% 61% 57% 26% 14 13% N/A  
386 Asbury University 0.97 to 1 89% 63% 80% 71% 72 6% N/A  
387 Missouri Western State University 0.96 to 1 43% N/A 62% 28% 93 20% N/A  
388 The College of Saint Scholastica 0.95 to 1 97% 81% 77% 63% 81 5% N/A  
389 William Carey University 0.95 to 1 72% 83% 77% 51% 54 8% N/A  
390 Portland State University 0.94 to 1 32% 69% 73% 38% 56 7% N/A  
391 Seton Hall University 0.94 to 1 91% 85% 81% 66% 80 5% N/A  
392 George Fox University 0.94 to 1 94% 80% 80% 62% 53 3% N/A  
393 Pinellas Technical Education Center-Clearwater 0.94 to 1 0% N/A 73% 97% 42 0% N/A  
394 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 0.93 to 1 60% 64% 79% 50% 37 5% N/A  
395 Moraine Park Technical College 0.93 to 1 8% N/A 63% 40% 37 8% N/A  
396 Salve Regina University 0.93 to 1 92% 70% 80% 73% 56 4% N/A  
397 Norwich University 0.92 to 1 98% 66% 77% 55% 79 4% N/A  
398 Everest University-South Orlando 0.92 to 1 3% N/A 69% 23% 13 31% N/A  
399 Northeastern University 0.91 to 1 80% 35% 95% 77% 72 4% N/A  
400 Adams State College 0.91 to 1 65% 64% 54% 20% 62 19% 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