Class Size and Student-to-Faculty Ratio
College Transitions provides the student-to-faculty ratio and class sizes for more than 300 of the most selective postsecondary institutions in the U.S.
*Data collected from institutional Common Data Set (CDS) forms for 2021-22.
Table updated November 2022.
| Institution | Student-to-Faculty Ratio | Class Size (% Classes Under 20) | Class Size (% Classes 20-49) | Class Size (% Classes 50 or more) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelphi University | 11:1 | 43% | 57% | 0% |
| Agnes Scott College | 12:1 | 63% | 37% | 0% |
| Alfred University | 8:1 | 75% | 23% | 2% |
| Allegheny College | 9:1 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| American University | 12:1 | 58% | 41% | 0% |
| Amherst College | 7:1 | 63% | 33% | 4% |
| Appalachian State University | 17:1 | 35% | 57% | 7% |
| Arizona State University-Tempe | 18:1 | 39% | 45% | 16% |
| Auburn University | 20:1 | 36% | 48% | 16% |
| Austin College | 11:1 | 66% | 34% | 0% |
| Babson College | 16:1 | 10% | 90% | 0% |
| Bard College | 9:1 | 89% | 11% | 0% |
| Barnard College | 10:1 | 74% | 18% | 8% |
| Bates College | 10:1 | 65% | 35% | 1% |
| Baylor University | 16:1 | 46% | 44% | 10% |
| Belmont University | 14:1 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Beloit College | 10:1 | 76% | 24% | 0% |
| Bennington College | 10:1 | 87% | 12% | 0% |
| Bentley University | 12:1 | 21% | 79% | 0% |
| Berea College | 9:1 | 87% | 13% | 0% |
| Binghamton University | 19:1 | 49% | 38% | 13% |
| Boston College | 10:1 | 49% | 46% | 4% |
| Boston University | 11:1 | 58% | 28% | 14% |
| Bowdoin College | 9:1 | 78% | 21% | 1% |
| Bradley University | 12:1 | 59% | 39% | 2% |
| Brandeis University | 10:1 | 61% | 31% | 9% |
| Brown University | 6:1 | 69% | 19% | 12% |
| Bryant University | 13:1 | 27% | 73% | 0% |
| Bryn Mawr College | 9:1 | 75% | 22% | 3% |
| Bucknell University | 9:1 | 54% | 45% | 1% |
| Butler University | 11:1 | 45% | 51% | 4% |
| California Institute of Technology | 3:1 | 71% | 22% | 7% |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 19:1 | 17% | 72% | 11% |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 40:1 | 18% | 68% | 15% |
| California State University-Fresno | 23:1 | 22% | 72% | 7% |
| California State University-Fullerton | 25:1 | 27% | 69% | 4% |
| California State University-Long Beach | 26:1 | 26% | 67% | 7% |
| California State University-Los Angeles | 24:1 | 21% | 73% | 6% |
| Carleton College | 8:1 | 73% | 28% | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 6:1 | 69% | 20% | 10% |
| Case Western Reserve University | 9:1 | 59% | 27% | 14% |
| Centre College | 9:1 | 68% | 32% | 0% |
| Chapman University | 12:1 | 46% | 52% | 3% |
| Claremont McKenna College | 8:1 | 82% | 18% | 0% |
| Clark University | 9:1 | 60% | 38% | 2% |
| Clemson University | 16:1 | 32% | 51% | 17% |
| Coastal Carolina University | 17:1 | 39% | 59% | 1% |
| Colby College | 10:1 | 67% | 31% | 2% |
| Colgate University | 9:1 | 67% | 32% | 1% |
| College of Charleston | 16:1 | 32% | 64% | 4% |
| College of the Holy Cross | 10:1 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| College of William and Mary | 13:1 | 46% | 47% | 7% |
| Colorado College | 10:1 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Colorado School of Mines | 16:1 | 31% | 43% | 26% |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 17:1 | 38% | 43% | 19% |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | 6:1 | Not Reported | Not Reported | Not Reported |
| Connecticut College | 9:1 | 74% | 25% | 1% |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 8:1 | 61% | 38% | 1% |
| Cornell University | 9:1 | 55% | 26% | 19% |
| Creighton University | 12:1 | 43% | 53% | 4% |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 19:1 | 20% | 62% | 18% |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | 14:1 | 32% | 65% | 3% |
