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The Fontbonne University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Fontbonne University 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 Fontbonne University .

Excellent Student to Faculty Ratio

Student to faculty ratio is a common metric used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 10 students for every one instructional faculty member, Fontbonne University ranks among the best colleges when compared to the national average of 15.

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 Fontbonne University as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees1545410035.1%
Total of Those With Faculty Status1545410035.1%
Tenured Faculty3030-100.0%
On Tenure Track1515-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track10991008.3%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants1-1-

Lower Than Average Number of Full-Time Teachers

35.0% of the teaching staff are full time at Fontbonne University , which places this college below average in its use of full-time teachers when compared to a nationwide average.

Above Average Reliance on Adjuncts

65.0% of the teaching staff at Fontbonne University 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

Fontbonne University has a single instructional graduate assistant who teaches or provides 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 28 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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