The Sitting Bull College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does Sitting Bull College have a good student to faculty ratio?

Take a look at the classes and faculty information below to get a feel for student life at Sitting Bull College.

On this page you’ll find:

• Student to Faculty Ratio
• Faculty Composition
• Percent of Full-Time Instructors
• Percent of Adjunct Professors
• Graduate Assistant Breakdown

Student to Faculty Ratio is Well Above Average

With 7 students for every one instructional faculty member, Sitting Bull College ranks among the best colleges when compared to the national average of 15.

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 Sitting Bull College as primarily performing research or public service.

Do You Like Being Taught by Full-Time Teachers? Then You’re Picking the Right School.

Sitting Bull College's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 66% of instructors employed full time.

Lower Than Average Use of Adjuncts or Part-Time Teachers

At Sitting Bull College, 34% 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.

You May End Up Getting Taught by a Grad Assistant

Sitting Bull College has 2 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.

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References

• U.S. Department of Education — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
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