The Dordt College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Dordt 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 Dordt.

Average Teacher to Student Ratio

Student to faculty ratio at Dordt College is on par with the national average of 14 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 Dordt College as primarily performing research or public service.

Reliance on Part-Time Teachers is About Average

At Dordt College, 56.0% of the teaching staff are full time, which is on average when compared nationally.

No Such Thing as Tenure 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.

Reliance on Graduate Assistants Unknown

We were not able to determine Dordt College's reliance on graduate students.