| CUNY Hunter College | 13:1 | 35% | 57% | 8% |
| Dartmouth College | 7:1 | 62% | 31% | 7% |
| Davidson College | 10:1 | 61% | 38% | 1% |
| Denison University | 9:1 | 71% | 29% | 0% |
| DePaul University | 17:1 | 43% | 56% | 1% |
| DePauw University | 9:1 | 85% | 15% | 0% |
| Dickinson College | 9:1 | 79% | 23% | 0% |
| Drew University | 14:1 | 68% | 32% | 0% |
| Drexel University | 10:1 | 55% | 36% | 9% |
| Duke University | 6:1 | 70% | 23% | 7% |
| Duquesne University | 13:1 | 44% | 50% | 6% |
| Earlham College | 7:1 | 87% | 13% | 0% |
| East Carolina University | 18:1 | 34% | 50% | 16% |
| Eckerd College | 12:1 | 59% | 41% | 0% |
| Elon University | 12:1 | 51% | 50% | 0% |
| Emerson College | 15:1 | 69% | 31% | 0% |
| Emory University | 9:1 | 57% | 31% | 12% |
| Fairfield University | 12:1 | 41% | 58% | 1% |
| Florida Atlantic University | 22:1 | 24% | 60% | 15% |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | 21:1 | 25% | 66% | 10% |
| Florida Institute of Technology | 14:1 | 50% | 45% | 5% |
| Florida International University | 22:1 | 38% | 49% | 13% |
| Florida Southern College | 14:1 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Florida State University | 22:1 | 63% | 26% | 11% |
| Fordham University | 14:1 | 53% | 47% | 1% |
| Franklin and Marshall College | 9:1 | 63% | 36% | 1% |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | 8:1 | 48% | 48% | 4% |
| Furman University | 9:1 | 73% | 27% | 0% |
| George Mason University | 16:1 | 44% | 45% | 12% |
| George Washington University | 12:1 | 51% | 40% | 10% |
| Georgetown University | 11:1 | 60% | 34% | 6% |
| Georgia College & State University | 16:1 | 56% | 42% | 3% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 21:1 | 33% | 35% | 31% |
| Georgia State University | 27:1 | 21% | 56% | 23% |
| Gettysburg College | 10:1 | 71% | 29% | 1% |
| Gonzaga University | 11:1 | 41% | 58% | 1% |
| Grinnell College | 9:1 | 63% | 37% | 0% |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 11:1 | 61% | 38% | 0% |
| Hamilton College | 9:1 | 74% | 25% | 0% |
| Harvard University | 7:1 | 71% | 18% | 11% |
| Harvey Mudd College | 9:1 | 63% | 31% | 6% |
| Haverford College | 9:1 | 77% | 22% | 1% |
| Hendrix College | 11:1 | 69% | 31% | 1% |
| High Point University | 17:1 | 37% | 62% | 2% |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | 9:1 | 72% | 29% | 0% |
| Hofstra University | 13:1 | 51% | 47% | 2% |
| Illinois College | 13:1 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | 12:1 | 45% | 46% | 9% |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 12:1 | 64% | 35% | 1% |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | 17:1 | 40% | 45% | 15% |
| Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 13:1 | 48% | 44% | 8% |
| Iowa State University | 18:1 | 32% | 45% | 24% |
| Ithaca College | 11:1 | 63% | 34% | 3% |
| James Madison University | 16:1 | 40% | 38% | 22% |
| Johns Hopkins University | 7:1 | 78% | 16% | 5% |
| Juniata College | 11:1 | 63% | 36% | 1% |
| Kalamazoo College | 10:1 | 70% | 30% | 0% |
| Kansas State University | 19:1 | 47% | 41% | 12% |
| Kenyon College | 9:1 | 72% | 28% | 0% |
| Lafayette College | 10:1 | 62% | 38% | 0% |
| Lake Forest College | 12:1 | 55% | 44% | 0% |
| Lawrence University | 8:1 | 79% | 19% | 2% |
| Lehigh University | 10:1 | 49% | 42% | 9% |
| Lewis & Clark College | 12:1 | 61% | 38% | 1% |
| Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | 10:1 | 78% | 22% | 0% |
| Loyola Marymount University | 11:1 | 55% | 44% | 1% |
| Loyola University Chicago | 14:1 | 35% | 62% | 3% |
| Loyola University Maryland | 12:1 | 46% | 53% | 1% |
| Macalester College | 10:1 | 69% | 31% | 0% |
| Manhattan College | 11:1 | 55% | 44% | 0% |
| Marist College | 16:1 | 45% | 56% | 0% |
| Marquette University | 13:1 | 49% | 42% | 9% |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 8:1 | 87% | 13% | 0% |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3:1 | 69% | 19% | 11% |
