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The Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does IUPUI have a good student to faculty ratio?

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

Amount of Faculty Here is About Average

Student to faculty ratio at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis 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.

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 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees1,8691,00886153.9%
Total of Those With Faculty Status1,8691,00886153.9%
Tenured Faculty466465199.8%
On Tenure Track139139-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track1,26440486032.0%
Without Faculty Status----
Graduate Assistants61-61-

Above Average Use of Full-Time Teachers

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis has more full-time teachers than the average school, with 54.0% of instructors teaching full time.

Below Average Reliance on Part-Time Teachers

At Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis , only 46.0% 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 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis' 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

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis has 61 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 493 non-instructional graduate assistants.

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