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The University of Hawaii at Hilo Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does UH Hilo have a good student to faculty ratio?

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

Good Student to Faculty Ratio

University of Hawaii at Hilo , with 12 students for every instructional faculty member, has more professors per student than the national average, which is 15 students for every one instructor. This student to faculty ratio is one of the standard metrics used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students, and therefore, the individualized attention or quality of instruction the student might receive.

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 Hawaii at Hilo as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees2411915079.3%
Total of Those With Faculty Status2411915079.3%
Tenured Faculty131131-100.0%
On Tenure Track3535-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track75255033.3%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants4-4-

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

University of Hawaii at Hilo's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 79.0% of instructors employed full time.

Not Many Adjunct Teachers Here

At University of Hawaii at Hilo , only 21.0% 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 Hawaii at Hilo'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

You May End Up Getting Taught by a Grad Assistant

University of Hawaii at Hilo has 4 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 8 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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