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The Mount Saint Mary College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at Mount Saint Mary ?

Check out the information on class structures and faculty to get a feel for the academic life at Mount Saint Mary .

Amount of Faculty Here is About Average

Student to faculty ratio at Mount Saint Mary 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.

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 Mount Saint Mary College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees2478616134.8%
Total of Those With Faculty Status2478616134.8%
Tenured Faculty5050-100.0%
On Tenure Track3434-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track16321611.2%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants----

Below Average Use of Full-Time Teachers

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

Above Average Use of Part-Time Teachers

65.0% of the teaching staff at Mount Saint Mary 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

Reliance on Graduate Assistants Unknown

We were not able to determine Mount Saint Mary College's reliance on graduate students.

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