Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition at A T Still University of Health Sciences

What are the Student to Faculty Ratios Like at A T Still University of Health Sciences?

Check out the information on class structures and faculty to get a feel for the academic life at A T Still University of Health Sciences.

Why A T Still University of Health Sciences's Faculty Composition Matters to You

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 A T Still University of Health Sciences.

Student-to-Teacher Ratio Unknown

We were not able to determine the student to faculty ratio at A T Still University of Health Sciences.

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 A T Still University of Health Sciences as primarily performing research or public service.

Fewer Full-Time Teachers Than Most

A T Still University of Health Sciences's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 21.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.

This School Really Likes Hiring Part-Timers

79.0% of the teaching staff at A T Still University of Health Sciences are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This high use of adjuncts is far above the national average of 51.0%. A high use of adjuncts instead of tenured professors is controversial, and some consider this statistic to be indicative of a 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

• What is an Adjunct? An adjunct is a teacher that has either no contract or a very short term contract for a single semester or year. These teachers often instruct only a single class or two at a given college and may have teaching or non-teaching jobs elsewhere. The term 'adjunct' can be used very loosely in academia, and many schools classify these instructors differently. To account for this difference, we use the total number of part-time non-faculty and non-tenure track faculty to represent the count of adjuncts for the college or university.

No Graduate Assistants At This School

A T Still University of Health Sciences has reported that no graduate assistants are being utilized to help instructional faculty.