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.

InstitutionStudent-to-Faculty RatioClass Size (% Classes Under 20)Class Size (% Classes 20-49)Class Size (% Classes 50 or more)
Adelphi University11:143%57%0%
Agnes Scott College12:163%37%0%
Alfred University8:175%23%2%
Allegheny College9:180%20%0%
American University12:158%41%0%
Amherst College7:163%33%4%
Appalachian State University17:135%57%7%
Arizona State University-Tempe18:139%45%16%
Auburn University20:136%48%16%
Austin College11:166%34%0%
Babson College16:110%90%0%
Bard College9:189%11%0%
Barnard College10:174%18%8%
Bates College10:165%35%1%
Baylor University16:146%44%10%
Belmont University14:157%43%0%
Beloit College10:176%24%0%
Bennington College10:187%12%0%
Bentley University12:121%79%0%
Berea College9:187%13%0%
Binghamton University19:149%38%13%
Boston College10:149%46%4%
Boston University11:158%28%14%
Bowdoin College9:178%21%1%
Bradley University12:159%39%2%
Brandeis University10:161%31%9%
Brown University6:169%19%12%
Bryant University13:127%73%0%
Bryn Mawr College9:175%22%3%
Bucknell University9:154%45%1%
Butler University11:145%51%4%
California Institute of Technology3:171%22%7%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo19:117%72%11%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona40:118%68%15%
California State University-Fresno23:122%72%7%
California State University-Fullerton25:127%69%4%
California State University-Long Beach26:126%67%7%
California State University-Los Angeles24:121%73%6%
Carleton College8:173%28%0%
Carnegie Mellon University6:169%20%10%
Case Western Reserve University9:159%27%14%
Centre College9:168%32%0%
Chapman University12:146%52%3%
Claremont McKenna College8:182%18%0%
Clark University9:160%38%2%
Clemson University16:132%51%17%
Coastal Carolina University17:139%59%1%
Colby College10:167%31%2%
Colgate University9:167%32%1%
College of Charleston16:132%64%4%
College of the Holy Cross10:152%47%1%
College of William and Mary13:146%47%7%
Colorado College10:175%25%0%
Colorado School of Mines16:131%43%26%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins17:138%43%19%
Columbia University in the City of New York6:1Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
Connecticut College9:174%25%1%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art8:161%38%1%
Cornell University9:155%26%19%
Creighton University12:143%53%4%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College19:120%62%18%
CUNY Brooklyn College14:132%65%3%
CUNY Hunter College13:135%57%8%
Dartmouth College7:162%31%7%
Davidson College10:161%38%1%
Denison University9:171%29%0%
DePaul University17:143%56%1%
DePauw University9:185%15%0%
Dickinson College9:179%23%0%
Drew University14:168%32%0%
Drexel University10:155%36%9%
Duke University6:170%23%7%
Duquesne University13:144%50%6%
Earlham College7:187%13%0%
East Carolina University18:134%50%16%
Eckerd College12:159%41%0%
Elon University12:151%50%0%
Emerson College15:169%31%0%
Emory University9:157%31%12%
Fairfield University12:141%58%1%
Florida Atlantic University22:124%60%15%
Florida Gulf Coast University21:125%66%10%
Florida Institute of Technology14:150%45%5%
Florida International University22:138%49%13%
Florida Southern College14:157%43%0%
Florida State University22:163%26%11%
Fordham University14:153%47%1%
Franklin and Marshall College9:163%36%1%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering8:148%48%4%
Furman University9:173%27%0%
George Mason University16:144%45%12%
George Washington University12:151%40%10%
Georgetown University11:160%34%6%
Georgia College & State University16:156%42%3%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus21:133%35%31%
Georgia State University27:121%56%23%
Gettysburg College10:171%29%1%
Gonzaga University11:141%58%1%
Grinnell College9:163%37%0%
Gustavus Adolphus College11:161%38%0%
Hamilton College9:174%25%0%
Harvard University7:171%18%11%
Harvey Mudd College9:163%31%6%
Haverford College9:177%22%1%
Hendrix College11:169%31%1%
High Point University17:137%62%2%
Hobart William Smith Colleges9:172%29%0%
Hofstra University13:151%47%2%
Illinois College13:167%33%0%
Illinois Institute of Technology12:145%46%9%
Illinois Wesleyan University12:164%35%1%
Indiana University-Bloomington17:140%45%15%
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis13:148%44%8%
Iowa State University18:132%45%24%
Ithaca College11:163%34%3%
