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  
601 Northeastern Technical College 0.42 to 1 7% N/A 58% 14% 39 0% N/A  
602 Missouri State University-West Plains 0.42 to 1 38% N/A 44% 32% 18 21% N/A  
603 Moultrie Technical College 0.42 to 1 1% N/A 52% 36% 38 0% N/A  
604 Clinton Community College 0.42 to 1 4% N/A 48% 27% 37 24% N/A  
605 Fontbonne University 0.42 to 1 93% 63% 74% 43% 86 10% N/A  
606 Kirkwood Community College 0.42 to 1 14% N/A 49% 22% 42 15% N/A  
607 Surry Community College 0.41 to 1 16% N/A 78% 22% 43 6% N/A  
608 Tri-County Technical College 0.41 to 1 4% N/A 41% 9% 41 16% N/A  
609 Clatsop Community College 0.41 to 1 39% N/A 6% 12% 47 23% N/A  
610 Wayland Baptist University 0.41 to 1 82% 99% 50% 37% 56 13% N/A  
611 Bucks County Community College 0.40 to 1 11% N/A 63% 11% 44 N/A N/A  
612 Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla 0.40 to 1 31% 66% 70% 20% 36 28% N/A  
613 Eastern University 0.40 to 1 93% 74% 80% 66% 58 6% N/A  
614 Ozarks Technical Community College 0.39 to 1 2% N/A 59% 18% 16 21% N/A  
615 Daytona State College 0.39 to 1 12% N/A N/A 29% 49 30% N/A  
616 Lawrence Technological University 0.39 to 1 79% 47% 77% 44% 45 6% N/A  
617 Gateway Community and Technical College 0.39 to 1 3% N/A N/A 35% 39 28% N/A  
618 Robeson Community College 0.38 to 1 1% N/A 70% 44% 37 0% N/A  
619 Lenoir Community College 0.38 to 1 9% N/A 44% 15% 44 3% N/A  
620 Saint Joseph's College-New York 0.37 to 1 89% 76% 87% 65% 84 6% N/A  
621 Notre Dame College 0.37 to 1 100% 89% 67% 47% 1 8% N/A  
622 Allegany College of Maryland 0.37 to 1 21% N/A 55% 21% 47 17% N/A  
623 Napa Valley College 0.37 to 1 0% N/A 77% 31% 60 11% N/A  
624 Nevada State College 0.37 to 1 26% 66% 62% 22% 6 15% N/A  
625 Maryville University of Saint Louis 0.37 to 1 96% 67% 82% 68% 71 3% N/A  
626 Scottsdale Community College 0.37 to 1 26% N/A 58% 17% 37 20% N/A  
627 Amberton University 0.37 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 31 N/A N/A  
628 Bellevue University 0.37 to 1 88% N/A 50% 37% 35 9% N/A  
629 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College 0.37 to 1 3% N/A 48% 13% 36 22% N/A  
630 Central Carolina Community College 0.37 to 1 0% N/A N/A 39% 40 0% N/A  
631 Hartnell College 0.37 to 1 3% N/A 69% 23% 60 18% N/A  
632 Heald College-Fresno 0.36 to 1 7% 87% 53% 39% 29 15% N/A  
632 Schiller International University 0.36 to 1 0% N/A 17% 40% 29 8% N/A  
634 Olympic College 0.36 to 1 6% N/A N/A 30% 64 15% N/A  
635 Victory University 0.36 to 1 13% 31% 72% 10% 26 20% N/A  
636 Santa Fe University of Art and Design 0.36 to 1 97% 33% 60% 48% 47 7% N/A  
637 Three Rivers Community College 0.36 to 1 17% N/A 53% 19% 38 22% N/A  
638 College of Marin 0.36 to 1 0% N/A 65% 24% 60 21% N/A  
639 University of Bridgeport 0.36 to 1 98% 57% 53% 28% 61 15% N/A  
640 University of New Mexico-Valencia County Branch 0.35 to 1 12% N/A 60% 8% 34 7% N/A  
641 Patten University 0.35 to 1 96% N/A 20% 19% 32 23% N/A  
642 Montgomery County Community College-Central Campus 0.35 to 1 1% N/A 61% 12% 42 13% N/A  
643 Quinsigamond Community College 0.35 to 1 12% N/A 55% 14% 45 12% N/A  
644 Jefferson College 0.35 to 1 10% N/A 60% 28% 43 16% N/A  
645 College America-Denver 0.35 to 1 13% N/A 42% 29% 28 39% N/A  
646 Arizona Western College 0.35 to 1 14% N/A 63% 16% 44 28% N/A  
647 Missouri Baptist University 0.35 to 1 97% 58% 66% 28% 34 7% N/A  
648 Saddleback College 0.35 to 1 0% N/A 76% 35% 41 15% N/A  
649 Keystone College 0.35 to 1 90% 91% 70% 44% 76 13% N/A  
650 Grand Rapids Community College 0.34 to 1 7% N/A 55% 15% 95 22% N/A  
