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The Franklin College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Franklin College of Indiana have a good student to faculty ratio?

Use the student to faculty ratio, as well as the faculty composition to get an idea of how much attention you'll receive as an individual student at Franklin College of Indiana .

Above Average Student to Faculty Ratio

Franklin College , with 11 students for every instructional faculty member, has more professors per student than the national average, which is 15 students for every one instructor. This student to faculty ratio is one of the standard metrics used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students, and therefore, the individualized attention or quality of instruction the student might receive.

Breakdown of Instructional Staff

The following table shows all the employees the school considers instructional, and therefore, part of the above student-to-faculty ratio. These include both those employees designated as either "primarily instructional" or as "instructional combined with research/public service". It does not include employees that have been identified by Franklin College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees99752475.8%
Total of Those With Faculty Status99752475.8%
Tenured Faculty3030-100.0%
On Tenure Track2727-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track42182442.9%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants----

Do You Like Being Taught by Full-Time Teachers? Then You're Picking the Right School.

Franklin College's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 76.0% of instructors employed full time.

Not Many Adjunct Teachers Here

At Franklin College , only 24.0% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is far below the national average of 51.4%, which could be indicative of Franklin College's commitment to building a strong, long-term instructional team.

Colleges often use part-time professors and adjuncts to teach courses, rather than full-time faculty. This hiring practice is primarily a way to save money amid increasingly tight budgets. However, it is a controversial practice with strong views on either side. We encourage you to understand this topic more deeply, and how the colleges you are interested in approach faculty hiring. It's your education and your money on the line. Make sure you know what you are getting for it.

Additional Information

Reliance on Graduate Assistants Unknown

We were not able to determine Franklin College's reliance on graduate students.

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