| Miami University-Oxford | 16:1 | 35% | 54% | 11% |
| Michigan State University | 16:1 | 22% | 60% | 18% |
| Michigan Technological University | 13:1 | 49% | 37% | 14% |
| Middlebury College | 9:1 | 64% | 34% | 3% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | 13:1 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Mississippi State University | 17:1 | 46% | 40% | 14% |
| Morehouse College | 12:1 | 53% | 47% | 1% |
| Mount Holyoke College | 10:1 | 76% | 23% | 1% |
| Muhlenberg College | 9:1 | 76% | 23% | 0% |
| New College of Florida | 7:1 | 91% | 9% | 0% |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | 15:1 | 30% | 67% | 2% |
| New York Institute of Technology | 12:1 | 66% | 34% | 1% |
| New York University | 8:1 | 63% | 28% | 9% |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 17:1 | 39% | 44% | 17% |
| Northeastern University | 15:1 | 67% | 27% | 7% |
| Northern Arizona University | 21:1 | 30% | 52% | 18% |
| Northwestern University | 6:1 | 76% | 18% | 6% |
| Oberlin College | 9:1 | 77% | 22% | 1% |
| Occidental College | 9:1 | 69% | 33% | 0% |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | 18:1 | 34% | 50% | 16% |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | 17:1 | 38% | 49% | 13% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | 10:1 | 72% | 28% | 1% |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 18:1 | 45% | 40% | 16% |
| Oregon State University | 18:1 | 29% | 48% | 23% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 15:1 | 31% | 53% | 17% |
| Pepperdine University | 13:1 | 65% | 32% | 3% |
| Pitzer College | 11:1 | 69% | 30% | 0% |
| Pomona College | 8:1 | 74% | 26% | 0% |
| Princeton University | 5:1 | 75% | 15% | 10% |
| Providence College | 11:1 | 55% | 43% | 2% |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | 14:1 | 38% | 43% | 20% |
| Quinnipiac University | 12:1 | 51% | 47% | 2% |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | 15:1 | 40% | 54% | 0% |
| Reed College | 9:1 | 73% | 26% | 1% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 14:1 | 45% | 43% | 12% |
| Rhodes College | 10:1 | 69% | 31% | 0% |
| Rice University | 6:1 | 70% | 22% | 7% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 13:1 | 49% | 47% | 4% |
| Rollins College | 11:1 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 11:1 | 48% | 52% | 0% |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 15:1 | 39% | 40% | 21% |
| Saint Johns University | 11:1 | 48% | 52% | 0% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 9:1 | 59% | 41% | 0% |
| San Diego State University | 25:1 | 32% | 45% | 23% |
| San Francisco State University | 21:1 | 27% | 49% | 25% |
| San Jose State University | 24:1 | 25% | 68% | 7% |
| Santa Clara University | 11:1 | 38% | 62% | 0% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | 11:1 | 89% | 10% | 1% |
| Scripps College | 10:1 | 78% | 23% | 0% |
| Seattle University | 11:1 | 62% | 38% | 0% |
| Seton Hall University | 15:1 | 46% | 52% | 2% |
| Skidmore College | 8:1 | 73% | 27% | 0% |
| Smith College | 7:1 | 70% | 26% | 4% |
| Soka University of America | 7:1 | 96% | 4% | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | 12:1 | 55% | 35% | 10% |
| Southwestern University | 12:1 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Spelman College | 11:1 | 59% | 41% | 1% |
| St John's University-New York | 16:1 | 38% | 60% | 3% |
| St Lawrence University | 11:1 | 63% | 36% | 1% |
| St Olaf College | 12:1 | 52% | 46% | 2% |
| St. John's College (MD) | 8:1 | 97% | 3% | 1% |
| St. John's College (NM) | 7:1 | 98% | 2% | 0% |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland | 10:1 | 67% | 32% | 0% |
| Stanford University | 5:1 | 68% | 20% | 12% |
| Stetson University | 12:1 | 71% | 28% | 1% |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 12:1 | 38% | 49% | 13% |