651 Joliet Junior College 0.34 to 1 5% N/A 55% 11% 95 16% N/A  
652 Kennebec Valley Community College 0.34 to 1 25% N/A 67% 40% 33 18% N/A  
653 Brookdale Community College 0.34 to 1 3% N/A 66% 20% 40 17% N/A  
654 Atlanta Technical College 0.34 to 1 0% N/A N/A 31% 41 0% N/A  
655 Cowley County Community College 0.34 to 1 42% N/A 50% 29% 37 19% N/A  
656 New Mexico State University-Dona Ana 0.34 to 1 7% N/A 62% 12% 39 15% N/A  
657 Concordia University 0.33 to 1 97% 76% 72% 51% 31 5% N/A  
658 West Los Angeles College 0.33 to 1 0% N/A 61% 12% 41 16% N/A  
659 Seminole State College of Florida 0.33 to 1 10% N/A N/A 32% 43 21% N/A  
660 Ohio University-Eastern Campus 0.33 to 1 26% N/A 57% 27% 55 9% N/A  
661 Anna Maria College 0.33 to 1 99% 60% 61% 49% 1 7% N/A  
662 The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago 0.33 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 28 3% N/A  
663 St Vincent's College 0.33 to 1 50% 87% 50% 100% 18 6% N/A  
664 Regis University 0.32 to 1 89% 76% 82% 62% 90 7% N/A  
665 Mid-Continent University 0.32 to 1 8% 95% 65% 24% 25 11% N/A  
666 Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences 0.32 to 1 8% 96% 93% 28% 16 4% N/A  
667 Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana 0.32 to 1 10% N/A 52% 4% 43 20% N/A  
668 Cardinal Stritch University 0.32 to 1 64% 48% 71% 46% 59 8% N/A  
669 Holy Names University 0.32 to 1 98% 64% 70% 39% 63 11% N/A  
670 ICDC College 0.32 to 1 0% N/A 75% 75% 13 7% N/A  
671 Anamarc College-El Paso 0.32 to 1 0% N/A 84% 84% 9 29% 90%  
672 New River Community College 0.31 to 1 14% N/A 60% 21% 40 20% N/A  
673 Coleman University 0.31 to 1 0% 100% N/A 66% 45 17% N/A  
674 Kirtland Community College 0.31 to 1 16% N/A 51% 18% 36 21% 0%  
675 Charter College 0.31 to 1 0% N/A 80% 94% 24 18% N/A  
676 Virginia College 0.31 to 1 8% N/A N/A N/A 3 21% N/A  
677 Mercy College 0.31 to 1 83% 60% 68% 29% 44 8% N/A  
678 Cedar Valley College 0.31 to 1 9% N/A N/A 13% 33 16% N/A  
679 Atlantic Cape Community College 0.31 to 1 2% N/A N/A 15% 41 23% N/A  
680 Clovis Community College 0.31 to 1 3% N/A 34% 4% 25 18% N/A  
681 Mid-Plains Community College 0.31 to 1 51% N/A 50% 35% 47 20% N/A  
682 Lake Land College 0.30 to 1 21% N/A 57% 25% 39 20% N/A  
683 Globe University-Minneapolis 0.30 to 1 20% N/A 38% N/A 4 13% N/A  
684 Bryant and Stratton College-Buffalo Campus 0.30 to 1 30% 100% N/A 13% 10 23% 95%  
685 Brevard Community College 0.30 to 1 10% N/A 69% 47% 47 20% N/A  
686 Bellevue College 0.30 to 1 9% N/A N/A 29% 42 10% N/A  
687 Mountain State University 0.30 to 1 9% N/A 50% 12% 31 14% N/A  
688 Southside Virginia Community College 0.30 to 1 13% N/A 64% 26% 40 0% N/A  
689 Metropolitan Community College Area 0.29 to 1 15% N/A 43% 13% 33 18% N/A  
690 Spring Arbor University 0.29 to 1 100% 74% 74% 56% 52 6% N/A  
691 Cochise College 0.29 to 1 21% N/A 53% 15% 43 24% N/A  
692 Highland Community College 0.29 to 1 66% N/A 53% 24% 35 9% N/A  
693 Southwestern College (1) 0.29 to 1 100% 87% 70% 57% 80 9% N/A  
694 NHTI-Concord's Community College 0.29 to 1 0% N/A 55% 27% 43 10% N/A  
695 Crown College 0.29 to 1 98% 78% 63% 53% 62 8% N/A  
696 Bunker Hill Community College 0.29 to 1 1% N/A 73% 9% 36 12% N/A  
697 Jamestown Community College 0.29 to 1 13% N/A 62% 32% 56 15% N/A  
697 Pacific States University 0.29 to 1 N/A N/A 100% 67% 16 33% N/A  
699 Southwest Florida College 0.28 to 1 10% N/A 36% 32% 28 21% N/A  
700 Middlesex Community College 0.28 to 1 13% N/A 56% 13% 39 13% 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