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The Kansas State University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Kansas State 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 Kansas State University .

Worse Than Average Student to Faculty Ratio

Student to faculty ratio is one of the standard metrics used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 18 students for every one instructional faculty member, Kansas State University has more students split among the same faculty when compared to the national average of 15 . This metric might be an indicator that larger class sizes may be the norm, especially in introductory courses.

Instructional Staff at the College

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 Kansas State University as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees1,14999615386.7%
Total of Those With Faculty Status1,13799614187.6%
Tenured Faculty5745433194.6%
On Tenure Track181181-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track38227211071.2%
Without Faculty Status12-12-
Graduate Assistants553-553-

This School is Seriously Committed to Hiring Full-Time Teachers

Kansas State University's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 87.0% of instructors employed full time.

Low Percentage of Part-Time Teachers (Adjuncts)

At Kansas State University , only 11.0% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is far below the national average of 51.4%, which could be indicative of Kansas State 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

Keep an Eye Out for Grad Assistants Teaching Classes

Kansas State University has 553 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 687 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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