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The Buena Vista University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does BVU have a good student to faculty ratio?

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

Student to Faculty Ratio is Well Above Average

Student to faculty ratio is a common metric used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 8 students for every one instructional faculty member, Buena Vista University ranks among the best colleges when compared to the national average of 15.

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 Buena Vista University as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees2836122221.6%
Total of Those With Faculty Status2836122221.6%
Tenured Faculty2929-100.0%
On Tenure Track1616-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track238162226.7%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants----

Full-Time Teaching Staff is Well Below Average

Buena Vista University's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 22.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.

This School Gets a Lot of Help from Part-Time Teachers

78.0% of the teaching staff at Buena Vista University 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

Reliance on Graduate Assistants Unknown

We were not able to determine Buena Vista University's reliance on graduate students.

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