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The Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus have a good student to faculty ratio?

Get a feel for student life at Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.

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Student to Faculty Ratio is Higher Than Average

The student to faculty ratio at Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. Some of your classes may be larger than they would be at other schools.

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 Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus as primarily performing research or public service.

Total Full Time Part Time Percent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees 19 7 12 37%
Total of Those With Faculty Status 19 7 12 37%
Tenured Faculty - - - -
On Tenure Track - - - -
Not on Tenure Track 19 7 12 37%
Without Faculty Status - - - -

Fewer Full-Time Teachers Than Average

At Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus, 37% of instructors are full time — lower than the national average of 47%.

Heavier Reliance on Part-Time Teachers

At Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus, 63% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This is above 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.

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