James Madison University16:140%38%22%
Johns Hopkins University7:178%16%5%
Juniata College11:163%36%1%
Kalamazoo College10:170%30%0%
Kansas State University19:147%41%12%
Kenyon College9:172%28%0%
Lafayette College10:162%38%0%
Lake Forest College12:155%44%0%
Lawrence University8:179%19%2%
Lehigh University10:149%42%9%
Lewis & Clark College12:161%38%1%
Linfield College-McMinnville Campus10:178%22%0%
Loyola Marymount University11:155%44%1%
Loyola University Chicago14:135%62%3%
Loyola University Maryland12:146%53%1%
Macalester College10:169%31%0%
Manhattan College11:155%44%0%
Marist College16:145%56%0%
Marquette University13:149%42%9%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts8:187%13%0%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3:169%19%11%
Miami University-Oxford16:135%54%11%
Michigan State University16:122%60%18%
Michigan Technological University13:149%37%14%
Middlebury College9:164%34%3%
Milwaukee School of Engineering13:150%50%0%
Mississippi State University17:146%40%14%
Morehouse College12:153%47%1%
Mount Holyoke College10:176%23%1%
Muhlenberg College9:176%23%0%
New College of Florida7:191%9%0%
New Jersey Institute of Technology15:130%67%2%
New York Institute of Technology12:166%34%1%
New York University8:163%28%9%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh17:139%44%17%
Northeastern University15:167%27%7%
Northern Arizona University21:130%52%18%
Northwestern University6:176%18%6%
Oberlin College9:177%22%1%
Occidental College9:169%33%0%
Ohio State University-Main Campus18:134%50%16%
Ohio University-Main Campus17:138%49%13%
Ohio Wesleyan University10:172%28%1%
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus18:145%40%16%
Oregon State University18:129%48%23%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus15:131%53%17%
Pepperdine University13:165%32%3%
Pitzer College11:169%30%0%
Pomona College8:174%26%0%
Princeton University5:175%15%10%
Providence College11:155%43%2%
Purdue University-Main Campus14:138%43%20%
Quinnipiac University12:151%47%2%
Ramapo College of New Jersey15:140%54%0%
Reed College9:173%26%1%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute14:145%43%12%
Rhodes College10:169%31%0%
Rice University6:170%22%7%
Rochester Institute of Technology13:149%47%4%
Rollins College11:167%33%0%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology11:148%52%0%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick15:139%40%21%
Saint Johns University11:148%52%0%
Saint Mary's College of California9:159%41%0%
San Diego State University25:132%45%23%
San Francisco State University21:127%49%25%
San Jose State University24:125%68%7%
Santa Clara University11:138%62%0%
Sarah Lawrence College11:189%10%1%
Scripps College10:178%23%0%
Seattle University11:162%38%0%
Seton Hall University15:146%52%2%
Skidmore College8:173%27%0%
Smith College7:170%26%4%
Soka University of America7:196%4%0%
Southern Methodist University12:155%35%10%
Southwestern University12:167%33%0%
Spelman College11:159%41%1%
St John's University-New York16:138%60%3%
St Lawrence University11:163%36%1%
St Olaf College12:152%46%2%
St. John's College (MD)8:197%3%1%
St. John's College (NM)7:198%2%0%
St. Mary's College of Maryland10:167%32%0%
Stanford University5:168%20%12%
Stetson University12:171%28%1%
Stevens Institute of Technology12:138%49%13%
Stonehill College11:163%37%0%
Stony Brook University19:138%39%23%
SUNY at Albany18:125%55%20%
SUNY at Purchase College12:172%26%2%
SUNY College at Geneseo16:135%58%8%
SUNY College at Oswego16:157%39%4%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry14:169%26%6%
SUNY Oneonta16:135%62%3%
Susquehanna University13:161%39%0%
Swarthmore College8:166%31%3%
Syracuse University14:164%27%9%
Temple University13:143%51%6%
Texas A & M University-College Station19:125%47%28%
Texas Christian University14:141%52%7%
Texas Tech University21:127%46%28%
The College of New Jersey13:135%65%0%
The College of Wooster11:171%29%0%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville17:128%56%16%
The University of Texas at Austin18:139%38%24%
The University of Texas at Dallas24:122%51%27%
The University of the South10:159%41%0%
Trinity College9:170%29%0%
Trinity University9:164%36%1%
Truman State University13:163%35%2%
Tufts University10:163%29%8%
Tulane University of Louisiana8:161%31%8%
Union College9:169%31%0%
United States Air Force Academy8:170%29%0%
