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The Hunter College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Hunter have a good student to faculty ratio?

Use the student to faculty ratio, as well as the faculty composition to get an idea of how much attention you'll receive as an individual student at Hunter .

Above Average Student to Faculty Ratio

Hunter College , with 13 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 Hunter College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees1,8356121,22333.4%
Total of Those With Faculty Status1,8356121,22333.4%
Tenured Faculty464464-100.0%
On Tenure Track113113-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track1,258351,2232.8%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants48-48-

Lower Than Average Number of Full-Time Teachers

33.0% of the teaching staff are full time at Hunter College , which places this college below average in its use of full-time teachers when compared to a nationwide average.

Above Average Reliance on Adjuncts

67.0% of the teaching staff at Hunter College are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This percentage represents a higher than average use of adjuncts when compared to the national average of 51.4% , a controversial statistic that some consider 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

You May End Up Getting Taught by a Grad Assistant

Hunter College has 48 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.

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