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  
701 Iowa Central Community College 0.28 to 1 48% N/A 55% 39% 38 20% N/A  
702 Oakton Community College 0.28 to 1 21% N/A 72% 13% 36 16% N/A  
703 Goodwin College 0.28 to 1 74% N/A 44% 45% 29 6% N/A  
704 Community College of Denver 0.28 to 1 8% N/A 53% 11% 37 22% N/A  
705 Saybrook University 0.28 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 28 8% N/A  
706 Cayuga County Community College 0.28 to 1 7% N/A N/A 28% 47 14% 100%  
707 J Sargeant Reynolds Community College 0.28 to 1 4% N/A 59% 9% 38 17% N/A  
708 Antonelli College- Cincinnati 0.28 to 1 0% N/A 26% 48% 37 35% 100%  
709 Walters State Community College 0.27 to 1 17% 100% 55% 19% 40 20% N/A  
710 Bacone College 0.27 to 1 79% 52% 31% 14% 47 30% N/A  
711 Vincennes University 0.27 to 1 13% N/A 74% 23% 54 22% 95%  
712 Manchester Community College 0.27 to 1 N/A N/A 53% 20% 37 11% N/A  
713 Central Pennsylvania College 0.27 to 1 34% 43% 42% 46% 35 10% N/A  
714 Jackson Community College 0.27 to 1 13% N/A 56% 11% 79 18% N/A  
715 Marylhurst University 0.26 to 1 67% 70% 67% N/A 35 5% N/A  
716 Western Iowa Tech Community College 0.26 to 1 15% N/A 57% 22% 35 19% N/A  
717 Eastern Iowa Community College District 0.26 to 1 15% N/A N/A 26% 29 15% N/A  
718 Bay State College 0.26 to 1 79% 76% 75% 22% 38 19% N/A  
718 Northwood University-Florida Education Center 0.26 to 1 93% 46% 57% 34% 28 13% N/A  
720 Front Range Community College 0.26 to 1 10% N/A N/A 21% 37 16% N/A  
721 Dowling College 0.25 to 1 92% 82% 65% 39% 41 7% N/A  
722 Harrison College-Indianapolis 0.25 to 1 9% 96% 7% 26% 32 14% N/A  
723 Metropolitan State University 0.25 to 1 0% 97% 64% 29% 0 7% N/A  
724 Everest Institute-Rochester 0.25 to 1 6% N/A N/A 26% 46 33% N/A  
725 Pikes Peak Community College 0.25 to 1 7% N/A 57% 21% 37 19% N/A  
726 Mercer County Community College 0.25 to 1 0% N/A 61% 18% 45 15% N/A  
727 The New School 0.25 to 1 96% 69% 82% 60% 52 7% N/A  
728 Fisher College 0.25 to 1 86% 59% 71% 40% 42 19% N/A  
729 Oklahoma City Community College 0.24 to 1 25% N/A 49% 10% 35 24% N/A  
730 Rosemont College 0.24 to 1 97% 54% 67% 58% 82 9% N/A  
731 Harford Community College 0.24 to 1 11% N/A 66% 19% 45 15% N/A  
732 The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division 0.24 to 1 81% 75% 63% 21% N/A 23% N/A  
733 Eagle Gate College 0.24 to 1 10% N/A 100% 61% 8 24% N/A  
734 College of DuPage 0.24 to 1 2% N/A 65% 11% 80 20% N/A  
735 Chamberlain College of Nursing - Missouri 0.24 to 1 19% 89% 69% 75% N/A N/A 65%  
736 Denver School of Nursing 0.24 to 1 0% 70% 86% N/A 4 0% N/A  
737 Suffolk County Community College 0.23 to 1 2% N/A 65% 19% 46 16% N/A  
738 Hope International University 0.23 to 1 98% 52% 67% 33% 43 9% N/A  
739 Cuyahoga Community College District 0.23 to 1 2% N/A 47% 4% 33 16% N/A  
740 Chancellor University 0.23 to 1 19% 100% 45% 4% 34 11% N/A  
741 Fremont College 0.23 to 1 0% N/A 60% 65% 26 21% N/A  
742 Oakland City University 0.22 to 1 96% 69% 43% 59% 35 7% N/A  
743 St Petersburg College 0.22 to 1 25% N/A N/A 28% 81 21% N/A  
744 Drury University 0.22 to 1 42% 80% 73% 57% 97 14% N/A  
745 Massasoit Community College 0.22 to 1 4% N/A 62% 13% 41 16% N/A  
746 Central Virginia Community College 0.22 to 1 2% N/A 54% 20% 43 0% N/A  
747 Pacific Oaks College 0.22 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 53 12% N/A  
748 Anne Arundel Community College 0.22 to 1 3% N/A 61% 12% 44 16% N/A  
749 Indiana Wesleyan University 0.22 to 1 48% 72% 75% 67% 46 7% N/A  
750 Kaplan University-Maine Campus 0.22 to 1 42% N/A N/A 18% 14 N/A 97%  