| Stonehill College | 11:1 | 63% | 37% | 0% |
| Stony Brook University | 19:1 | 38% | 39% | 23% |
| SUNY at Albany | 18:1 | 25% | 55% | 20% |
| SUNY at Purchase College | 12:1 | 72% | 26% | 2% |
| SUNY College at Geneseo | 16:1 | 35% | 58% | 8% |
| SUNY College at Oswego | 16:1 | 57% | 39% | 4% |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 14:1 | 69% | 26% | 6% |
| SUNY Oneonta | 16:1 | 35% | 62% | 3% |
| Susquehanna University | 13:1 | 61% | 39% | 0% |
| Swarthmore College | 8:1 | 66% | 31% | 3% |
| Syracuse University | 14:1 | 64% | 27% | 9% |
| Temple University | 13:1 | 43% | 51% | 6% |
| Texas A & M University-College Station | 19:1 | 25% | 47% | 28% |
| Texas Christian University | 14:1 | 41% | 52% | 7% |
| Texas Tech University | 21:1 | 27% | 46% | 28% |
| The College of New Jersey | 13:1 | 35% | 65% | 0% |
| The College of Wooster | 11:1 | 71% | 29% | 0% |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 17:1 | 28% | 56% | 16% |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 18:1 | 39% | 38% | 24% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 24:1 | 22% | 51% | 27% |
| The University of the South | 10:1 | 59% | 41% | 0% |
| Trinity College | 9:1 | 70% | 29% | 0% |
| Trinity University | 9:1 | 64% | 36% | 1% |
| Truman State University | 13:1 | 63% | 35% | 2% |
| Tufts University | 10:1 | 63% | 29% | 8% |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | 8:1 | 61% | 31% | 8% |
| Union College | 9:1 | 69% | 31% | 0% |
| United States Air Force Academy | 8:1 | 70% | 29% | 0% |
| United States Coast Guard Academy | 7:1 | 55% | 45% | 0% |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8:1 | 45% | 55% | 0% |
| United States Military Academy | 7:1 | 98% | 2% | 0% |
| United States Naval Academy | 8:1 | 74% | 26% | 0% |
| University at Buffalo | 13:1 | 34% | 49% | 17% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 19:1 | 46% | 39% | 15% |
| University of Arizona | 17:1 | 35% | 48% | 16% |
| University of Arkansas | 19:1 | 38% | 47% | 16% |
| University of California-Berkeley | 20:1 | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| University of California-Davis | 20:1 | 32% | 37% | 31% |
| University of California-Irvine | 18:1 | 55% | 24% | 21% |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 18:1 | 48% | 29% | 23% |
| University of California-Merced | 19:1 | 26% | 46% | 28% |
| University of California-Riverside | 24:1 | 24% | 43% | 34% |
| University of California-San Diego | 19:1 | 47% | 29% | 24% |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 17:1 | 56% | 24% | 20% |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | 24:1 | 26% | 48% | 25% |
| University of Central Florida | 30:1 | 29% | 47% | 24% |
| University of Chicago | 5:1 | 78% | 16% | 6% |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 19:1 | 34% | 45% | 21% |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 17:1 | 45% | 40% | 16% |
| University of Connecticut | 16:1 | 53% | 31% | 15% |
| University of Dayton | 15:1 | 38% | 60% | 2% |
| University of Delaware | 15:1 | 35% | 49% | 16% |
| University of Denver | 11:1 | 57% | 37% | 7% |
| University of Florida | 17:1 | 55% | 36% | 10% |
| University of Georgia | 17:1 | 46% | 43% | 11% |
| University of Houston | 21:1 | 26% | 51% | 23% |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | 19:1 | 30% | 50% | 20% |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 21:1 | 36% | 51% | 12% |
| University of Iowa | 15:1 | 51% | 36% | 13% |
| University of Kentucky | 16:1 | 38% | 48% | 14% |
| University of Louisville | 13:1 | 42% | 49% | 9% |
| University of Maine | 16:1 | 41% | 43% | 15% |
| University of Mary Washington | 11:1 | 55% | 41% | 4% |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 17:1 | 49% | 40% | 11% |
