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The Ashland Community and Technical College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at Ashland Community and Technical College ?

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

Worse Than Average Student to Faculty Ratio

Student to faculty ratio is one of the standard metrics used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 17 students for every one instructional faculty member, Ashland Community and Technical College has more students split among the same faculty when compared to the national average of 15 . This metric might be an indicator that larger class sizes may be the norm, especially in introductory courses.

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 Ashland Community and Technical College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees152708246.1%
Total of Those With Faculty Status7170198.6%
Tenured Faculty1919-100.0%
On Tenure Track----
Not on Tenure Track5251198.1%
Without Faculty Status81-81-
Graduate Assistants----

Average Use of Full-Time Teachers

At Ashland Community and Technical College ,46.0% of the teaching staff are full time, which is on average when compared nationally.

This School Hires an Average Number of Adjuncts

54.0% of the teaching staff at Ashland Community and Technical College are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is on par with the national average of 51.4% .

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 Ashland Community and Technical College does not offer graduate degree programs, this practice is not applicable to this college.

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