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The University of California - Davis Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does UC Davis have a good student to faculty ratio?

Use the student to faculty ratio, as well as the faculty composition to get an idea of how much attention you'll receive as an individual student at UC Davis .

Below 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 20 students for every one instructional faculty member, University of California - Davis 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.

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 University of California - Davis as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees2,0821,75832484.4%
Total of Those With Faculty Status2,0781,75632284.5%
Tenured Faculty1,1331,0924196.4%
On Tenure Track293292199.7%
Not on Tenure Track65237228057.1%
Without Faculty Status42250.0%
Graduate Assistants2,318-2,318-

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

University of California - Davis' utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 84.0% of instructors employed full time.

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Not Many Adjunct Teachers Here

At University of California - Davis , only 14.0% 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 University of California - Davis' 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

You May End Up Getting Taught by a Grad Assistant

University of California - Davis has 2,318 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 1,951 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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