by our College Data Analytics TeamTake a look at the classes and faculty information below to get a feel for student life at Queens.
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With 9 students for every one instructional faculty member, Queens University of Charlotte ranks among the best colleges when compared to the national average of 15.
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 Queens University of Charlotte as primarily performing research or public service.
| Total | Full Time | Part Time | Percent Full Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total of Instructional Employees | 232 | 123 | 109 | 53% |
| Total of Those With Faculty Status | 232 | 123 | 109 | 53% |
| Tenured Faculty | 54 | 54 | - | 100% |
| On Tenure Track | 32 | 32 | - | 100% |
| Not on Tenure Track | 146 | 37 | 109 | 25% |
| Without Faculty Status | - | - | - | - |
| Graduate Assistants | 10 | - | 10 | - |
With 53% of instructors employed full time, Queens University of Charlotte is above the national average of 47%.
At Queens University of Charlotte, 47% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This is a bit below 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.
Queens University of Charlotte has 0 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 10 non-instructional graduate assistants.