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The University of California - San Francisco Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does University of California - San Francisco 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 University of California - San Francisco .

Student-to-Teacher Ratio Unknown

We were not able to determine the student to faculty ratio at University of California - San Francisco .

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

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees48832116765.8%
Total of Those With Faculty Status48832116765.8%
Tenured Faculty9595-100.0%
On Tenure Track1414-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track37921216755.9%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants15-15-

Below Average Use of Part-Timers

University of California - San Francisco has more full-time teachers than the average school, with 66.0% of instructors teaching full time.

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Below Average Reliance on Part-Time Teachers

At University of California - San Francisco , only 34.0% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is low, below the national average of 51.4%, which could be indicative of University of California - San Francisco'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.

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Keep an Eye Out for Grad Assistants Teaching Classes

University of California - San Francisco has 15 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 160 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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