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 2022-23.

Table updated November 2023

InstitutionStudent-to-Faculty RatioClass Size (% Classes Under 20)Class Size (% Classes 20-49)Class Size (% Classes 50 or more)
138600Agnes Scott College11:175%25%0%
210669Allegheny College9:182%18%0%
131159American UniversityAU11:161%38%1%
164465Amherst College7:166%31%3%
197869Appalachian State UniversityApp State16:139%54%8%
104151Arizona State UniversityASU19:140%44%17%
100858Auburn University20:135%49%16%
164580Babson College16:113%87%0%
189088Bard College9:185%14%0%
189097Barnard College10:171%21%8%
160977Bates College10:163%36%1%
223232Baylor University15:149%42%9%
238333Beloit College9:172%28%0%
230816Bennington College9:163%37%1%
164739Bentley University12:123%77%0%
156295Berea College8:184%16%0%
164748Berklee College of Music10:189%11%0%
196079Binghamton University19:148%38%14%
142115Boise State University20:138%51%10%
164924Boston CollegeBC11:150%44%6%
164988Boston UniversityBU11:160%28%13%
161004Bowdoin College9:164%35%2%
165015Brandeis University11:160%30%10%
230038Brigham Young University-ProvoBYU21:147%40%13%
217156Brown University6:168%20%12%
217165Bryant University14:126%74%0%
211273Bryn Mawr College8:173%25%1%
211291Bucknell University9:153%46%1%
150163Butler University11:148%49%4%
110404California Institute of TechnologyCaltech3:170%21%9%
111081California Institute of the Arts7:180%*19%2%
110422California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCal Poly18:119%70%12%
110529California State Polytechnic University-Pomona25:120%65%15%
110556California State University-Fresno21:123%71%6%
110565California State University-Fullerton24:125%70%6%
110583California State University-Long Beach28:125%67%8%
110592California State University-Los Angeles22:124%72%4%
173258Carleton College8:170%30%0%
211440Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMU6:170%20%11%
201645Case Western Reserve University9:150%37%13%
131283Catholic University of America9:167%29%4%
156408Centre College10:172%28%0%
230852Champlain College14:174%26%0%
111948Chapman University13:146%51%3%
112260Claremont McKenna CollegeCMC8:183%15%1%
165334Clark University9:163%35%2%
190044Clarkson University12:158%30%12%
217882Clemson University16:137%44%18%
161086Colby College10:164%34%2%
190099Colgate University9:172%27%1%
217819College of Charleston16:138%58%5%
160959College of the Atlantic11:194%7%0%
166124College of the Holy Cross10:162%38%1%
231624College of William and MaryW&M13:144%48%9%
126678Colorado CollegeCC9:163%37%0%
126775Colorado School of Mines17:120%58%22%
126818Colorado State UniversityCSU17:134%44%22%
190150Columbia University in the City of New York6:158%28%15%
128902Connecticut College10:169%30%1%
190372Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art9:157%42%1%
153162Cornell College13:167%33%0%
190415Cornell University9:155%26%19%
181002Creighton University12:147%47%6%
190512CUNY Bernard M Baruch College19:121%62%17%
190594CUNY Hunter College14:138%55%8%
182670Dartmouth College7:161%33%6%
198385Davidson College9:162%38%0%
202523Denison University9:167%33%0%
144740DePaul University17:142%56%2%
150400DePauw University9:180%20%0%
212009Dickinson College9:178%22%0%
153269Drake University10:151%45%5%
184348Drew University12:168%32%0%
212054Drexel University9:155%37%8%
198419Duke University5:171%22%7%
212106Duquesne University13:145%48%8%
150455Earlham College6:185%15%1%
198464East Carolina UniversityECU18:136%47%18%
133492Eckerd College11:151%49%0%
212197Elizabethtown College13:165%35%0%
198516Elon University11:151%49%0%
133553Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University18:118%78%5%
165662Emerson College15:169%31%0%
165671Emmanuel College13:147%53%0%
139658Emory University9:158%30%12%
129242Fairfield University12:141%57%2%
191126Fashion Institute of TechnologyFIT17:139%61%0%
133669Florida Atlantic UniversityFAU22:138%51%12%
133881Florida Institute of Technology14:150%45%5%
133951Florida International UniversityFIU21:137%50%13%
134079Florida Southern College14:161%39%0%
134097Florida State UniversityFSU17:166%24%10%
191241Fordham University14:152%48%1%
