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Colleges with Low Student to Faculty Ratio

This page lists colleges with the lower Student to Faculty Ratio (a faculty teaches/cares less students which means probably more attention/support on each student) in U.S. Loma Linda University has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 3 to 1 where 417 faculty or instructional staffs teach 4,280 undergraduate students in United States.
We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. We aslo exclude schools which total student population is less than 1,000.
The next table shows the schools that have low Student to Faculty Ratio with total number of students and faculties. Note that the actual ratio is computed based on number of undergraduate students and instructional staffs who teach undergraduate programs. It may differ from the number of faculties shown in below table. You may want to check colleges having the Highest Student to Faculty Ratio.
Colleges with Low Student to Faculty Ratio
NameStudent to Faculty Ratio# of Students# of Full-time Faculty# of Part-time Faculty
1Loma Linda University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLoma Linda, CA
3 to 14,28039126
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA
3 to 111,8581,375306
3University of Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
5 to 118,3392,376491
4Princeton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPrinceton, NJ
5 to 18,842997208
5Carnegie Mellon University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA
5 to 116,0021,286362
6Stanford University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA
5 to 118,2833,724500
7Yale University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew Haven, CT
6 to 114,7762,715745
8University of the District of Columbia
Public, four-yearsWashington, DC
6 to 13,577209412
9Northwestern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL
6 to 123,1612,325340
10Johns Hopkins University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD
6 to 131,2753,85665