Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition at Austin Peay State University

What is the Faculty Composition Like at Austin Peay State University?

Check out the information on class structures and faculty to get a feel for the academic life at Austin Peay State University.

Why Austin Peay State University'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 Austin Peay State University.

Below 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 18 students for every one instructional faculty member, Austin Peay State University has more students split among the same faculty when compared to the national average of 14. This metric might be an indicator that larger class sizes may be the norm, especially in introductory courses.

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 Austin Peay State University as primarily performing research or public service.

Below Average Use of Part-Timers

Austin Peay State University makes above average use of full-time teachers, with 60.0% of instructors teaching full time.

Lower Than Average Use of Adjuncts or Part-Time Teachers

At Austin Peay State University, only 40.0% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is low, below the national average of 51.0%, which could be indicative of Austin Peay State University'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.

Non-Instructional Grad Assistants

Austin Peay State University reports 126 graduate assistants, however, none of them are considered instructional, meaning they do not teach or perform teaching-related activities.