United States Coast Guard Academy7:155%45%0%
United States Merchant Marine Academy8:145%55%0%
United States Military Academy7:198%2%0%
United States Naval Academy8:174%26%0%
University at Buffalo13:134%49%17%
University of Alabama at Birmingham19:146%39%15%
University of Arizona17:135%48%16%
University of Arkansas19:138%47%16%
University of California-Berkeley20:150%30%20%
University of California-Davis20:132%37%31%
University of California-Irvine18:155%24%21%
University of California-Los Angeles18:148%29%23%
University of California-Merced19:126%46%28%
University of California-Riverside24:124%43%34%
University of California-San Diego19:147%29%24%
University of California-Santa Barbara17:156%24%20%
University of California-Santa Cruz24:126%48%25%
University of Central Florida30:129%47%24%
University of Chicago5:178%16%6%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus19:134%45%21%
University of Colorado Boulder17:145%40%16%
University of Connecticut16:153%31%15%
University of Dayton15:138%60%2%
University of Delaware15:135%49%16%
University of Denver11:157%37%7%
University of Florida17:155%36%10%
University of Georgia17:146%43%11%
University of Houston21:126%51%23%
University of Illinois at Chicago19:130%50%20%
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign21:136%51%12%
University of Iowa15:151%36%13%
University of Kentucky16:138%48%14%
University of Louisville13:142%49%9%
University of Maine16:141%43%15%
University of Mary Washington11:155%41%4%
University of Maryland-Baltimore County17:149%40%11%
University of Maryland-College Park18:146%37%17%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst18:146%36%18%
University of Massachusetts-Boston15:134%58%8%
University of Miami11:151%41%8%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor15:154%28%19%
University of Minnesota-Morris11:172%28%1%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities17:137%44%19%
University of Mississippi16:152%36%12%
University of Missouri-Columbia18:137%39%24%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln16:134%48%17%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas18:142%46%11%
University of Nevada-Reno17:146%41%13%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus17:136%48%16%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus13:151%41%8%
University of North Carolina at Asheville14:159%41%1%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill15:141%46%13%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte20:126%48%26%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro17:140%51%9%
University of North Carolina Wilmington16:145%48%7%
University of Notre Dame9:160%29%11%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus16:148%42%10%
University of Oregon18:135%45%20%
University of Pennsylvania7:168%23%9%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus14:142%42%16%
University of Portland11:147%52%1%
University of Puget Sound10:170%30%0%
University of Redlands12:164%35%1%
University of Rhode Island16:140%49%12%
University of Richmond8:174%26%0%
University of Rochester9:180%13%8%
University of San Diego12:140%60%0%
University of San Francisco13:143%55%1%
University of South Carolina-Columbia18:140%47%14%
University of South Florida-Main Campus22:142%44%14%
University of Southern California9:162%26%12%
University of Tulsa11:161%36%3%
University of Utah18:141%40%19%
University of Vermont18:140%44%16%
University of Virginia-Main Campus15:152%32%16%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus21:127%72%1%
University of Wisconsin-Madison18:146%32%22%
Ursinus College11:164%36%0%
Vanderbilt University8:160%30%10%
Vassar College8:167%33%1%
Villanova University0:142%55%3%
Virginia Commonwealth University17:143%42%15%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University14:144%39%16%
Wake Forest University11:157%42%1%
Washington and Lee University8:177%23%0%
Washington State University15:134%47%19%
Washington University in St Louis7:166%25%8%
Wellesley College7:166%34%0%
Wesleyan University8:171%27%2%
West Virginia University19:136%48%16%
Wheaton College10:170%29%1%
Wheaton College12:160%39%1%
Whitman College9:171%29%0%
Willamette University10:175%25%0%
Williams College7:174%24%3%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute14:166%23%11%
Yale University6:177%15%8%
Yeshiva University7:164%35%1%

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