The Bob Jones University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Bob Jones University have a good student to faculty ratio?

Get a feel for student life at Bob Jones University by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.

On this page you’ll find:

• Student to Faculty Ratio
• Faculty Composition
• Percent of Full-Time Instructors
• Percent of Adjunct Professors
• Graduate Assistant Breakdown

Student to Faculty Ratio is About Average

With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Bob Jones University is about average in this regard, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1.

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 Bob Jones University as primarily performing research or public service.

Do You Like Being Taught by Full-Time Teachers? Then You’re Picking the Right School.

At Bob Jones University, 61% of instructors are employed full time, which ranks among the highest in the nation.

Lower Than Average Use of Adjuncts or Part-Time Teachers

At Bob Jones University, 39% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This is a bit below 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.

You May End Up Getting Taught by a Grad Assistant

Bob Jones University has 2 instructional graduate assistants that teach or provide teaching-related duties. These responsibilities could range from entirely teaching lower-level courses themselves, to assisting professors by developing teaching materials, preparing or giving exams and grading student work. We suggest you ask the college to what extent graduate assistants are relied on for instruction, so you know what you are paying for. Additionally, the school has 80 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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References

• U.S. Department of Education — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)