212577Franklin and Marshall CollegeF&M10:158%41%1%
441982Franklin W Olin College of Engineering8:151%47%2%
218070Furman University9:178%22%0%
232186George Mason UniversityGMU16:135%52%13%
131469George Washington UniversityGWU12:157%32%10%
131496Georgetown University11:160%33%7%
139861Georgia College & State University15:148%50%2%
139755Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Tech22:129%41%30%
139940Georgia State University26:123%57%20%
212674Gettysburg College10:170%29%0%
235316Gonzaga University12:142%57%1%
162654Goucher College9:187%13%0%
153384Grinnell College9:164%36%0%
212805Grove City College13:151%46%4%
173647Gustavus Adolphus College11:166%35%0%
191515Hamilton College9:172%28%1%
166018Hampshire College10:185%15%0%
150756Hanover College11:173%27%1%
166027Harvard University7:171%17%13%
115409Harvey Mudd CollegeHMC9:162%34%5%
212911Haverford College9:172%27%1%
107080Hendrix College12:168%32%1%
170286Hillsdale College8:176%23%1%
191630Hobart William Smith Colleges9:175%25%0%
191649Hofstra University13:150%48%3%
170301Hope College11:159%39%2%
131520Howard UniversityHU14:146%44%11%
145725Illinois Institute of TechnologyIIT13:149%39%12%
145646Illinois Wesleyan University11:166%34%0%
151351Indiana University-BloomingtonIUB18:137%47%16%
153603Iowa State University19:131%46%22%
191968Ithaca College11:159%37%4%
232423James Madison UniversityJMU16:137%51%12%
162928Johns Hopkins UniversityJHU6:178%16%6%
213251Juniata College11:168%31%1%
170532Kalamazoo College11:172%28%0%
155399Kansas State University18:147%42%11%
203535Kenyon College10:173%26%1%
169983Kettering University12:156%44%0%
146427Knox College10:176%23%0%
213385Lafayette College10:162%38%0%
146481Lake Forest College13:153%46%1%
239017Lawrence University8:180%18%2%
192323Le Moyne College12:161%38%1%
213543Lehigh University10:145%46%9%
209056Lewis & Clark College13:154%45%1%
159391Louisiana State UniversityLSU20:144%41%15%
117946Loyola Marymount UniversityLMU11:157%42%1%
146719Loyola University ChicagoLUC13:140%57%4%
163046Loyola University Maryland13:149%51%1%
173902Macalester College10:170%30%0%
161299Maine Maritime Academy10:154%46%0%
192819Marist College16:151%49%0%
239105Marquette University13:150%40%9%
166683Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT3:170%20%10%
140447Mercer University13:154%42%4%
204024Miami University-Oxford15:135%53%12%
171100Michigan State UniversityMSU17:126%50%23%
171128Michigan Technological University13:148%38%14%
230959Middlebury College9:159%40%1%
239318Milwaukee School of EngineeringMSOE14:149%51%0%
176080Mississippi State University16:146%40%14%
178411Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMUST18:148%40%13%
180461Montana State University18:143%44%12%
140553Morehouse College10:150%50%1%
166939Mount Holyoke CollegeMHC9:176%24%1%
214175Muhlenberg College8:181%19%0%
262129New College of Florida7:187%13%1%
185828New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNJIT15:132%64%4%
187967New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNMIT10:162%34%4%
193900New York UniversityNYU8:158%32%9%
199193North Carolina State UniversityNC State16:137%46%17%
167358Northeastern University16:166%28%7%
147767Northwestern University7:178%16%7%
204501Oberlin College9:179%20%1%
120254Occidental CollegeOxy9:170%30%0%
204796Ohio State UniversityOSU17:140%42%18%
204857Ohio UniversityOU18:132%54%14%
204909Ohio Wesleyan University11:165%35%1%
209542Oregon State UniversityOSU19:128%51%21%
214777Pennsylvania State UniversityPSU; Penn State15:130%54%16%
121150Pepperdine University13:174%24%2%
121257Pitzer College10:174%26%0%
121345Pomona College8:173%27%1%
194578Pratt Institute-Main9:174%25%1%
186131Princeton University5:174%16%10%
217402Providence College11:159%39%2%
243780Purdue University-Main Campus14:138%42%20%
130226Quinnipiac University11:151%48%2%
186201Ramapo College of New Jersey15:142%58%0%
209922Reed College9:169%30%1%
194824Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRPI12:154%36%10%
217493Rhode Island School of DesignRISD9:177%22%1%
221351Rhodes College9:172%28%0%
227757Rice University6:166%25%9%
195003Rochester Institute of TechnologyRIT13:148%48%5%
