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The Austin College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Austin College 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 Austin College .

Good Student to Faculty Ratio

Austin College , with 13 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 Austin College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees1191001984.0%
Total of Those With Faculty Status101100199.0%
Tenured Faculty6968198.6%
On Tenure Track2323-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track99-100.0%
Without Faculty Status18-18-
Graduate Assistants----

This School is Seriously Committed to Hiring Full-Time Teachers

Austin College's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 84.0% of instructors employed full time.

Low Percentage of Part-Time Teachers (Adjuncts)

At Austin College , only 15.0% 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 Austin 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 Austin College's reliance on graduate students.

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