Average Students To Faculty Ratio At Pennsylvania Colleges

The students to faculty ratio is the total number of students over the number of faculties. When then ratio is low, it is assumed that a students will have more chances to meet or get helped from teachers and professors. Therefore, the students to faculty ratio is one of important consideration when choosing colleges and schools tries to keep it low.

The average students to faculty ratio of Pennsylvania colleges is 13 to 1. It is based on all institutions' ratio where the students and faculty information is available. In public Pennsylvania colleges, the student faculty ratio is 13 to 1 and private schools' ratio is 11 to 1. By school levels, the students to faculty ratio at four-years colleges is 13 to 1 and community colleges' ratio is 13 to 1 in Pennsylvania.

The next schools are the top 5 Pennsylvania colleges that have the lowest students to faculty ratio. Carnegie Mellon University has the lowest ratio of 5 to 1 among Pennsylvania colleges. University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University also have lower ratio of 6 to 1 and 10 to 1 respectively. For the ranking, we exclude community colleges and four-colleges with less than 5,000 students.