when a college says gives its 'student-to-faculty ratio' does it include janitors and stuff, or just teachers

Question

like if it said ..

student-to-faculty ratio - 20:1

does that mean its 20 kids per teacher, or are janitors and principals and like cafiteria ladies included too?

Answer 1

20 students to 1 teacher. teachers are faculty. everyone else is staff

Answer 2

maintenance workers, coaches, etc.. are not considered part of the faculty. faculty indicates a member of the teaching staff. you are correct about the ratio above. 20 students per teacher. what i would be more concerned about is how many sign up for the course that i am interested in. there the ratio could go way up. the ratio may be even higher for the required courses. check it out.

Answer 3

They don't include janitors and other service employees. They would likely include, however, Associate Instructors (grad students who teach classes or discussion sections). Colleges report faculty-to-student ratios to demonstrate the amount of individual focus that a student may be able to receive in their classes. A janitor or cafeteria worker isn't going to be much help to a student when they can't figure out their finite homework.

Answer 4

Faculty include personell who actually teach within the school. The janitor and lunch lady are referred to as school staff. So 20 : 1 means twenty students to one teacher.

Answer 5

Student to faculty includes teachers and administrative personnel. It doesn't include janitors who usually work for outside companies.

Answer 6

Faculty means teachers etc. It doesn`t include janitors.

Answer 7

Its student per teacher ratio.....20 students per 1 teacher. Hope this helps!

Answer 8

Student to teacher ratio. How many students a teacher has to teach. Janitors don't teach the students (do they?)

Answer 9

Just teachers.

Answer 10

That means students to profs.