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  
401 Washburn University 0.90 to 1 50% 100% 62% 38% 99 10% N/A  
402 Robert Morris University 0.90 to 1 98% 79% 81% 59% 44 4% N/A  
403 Ashland University-Ohio 0.90 to 1 96% 72% 72% 61% 74 5% 100%  
403 Sheridan College 0.90 to 1 19% N/A 53% 31% 44 13% N/A  
405 Amarillo College 0.90 to 1 19% N/A 56% 14% 79 20% N/A  
406 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 0.90 to 1 42% 67% 71% 41% 42 8% N/A  
407 Lindsey Wilson College 0.89 to 1 97% N/A 54% 28% 61 14% N/A  
408 George Washington University 0.89 to 1 71% 32% 94% 81% 90 2% N/A  
409 University of Nevada-Reno 0.88 to 1 60% 88% 79% 51% 74 7% N/A  
410 Darton College 0.88 to 1 4% N/A N/A 14% 44 21% N/A  
411 Ramapo College of New Jersey 0.88 to 1 31% 50% 85% 72% 37 5% N/A  
412 California State University-Northridge 0.87 to 1 51% 74% 75% 46% 52 9% N/A  
413 University of Guam 0.87 to 1 1% N/A 69% 23% 49 12% N/A  
414 Westfield State University 0.87 to 1 26% 61% 80% 58% 55 5% N/A  
415 Sullivan University 0.87 to 1 44% N/A N/A 52% 33 25% N/A  
416 Campbellsville University 0.86 to 1 95% 63% 66% 44% 49 10% N/A  
417 Alexandria Technical & Community College 0.86 to 1 25% N/A 69% 56% 32 10% 90%  
418 Spencerian College 0.86 to 1 14% N/A 41% 50% 58 27% N/A  
419 University of Baltimore 0.85 to 1 56% 32% 77% N/A 41 72% N/A  
420 Plymouth State University 0.83 to 1 57% 74% 74% 59% 57 4% N/A  
421 University of Alaska Southeast 0.83 to 1 28% N/A 57% 21% 29 11% N/A  
422 Baldwin-Wallace College 0.83 to 1 99% 63% 81% 70% 99 3% N/A  
423 Hannibal-Lagrange College 0.82 to 1 83% 60% 61% 45% 54 6% N/A  
424 Montana State University-Billings 0.81 to 1 32% 99% 56% 50% 80 6% N/A  
425 Mercy College of Health Sciences 0.81 to 1 75% 55% 50% 50% 13 5% N/A  
426 South Georgia College 0.81 to 1 8% N/A 46% 13% 78 23% N/A  
427 Worcester State University 0.80 to 1 42% 65% 80% 47% 55 9% N/A  
428 Queens University of Charlotte 0.80 to 1 93% 74% 70% 60% 80 8% N/A  
429 College of Southern Idaho 0.80 to 1 39% N/A 54% 17% 44 18% N/A  
430 Salem State University 0.79 to 1 54% 57% 73% 42% 59 10% N/A  
431 Northwest Nazarene University 0.79 to 1 98% N/A 72% 52% 82 6% N/A  
432 Fitchburg State University 0.79 to 1 49% 68% 73% 47% 59 4% N/A  
433 Everest College-Phoenix 0.79 to 1 0% N/A 43% 41% 15 30% N/A  
434 University of Hartford 0.78 to 1 98% 62% 72% 55% 51 7% N/A  
435 California Lutheran University 0.77 to 1 97% 44% 85% 64% 50 3% N/A  
436 Bryan College 0.77 to 1 94% 57% 69% 56% 43 7% N/A  
437 Youngstown State University 0.77 to 1 35% N/A 65% 34% 67 15% N/A  
438 Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central College 0.77 to 1 73% N/A 58% 46% 49 24% N/A  
439 Lamar State College-Orange 0.77 to 1 10% N/A 51% 19% 23 28% N/A  
440 Mount Vernon Nazarene University 0.76 to 1 99% 72% 70% 57% 40 5% N/A  
441 Peru State College 0.76 to 1 58% N/A 53% 26% 97 11% N/A  
442 Ohio Dominican University 0.76 to 1 100% 61% 57% 48% 78 8% N/A  
443 Bethel College-Mishawaka 0.75 to 1 97% 69% 85% 51% 41 9% N/A  
443 Our Lady of the Lake University-San Antonio 0.75 to 1 99% 55% 59% 36% 89 10% N/A  
443 University of Saint Mary 0.75 to 1 96% 55% 47% 42% 84 7% N/A  
446 Cabrillo College 0.75 to 1 0% N/A 72% 25% 51 17% N/A  
447 Huntington University 0.74 to 1 98% 88% 80% 62% 51 4% N/A  
448 Southeast Technical Institute 0.74 to 1 6% N/A 57% 34% 31 9% N/A  
449 Walsh University 0.74 to 1 100% 77% 75% 60% 42 6% N/A  
450 College of the Mainland 0.74 to 1 18% N/A 50% 7% 43 0% N/A  
