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The Del Mar College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Del Mar College 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 Del Mar College .

Average Teacher to Student Ratio

Student to faculty ratio at Del Mar College is on par with the national average of 15 students for every one instructional faculty member, at 14 :1. This ratio is a standard metric used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students.

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 Del Mar College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees68533135448.3%
Total of Those With Faculty Status302302-100.0%
Tenured Faculty189189-100.0%
On Tenure Track5858-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track5555-100.0%
Without Faculty Status383293547.6%
Graduate Assistants----

Reliance on Part-Time Teachers is About Average

At Del Mar College ,48.0% of the teaching staff are full time, which is on average when compared nationally.

Use of Part-Time Teachers is About Average

52.0% of the teaching staff at Del Mar College are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is on par with 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. It's your education and your money on the line. Make sure you know what you are getting for it.

Additional Information

No Graduate Programs

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

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