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The University of Nevada - Las Vegas Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does UNLV have a good student to faculty ratio?

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

Worse Than 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 Nevada - Las Vegas 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.

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 Nevada - Las Vegas as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees2,0431,0261,01750.2%
Total of Those With Faculty Status1,0441,0261898.3%
Tenured Faculty546542499.3%
On Tenure Track173173-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track3253111495.7%
Without Faculty Status999-999-
Graduate Assistants535-535-

Reliance on Part-Time Teachers is About Average

At University of Nevada - Las Vegas ,50.0% of the teaching staff are full time, which is on average when compared nationally.

Use of Part-Time Teachers is About Average

50.0% of the teaching staff at University of Nevada - Las Vegas are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This use of adjuncts is on par with 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. 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 Nevada - Las Vegas has 535 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 432 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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