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The Northwest Nazarene University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at NNU ?

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

Amount of Faculty Here is About Average

Student to faculty ratio at Northwest Nazarene University is on par with the national average of 15 students for every one instructional faculty member, at 16 :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 Northwest Nazarene University as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees1871008753.5%
Total of Those With Faculty Status9999-100.0%
Tenured Faculty4343-100.0%
On Tenure Track4040-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track1616-100.0%
Without Faculty Status881871.1%
Graduate Assistants----

Average Use of Full-Time Teachers

At Northwest Nazarene University ,53.0% of the teaching staff are full time, which is on average when compared nationally.

This School Hires an Average Number of Adjuncts

47.0% of the teaching staff at Northwest Nazarene University 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

Reliance on Graduate Assistants Unknown

We were not able to determine Northwest Nazarene University's reliance on graduate students.

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