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The Colgate University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Colgate have a good student to faculty ratio?

Get a feel for student life at Colgate 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 9 students for every one instructional faculty member, Colgate 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 Colgate University as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees3563253191.3%
Total of Those With Faculty Status3503193191.1%
Tenured Faculty1901791194.2%
On Tenure Track7474-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track86662076.7%
Without Faculty Status66-100.0%
Graduate Assistants----

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

Colgate University's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 91.0% of instructors employed full time.

Not Many Adjunct Teachers Here

At Colgate University , only 6.0% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is far below the national average of 51.4%, which could be indicative of Colgate University'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 Colgate University's reliance on graduate students.

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