136950Rollins College11:158%42%0%
152318Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRHIT12:141%59%0%
184782Rowan University16:149%51%0%
186371Rutgers University-Camden13:153%39%7%
186380Rutgers University-New BrunswickRU15:141%40%19%
186399Rutgers University-Newark13:141%49%10%
183239Saint Anselm College11:175%23%2%
179159Saint Louis UniversitySLU9:139%54%7%
231059Saint Michael's College10:166%33%0%
122409San Diego State UniversitySDSU24:131%49%20%
122755San Jose State UniversitySJSU24:121%72%7%
122931Santa Clara UniversitySCU12:144%56%0%
195304Sarah Lawrence CollegeSLC11:187%12%1%
123165Scripps College10:176%25%0%
236595Seattle University11:169%30%1%
195474Siena College13:136%64%0%
167783Simmons University7:172%27%1%
195526Skidmore College8:177%23%0%
167835Smith College8:169%28%3%
399911Soka University of America7:198%3%0%
228246Southern Methodist UniversitySMU11:156%33%11%
228343Southwestern University11:164%36%0%
195216St Lawrence UniversitySLU11:168%31%1%
174844St Olaf College12:162%36%2%
163976St. John's College7:199%1%1%
245652St. John's College7:1100%0%0%
163912St. Mary's College of Maryland10:172%27%1%
243744Stanford University6:169%20%11%
196176State University of New York at New Paltz16:141%56%4%
137546Stetson University11:175%25%1%
186867Stevens Institute of Technology11:142%46%12%
167996Stonehill College12:158%42%0%
196097Stony Brook University19:136%45%19%
196219SUNY at Purchase College11:174%24%2%
196167SUNY College at Geneseo16:134%59%7%
196103SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry12:164%29%7%
216287Swarthmore College8:170%28%2%
196413Syracuse University15:163%28%9%
216339Temple University12:142%52%7%
228723Texas A & M University-College Station19:124%49%28%
228875Texas Christian UniversityTCU14:139%56%5%
229115Texas Tech University21:133%48%19%
187134The College of New JerseyTCNJ13:142%58%0%
206589The College of Wooster11:174%26%1%
193654The New School14:189%11%1%
100751The University of Alabama19:151%33%17%
180489The University of Montana18:154%37%10%
137847The University of Tampa17:137%61%3%
221759The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUTK18:128%57%15%
228778The University of Texas at AustinUT Austin18:139%37%24%
228787The University of Texas at DallasUTD; UT Dallas25:121%52%27%
221519The University of the South10:166%34%1%
124292Thomas Aquinas College9:1100%0%0%
216366Thomas Jefferson University12:159%39%2%
164076Towson University15:135%62%3%
130590Trinity College8:169%31%0%
229267Trinity University9:168%32%0%
178615Truman State University13:163%36%2%
168148Tufts University10:160%31%9%
160755Tulane University of Louisiana8:160%33%7%
196866Union College9:169%31%0%
128328United States Air Force AcademyUSAFA7:166%34%1%
130624United States Coast Guard AcademyUSCGA7:161%40%0%
197027United States Merchant Marine Academy13:145%55%0%
197036United States Military AcademyUSMA7:198%2%0%
164155United States Naval Academy8:171%29%0%
196088University at Buffalo12:140%42%19%
100663University of Alabama at BirminghamUAB19:146%39%15%
104179University of ArizonaUA18:133%52%15%
106397University of Arkansas20:140%43%17%
110635University of California-BerkeleyUCB: UC Berkeley19:150%30%21%
110644University of California-DavisUCD; UC Davis21:132%37%31%
110653University of California-IrvineUCI; UC Irvine18:156%23%21%
110662University of California-Los AngelesUCLA19:148%28%23%
445188University of California-MercedUC Merced19:128%46%27%
110671University of California-RiversideUCR; UC Riverside24:122%44%34%
110680University of California-San DiegoUCSD; UC San Diego19:144%30%26%
110705University of California-Santa BarbaraUCSB; UC Santa Barbara17:157%25%19%
110714University of California-Santa CruzUCSC; UC Santa Cruz23:127%46%27%
132903University of Central FloridaUCF29:130%48%23%
144050University of ChicagoUChicago5:177%16%7%
201885University of Cincinnati-Main Campus18:132%48%20%
126614University of Colorado Boulder18:141%41%18%
129020University of ConnecticutUConn16:153%29%18%
224323University of Dallas12:163%34%3%
130943University of DelawareUD12:136%47%17%
127060University of DenverUD8:155%38%7%
134130University of FloridaUF16:153%38%9%
