The Cardinal Stritch University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Cardinal Stritch University have a good student to faculty ratio?

Check out the information on class structures and faculty to get a feel for the academic life at Cardinal Stritch University.

Above Average Student to Faculty Ratio

Cardinal Stritch University, with 11 students for every instructional faculty member, has more professors per student than the national average, which is 14 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.

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 Cardinal Stritch University as primarily performing research or public service.

This College Among the Worst for Full-Time Teachers

Cardinal Stritch University's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 17.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.

High Reliance on Part-Time Teachers or Adjuncts

81.0% of the teaching staff at Cardinal Stritch University are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This high use of adjuncts is far above the national average of 49.1%. 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

• What is an Adjunct?

  On this page, we refer to an adjunct teacher or a part-time teacher interchangeably, although each school may have a slightly different definition. In short, an adjunct professor can either work full-time or part-time during a school semester, but they have no contract or a contract that lasts only a short amount of time. To come up with the numbers for this page, 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.

Keep an Eye Out for Grad Assistants Teaching Classes

Cardinal Stritch University has 8 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.