by our College Data Analytics TeamGet a feel for student life at Wright State University - Lake Campus by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.
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The student to faculty ratio at Wright State University-Lake Campus is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Wright State University-Lake Campus employs 57% of its instructors full time, which is higher than the national average of 47%.
At Wright State University-Lake Campus, 43% of the teaching staff are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This is a bit below 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.
