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The Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does SMU MN have a good student to faculty ratio?

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

Worse Than Average Student to Faculty Ratio

Student to faculty ratio is one of the standard metrics used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 18 students for every one instructional faculty member, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota has more students split among the same faculty when compared to the national average of 15 . This metric might be an indicator that larger class sizes may be the norm, especially in introductory courses.

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 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees4919839320.0%
Total of Those With Faculty Status4919839320.0%
Tenured Faculty5454-100.0%
On Tenure Track1919-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track418253936.0%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants----

Full-Time Teaching Staff is Well Below Average

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 20.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.

This School Gets a Lot of Help from Part-Time Teachers

80.0% of the teaching staff at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This high use of adjuncts is far above the national average of 51.4% . A high use of adjuncts instead of tenured professors is controversial, and some consider this statistic to be 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 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota's reliance on graduate students.

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