Colleges with the Lowest Students to Faculty Ratio

Northcentral University has the lowest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach small number of students and the average class size may also small. Its students to faculty ratio was 1 to last year.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University also have lower ratio of students per faculty.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

Northcentral University has the highest students to faculty ratio of 1 to 1. The highest students to faculty ratio means that there are many students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of more students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the second lowest ratio of 3 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $61,644 and graduate tuition & fees is $54,424 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Across these elite Colleges with More Faculty per Student, the average acceptance rate is 15.33% and the average SAT score is 1,514, underscoring their extremely selective admissions process and high academic standards.

Comparison between Colleges With More Faculty Per Student

Table. Colleges With More Faculty Per Student Comparison
School NameStudents to Faculty RatioTotal PopulationFull-time FacultyPart-time FacultyUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduation Rate
1
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Northcentral University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 1 to 1
-
9,48994397$12,594-
2
-
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 3 to 1
-
11,8861,391325$62,39696.00%
3
3
Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year 5 to 1
1 to 1
15,5642,881819$67,25096.00%
3
-
University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 5 to 1
-
18,5662,755440$69,32496.00%
3
-
Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year 5 to 1
-
9,1371,052189$62,68898.00%
3
3
Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year 5 to 1
1 to 1
17,4994,280141$68,75897.00%
3
-
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year 5 to 1
-
15,8881,387361$65,63694.00%
8
2
Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year 6 to 1
-
23,8562,442417$68,32295.00%
8
2
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year 6 to 1
-
30,2104,02093$64,73094.00%
8
2
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 6 to 1
-
35,1734,6832,603$70,51796.00%
8
2
Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year 6 to 1
-
11,9561,005160$71,31296.00%
8
2
Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 6 to 1
-
8,961779159$61,24795.00%
8
2
Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year 6 to 1
-
18,6254,218588$65,91092.00%
14
20
Barry University Miami, FLPrivate, 4-year 7 to 1
3 to 1
6,825251770$34,35038.00%
14
5
Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LAPrivate, 4-year 7 to 1
1 to 1
13,3101,565439$68,67886.00%
14
-
Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 7 to 1
-
30,2592,117331$61,67698.00%
14
-
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year 7 to 1
-
16,3571,895461$65,79094.00%
14
-
Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year 7 to 1
-
6,938737218$68,01996.00%
14
-
Yeshiva University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 7 to 1
-
6,965354728$51,80083.00%
20
4
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year 8 to 1
1 to 1
13,0421,305221$65,02595.00%
20
1
New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 8 to 1
-
56,8327,1724,241$62,79688.00%
20
1
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 8 to 1
-
29,1092,268258$68,68697.00%
20
6
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 8 to 1
1 to 1
13,5751,360268$67,49894.00%
24
10
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CAPrivate, 4-year 9 to 1
1 to 1
6,272328580$44,45862.00%
24
-
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 9 to 1
-
46,5662,4421,543$71,64792.00%
Average6 to 118,9142,111670$61,64490.33%