751 Southwestern College (2) 0.22 to 1 1% N/A 63% 12% 48 17% N/A  
752 Community College of Allegheny County 0.21 to 1 6% N/A 56% 11% 42 14% N/A  
753 Lone Star College System 0.21 to 1 4% N/A 69% 10% 36 18% N/A  
754 Cecil College 0.21 to 1 62% N/A N/A 8% 38 15% N/A  
755 Tiffin University 0.21 to 1 68% 51% 69% 47% 27 7% N/A  
756 Daniel Webster College 0.21 to 1 1% 66% 63% 43% 40 7% N/A  
757 Stevens Henager College 0.21 to 1 56% N/A 38% 33% 8 N/A N/A  
758 Academy of Art University 0.20 to 1 9% N/A 65% 34% 14 11% N/A  
759 Capella University 0.20 to 1 33% 100% 67% 0% 15 10% N/A  
760 Strayer Virginia 0.20 to 1 49% N/A 52% 19% 31 14% N/A  
761 Red Rocks Community College 0.20 to 1 2% N/A 54% 23% 37 19% N/A  
762 Capitol College 0.20 to 1 82% 56% 74% 37% 36 7% N/A  
762 Northern Essex Community College 0.20 to 1 1% N/A 60% 14% 43 17% N/A  
764 Colorado Christian University 0.20 to 1 99% 81% 72% 42% 31 6% N/A  
765 John F Kennedy University 0.20 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 35 6% N/A  
766 Southern New Hampshire University 0.19 to 1 89% 84% 72% 57% 39 7% N/A  
767 Miami Dade College 0.19 to 1 29% N/A N/A 25% 47 19% 90%  
768 Lord Fairfax Community College 0.18 to 1 10% N/A 65% 26% 40 0% N/A  
769 Albertus Magnus College 0.17 to 1 81% 87% 76% 51% 80 9% N/A  
770 Prince George's Community College 0.17 to 1 4% N/A 61% 9% 43 16% N/A  
771 Rasmussen College-Minnesota 0.17 to 1 100% 71% 44% 39% 33 14% N/A  
772 M-DCPS The English Center 0.17 to 1 0% N/A 20% 50% 8 N/A N/A  
773 Trident University International 0.17 to 1 0% N/A 19% 72% 7 3% N/A  
774 Lakeland College 0.16 to 1 100% 82% 70% 42% 51 5% N/A  
775 Beckfield College-Florence 0.16 to 1 15% N/A 100% 48% 19 23% N/A  
776 Bethel Seminary of the East 0.16 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 2% N/A  
777 Shorter University-College of Adult & Professional Programs 0.15 to 1 4% N/A 66% 36% N/A 12% N/A  
778 California College-San Diego 0.15 to 1 21% N/A 56% 53% 32 28% N/A  
779 Herzing University-Madison 0.15 to 1 12% 100% 47% 59% 10 13% N/A  
780 Briarcliffe College 0.15 to 1 13% N/A 69% 42% 16 22% N/A  
781 Baker University 0.15 to 1 88% 92% 77% 55% 99 7% N/A  
782 Park University 0.15 to 1 49% 76% 67% 39% 99 10% N/A  
783 Indiana Institute of Technology 0.15 to 1 80% 65% 59% 19% 50 11% N/A  
784 Columbia Southern University 0.15 to 1 20% N/A 86% 39% 11 9% N/A  
785 Clark State Community College 0.15 to 1 8% N/A 47% 9% 38 19% 100%  
786 Webster University 0.14 to 1 85% 72% 80% 61% 87 8% N/A  
787 Rappahannock Community College 0.14 to 1 17% N/A 60% 24% 39 0% N/A  
788 Northampton County Area Community College 0.14 to 1 5% N/A 62% 21% 42 16% N/A  
789 Pinnacle Career Institute-Lawrence 0.13 to 1 8% N/A 69% 71% 23 5% N/A  
790 Brandman University- Part of the Chapman University System 0.13 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 56 4% N/A  
791 Jones College-Jacksonville 0.12 to 1 25% N/A 75% 33% 55 11% N/A  
792 Community College of Aurora 0.12 to 1 15% N/A 56% 24% 24 22% N/A  
793 National Labor College 0.12 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 0% N/A  
794 Post University 0.12 to 1 51% 77% 57% 36% 40 19% N/A  
795 Hesser College 0.12 to 1 8% N/A 89% 4% 27 17% N/A  
796 Potomac College-Washington 0.12 to 1 0% N/A N/A 20% 18 20% N/A  
797 Lansing Community College 0.12 to 1 6% N/A 51% 15% 48 18% N/A  
798 United States University 0.12 to 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 17% N/A  
799 Baker College of Flint 0.12 to 1 65% N/A 48% 11% 35 19% 97%  
800 Minnesota School of Business-Richfield 0.12 to 1 57% N/A 64% 31% 59 17% 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