| University of Maryland-College Park | 18:1 | 46% | 37% | 17% |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 18:1 | 46% | 36% | 18% |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | 15:1 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
| University of Miami | 11:1 | 51% | 41% | 8% |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 15:1 | 54% | 28% | 19% |
| University of Minnesota-Morris | 11:1 | 72% | 28% | 1% |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 17:1 | 37% | 44% | 19% |
| University of Mississippi | 16:1 | 52% | 36% | 12% |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 18:1 | 37% | 39% | 24% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16:1 | 34% | 48% | 17% |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 18:1 | 42% | 46% | 11% |
| University of Nevada-Reno | 17:1 | 46% | 41% | 13% |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 17:1 | 36% | 48% | 16% |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 13:1 | 51% | 41% | 8% |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | 14:1 | 59% | 41% | 1% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 15:1 | 41% | 46% | 13% |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 20:1 | 26% | 48% | 26% |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 17:1 | 40% | 51% | 9% |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | 16:1 | 45% | 48% | 7% |
| University of Notre Dame | 9:1 | 60% | 29% | 11% |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 16:1 | 48% | 42% | 10% |
| University of Oregon | 18:1 | 35% | 45% | 20% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 7:1 | 68% | 23% | 9% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 14:1 | 42% | 42% | 16% |
| University of Portland | 11:1 | 47% | 52% | 1% |
| University of Puget Sound | 10:1 | 70% | 30% | 0% |
| University of Redlands | 12:1 | 64% | 35% | 1% |
| University of Rhode Island | 16:1 | 40% | 49% | 12% |
| University of Richmond | 8:1 | 74% | 26% | 0% |
| University of Rochester | 9:1 | 80% | 13% | 8% |
| University of San Diego | 12:1 | 40% | 60% | 0% |
| University of San Francisco | 13:1 | 43% | 55% | 1% |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | 18:1 | 40% | 47% | 14% |
| University of South Florida-Main Campus | 22:1 | 42% | 44% | 14% |
| University of Southern California | 9:1 | 62% | 26% | 12% |
| University of Tulsa | 11:1 | 61% | 36% | 3% |
| University of Utah | 18:1 | 41% | 40% | 19% |
| University of Vermont | 18:1 | 40% | 44% | 16% |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | 15:1 | 52% | 32% | 16% |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 21:1 | 27% | 72% | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 18:1 | 46% | 32% | 22% |
| Ursinus College | 11:1 | 64% | 36% | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | 8:1 | 60% | 30% | 10% |
| Vassar College | 8:1 | 67% | 33% | 1% |
| Villanova University | 0:1 | 42% | 55% | 3% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 17:1 | 43% | 42% | 15% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 14:1 | 44% | 39% | 16% |
| Wake Forest University | 11:1 | 57% | 42% | 1% |
| Washington and Lee University | 8:1 | 77% | 23% | 0% |
| Washington State University | 15:1 | 34% | 47% | 19% |
| Washington University in St Louis | 7:1 | 66% | 25% | 8% |
| Wellesley College | 7:1 | 66% | 34% | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | 8:1 | 71% | 27% | 2% |
| West Virginia University | 19:1 | 36% | 48% | 16% |
| Wheaton College | 10:1 | 70% | 29% | 1% |
| Wheaton College | 12:1 | 60% | 39% | 1% |
| Whitman College | 9:1 | 71% | 29% | 0% |
| Willamette University | 10:1 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Williams College | 7:1 | 74% | 24% | 3% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 14:1 | 66% | 23% | 11% |
| Yale University | 6:1 | 77% | 15% | 8% |
| Yeshiva University | 7:1 | 64% | 35% | 1% |
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