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The Western Oregon University Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

What is the faculty composition at Western Oregon University ?

Check out the information on class structures and faculty to get a feel for the academic life at Western Oregon University .

Amount of Faculty Here is About Average

Student to faculty ratio at Western Oregon University is on par with the national average of 15 students for every one instructional faculty member, at 14 :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 Western Oregon University as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees3292884187.5%
Total of Those With Faculty Status3242883688.9%
Tenured Faculty127127-100.0%
On Tenure Track3737-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track1601243677.5%
Without Faculty Status5-5-
Graduate Assistants----

How Seriously Does This School Take Hiring Full-Time Teachers? Very Seriously

Western Oregon University's utilization of full-time teaching staff ranks among the highest in the nation, with 88.0% of instructors employed full time.

Reliance on Part-Time Teachers is Way Below Average

At Western Oregon University , only 12.0% 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 Western Oregon University'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

Reliance on Graduate Assistants Unknown

We were not able to determine Western Oregon University's reliance on graduate students.

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