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The Reed College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at Reed ?

Get a feel for student life at Reed College by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.

Excellent Student to Faculty Ratio

Student to faculty ratio is a common metric used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 9 students for every one instructional faculty member, Reed College ranks among the best colleges when compared to the national average of 15.

Breakdown of Instructional Staff

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 Reed College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees178170895.5%
Total of Those With Faculty Status173170398.3%
Tenured Faculty118118-100.0%
On Tenure Track2828-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track2724388.9%
Without Faculty Status5-5-
Graduate Assistants----

How Seriously Does This School Take Hiring Full-Time Teachers? Very Seriously

Reed College's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 96.0% of instructors employed full time.

Reliance on Part-Time Teachers is Way Below Average

At Reed College , only 4.0% 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 Reed 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 Reed College's reliance on graduate students.

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