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The Wright State University - Main Campus Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at Wright State University - Main Campus ?

Get a feel for student life at Wright State University - Main Campus by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.

Average Teacher to Student Ratio

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

Breakdown of Instructional Staff

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 Wright State University - Main Campus as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees78149728463.6%
Total of Those With Faculty Status78149728463.6%
Tenured Faculty307307-100.0%
On Tenure Track3635197.2%
Not on Tenure Track43815528335.4%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants102-102-

This Campus is Filled with Full-Time Teachers

Wright State University - Main Campus has more full-time teachers than the average school, with 64.0% of instructors teaching full time.

Lower Than Average Use of Adjuncts or Part-Time Teachers

At Wright State University - Main Campus , only 36.0% 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 Wright State University - Main Campus' 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

Grad Assistants May Teach Classes

Wright State University - Main Campus has 102 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 162 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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