451 St. John's University-New York 0.73 to 1 95% 46% 79% 57% 91 10% N/A  
452 Mississippi College 0.73 to 1 98% 44% 75% 51% 90 7% N/A  
453 Edgewood College 0.73 to 1 94% 72% 80% 51% 54 3% N/A  
454 University of San Francisco 0.73 to 1 67% 58% 84% 70% 63 4% N/A  
455 Saint Peter's College 0.73 to 1 99% 67% 73% 51% 77 11% N/A  
456 Rider University 0.73 to 1 96% 73% 82% 63% 57 7% N/A  
457 SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome 0.72 to 1 43% 38% 71% 47% 33 4% N/A  
458 Columbia Basin College 0.72 to 1 10% N/A 62% 30% 52 13% N/A  
459 Salem International University 0.71 to 1 31% N/A 43% 14% 49 22% N/A  
460 Los Angeles Trade Technical College 0.71 to 1 0% N/A 60% 16% 60 0% N/A  
461 Southeastern Illinois College 0.71 to 1 30% N/A 44% 36% 36 25% N/A  
462 Troy University 0.71 to 1 34% 71% 74% 32% 78 15% N/A  
463 Bluefield College 0.70 to 1 99% 49% 56% 36% 63 9% N/A  
463 Dickinson State University 0.70 to 1 61% 66% N/A N/A 84 5% N/A  
465 Saint Joseph's University 0.69 to 1 93% 78% 89% 76% 90 4% N/A  
466 George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville 0.69 to 1 31% N/A N/A 21% 34 26% N/A  
467 Chabot College 0.69 to 1 0% N/A 72% 24% 49 27% 100%  
468 Hawaii Pacific University 0.68 to 1 62% 71% 67% 39% 39 5% N/A  
469 Independence University 0.68 to 1 0% N/A 12% 26% N/A N/A N/A  
470 University of the Incarnate Word 0.68 to 1 89% 95% 78% 43% 87 13% N/A  
471 North Park University 0.68 to 1 93% 47% 75% 52% 86 10% N/A  
472 Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design 0.68 to 1 99% N/A 59% 56% 12 17% N/A  
473 Caldwell College 0.68 to 1 87% 62% 76% 58% 60 10% N/A  
474 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 0.67 to 1 9% N/A 72% 41% 33 15% N/A  
475 Saint Thomas Aquinas College 0.67 to 1 90% 81% 76% 58% 40 7% N/A  
476 Utica College 0.67 to 1 95% 78% 64% 44% 66 7% N/A  
477 Rogers State University 0.66 to 1 12% 54% 64% 12% 62 18% N/A  
478 Marist College 0.66 to 1 75% 34% 92% 80% 48 2% N/A  
479 Community College of Rhode Island 0.66 to 1 6% N/A 62% 11% 43 14% N/A  
480 New England Institute of Technology 0.66 to 1 54% N/A 67% 49% 30 6% N/A  
481 Brenau University 0.65 to 1 96% 34% 69% 44% 65 8% N/A  
482 Mercy College of Northwest Ohio 0.65 to 1 39% 75% 77% 51% 17 6% N/A  
483 College of San Mateo 0.65 to 1 3% N/A 73% 18% 60 13% N/A  
484 John Brown University 0.64 to 1 96% 73% 78% 66% 50 3% N/A  
485 Our Lady of Holy Cross College 0.64 to 1 20% 63% 67% N/A 40 6% N/A  
486 Athens State University 0.63 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 57 6% N/A  
487 Barclay College 0.63 to 1 100% 100% 76% 41% 37 12% N/A  
488 Pitt Community College 0.62 to 1 8% N/A 57% 16% 43 13% N/A  
489 New England College 0.62 to 1 96% 77% 60% 38% 45 11% N/A  
490 Olivet Nazarene University 0.62 to 1 99% 80% 73% 58% 56 4% N/A  
491 Lake Superior College 0.62 to 1 0% N/A 55% 22% 14 17% N/A  
492 Truett-McConnell College 0.62 to 1 98% 83% 74% 28% 46 17% N/A  
493 Haywood Community College 0.61 to 1 3% N/A 69% 23% 39 0% N/A  
493 Linfield College-Nursing & Health Sciences 0.61 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 2% N/A  
495 Florida Institute of Technology 0.61 to 1 97% 57% 80% 56% 48 9% N/A  
496 Foothill College 0.61 to 1 4% N/A N/A 53% 53 16% N/A  
497 Marymount University 0.61 to 1 89% 78% 70% 48% 54 4% N/A  
498 Hudson Valley Community College 0.61 to 1 6% N/A 55% 25% 43 12% N/A  
499 Northeast Community College 0.61 to 1 25% N/A 63% 46% 33 17% N/A  
500 Wilkes University 0.61 to 1 97% 75% 82% 58% 75 6% 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