The Chief Dull Knife College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Chief Dull Knife College have a good student to faculty ratio?

Take a look at the classes and faculty information below to get a feel for student life at Chief Dull Knife College.

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 14 to 1, Chief Dull Knife College 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 Chief Dull Knife College as primarily performing research or public service.

More Full-Time Teachers Than Average

With 50% of instructors employed full time, Chief Dull Knife College is above the national average of 47%.

Lower Than Average Use of Adjuncts or Part-Time Teachers

At Chief Dull Knife College, 50% 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.

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References

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