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The Creighton University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at Creighton ?

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

Above Average Student to Faculty Ratio

Creighton University , with 11 students for every instructional faculty member, has more professors per student than the national average, which is 15 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 Creighton University as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees83154728465.8%
Total of Those With Faculty Status83154728465.8%
Tenured Faculty3082931595.1%
On Tenure Track114113199.1%
Not on Tenure Track40914126834.5%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants25-25-

This Campus is Filled with Full-Time Teachers

Creighton University has more full-time teachers than the average school, with 66.0% of instructors teaching full time.

Lower Than Average Use of Adjuncts or Part-Time Teachers

At Creighton University , only 32.0% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is low, below the national average of 51.4%, which could be indicative of Creighton 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

Grad Assistants May Teach Classes

Creighton University has 25 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.

Additionally, the school has 18 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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