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The Alvin Community College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at Alvin Community College ?

Check out the information on class structures and faculty to get a feel for the academic life at Alvin Community College .

Good Student to Faculty Ratio

Alvin Community College , with 12 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.

Instructional Staff at the College

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 Alvin Community College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees48211037222.8%
Total of Those With Faculty Status45810335522.5%
Tenured Faculty5757-100.0%
On Tenure Track4343-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track35833550.8%
Without Faculty Status2471729.2%
Graduate Assistants----

Fewer Full-Time Teachers Than Most

Alvin Community College's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 23.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.

This School Really Likes Hiring Part-Timers

77.0% of the teaching staff at Alvin Community College are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This high use of adjuncts is far above the national average of 51.4% . 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

No Graduate Programs

Many U.S. colleges utilize enrolled graduate assistants to help instructional faculty, however, as Alvin Community College does not offer graduate degree programs, this practice is not applicable to this college.

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