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The University of Kentucky Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does University of Kentucky 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 Kentucky .

Amount of Faculty Here is About Average

Student to faculty ratio at University of Kentucky is on par with the national average of 15 students for every one instructional faculty member, at 16 :1. This ratio is a standard metric used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students.

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 Kentucky as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees1,7321,44828483.6%
Total of Those With Faculty Status1,7321,44828483.6%
Tenured Faculty8748532197.6%
On Tenure Track367367-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track49122826346.4%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants845-845-

This School is Seriously Committed to Hiring Full-Time Teachers

University of Kentucky's 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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Low Percentage of Part-Time Teachers (Adjuncts)

At University of Kentucky , only 15.0% 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 Kentucky'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

Keep an Eye Out for Grad Assistants Teaching Classes

University of Kentucky has 845 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 654 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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