The City College - Miami Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does City College - Miami have a good student to faculty ratio?

Get a feel for student life at City College - Miami by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.

Good Student to Faculty Ratio

City College - Miami, with 10 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.

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 City College - Miami as primarily performing research or public service.

Full-Time Teaching Staff is Well Below Average

City College - Miami's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 10.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.

No Tenure System at This School

This school does not have a tenure system, and so we are unable to call out the number of 'adjuncts' due to all teachers being considered non-tenure track. This can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the school. 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.

No Graduate Programs

Many U.S. colleges utilize enrolled graduate assistants to help instructional faculty, however, as City College - Miami does not offer graduate degree programs, this practice is not applicable to this college.