139959University of GeorgiaUGA17:149%40%11%
225511University of Houston21:134%45%21%
142285University of Idaho17:166%25%9%
145600University of Illinois at ChicagoUIC18:134%47%19%
145637University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUIUC21:139%42%19%
153658University of Iowa16:150%36%14%
155317University of KansasKU17:149%39%12%
157085University of KentuckyUK17:136%49%14%
157289University of Louisville13:144%47%9%
161253University of Maine15:145%42%14%
232681University of Mary Washington13:159%37%4%
163268University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUMBC18:140%48%13%
163286University of Maryland-College ParkUMD18:147%37%17%
166629University of Massachusetts-AmherstUMass Amherst18:147%35%18%
166638University of Massachusetts-BostonUMass Boston16:138%56%7%
166513University of Massachusetts-LowellUMass Lowell17:148%47%5%
135726University of MiamiUM13:152%41%7%
170976University of MichiganUMich15:156%25%19%
174233University of Minnesota-Duluth16:142%45%13%
174251University of Minnesota-Morris9:180%20%0%
174066University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUMN16:140%42%18%
176017University of MississippiOle Miss16:153%35%13%
178396University of Missouri-ColumbiaMizzou18:143%39%18%
181464University of Nebraska-LincolnUNL16:134%47%18%
182281University of Nevada-Las VegasUNLV18:143%46%11%
182290University of Nevada-RenoUNR18:136%43%21%
183044University of New HampshireUNH16:137%47%16%
199111University of North Carolina at AshevilleUNC Asheville11:172%27%1%
199120University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUNC Chapel Hill15:144%44%13%
199139University of North Carolina at CharlotteUNCC; UNC Charlotte20:128%47%26%
199148University of North Carolina at GreensboroUNCG; UNC Greensboro17:139%48%14%
199218University of North Carolina WilmingtonUNC Wilmington17:141%51%8%
152080University of Notre DameUND9:160%31%9%
207500University of OklahomaOU16:147%44%10%
209551University of Oregon19:137%44%19%
215062University of PennsylvaniaUPenn8:159%21%20%
215293University of Pittsburgh13:142%42%17%
209825University of Portland10:150%50%0%
236328University of Puget Sound9:176%24%1%
121691University of Redlands10:164%36%0%
217484University of Rhode IslandURI17:139%51%11%
233374University of Richmond8:176%24%0%
195030University of Rochester9:166%22%13%
122436University of San DiegoUSD12:143%57%0%
122612University of San FranciscoUSF13:143%56%1%
215929University of Scranton12:153%47%0%
218663University of South CarolinaUSC18:142%44%15%
137351University of South FloridaUSF22:142%44%13%
123961University of Southern CaliforniaUSC9:162%26%12%
174914University of St Thomas13:139%61%1%
231174University of VermontUVM19:141%42%17%
234076University of VirginiaUVA15:149%36%16%
377555University of Washington-Bothell Campus21:125%72%3%
236948University of Washington-SeattleUW21:128%47%25%
240444University of Wisconsin-MadisonUW-Madison18:144%34%23%
216524Ursinus College10:164%35%0%
221999Vanderbilt UniversityVandy7:161%31%9%
197133Vassar College8:171%29%0%
216597Villanova University10:143%54%3%
234030Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU16:148%39%13%
233921Virginia TechVirginia Tech17:133%46%21%
152673Wabash College9:177%23%1%
199847Wake Forest University10:159%40%1%
234207Washington and Lee UniversityW&L; WLU8:181%19%0%
164216Washington College8:191%9%0%
236939Washington State UniversityWSU14:135%46%19%
179867Washington University in St LouisWashU7:166%25%9%
168218Wellesley College8:176%24%0%
168227Wentworth Institute of Technology17:143%56%1%
130697Wesleyan University7:174%25%2%
216764West Chester University of Pennsylvania20:128%65%6%
238032West Virginia UniversityWVU17:145%40%15%
125727Westmont College11:161%37%2%
149781Wheaton College10:173%26%1%
168281Wheaton College11:164%35%1%
237057Whitman College9:169%31%0%
125763Whittier College10:166%34%1%
210401Willamette University11:175%25%0%
168342Williams College7:171%27%2%
218973Wofford College11:161%39%0%
168421Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWPI13:164%24%12%
130794Yale University6:172%19%9%
197708Yeshiva UniversityYU7:166%34%0%

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