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Advisor Load Statistics

Note: NACADA sponsored a national survey of academic advising practice in February 2011.  Results of that survey are being analyzed now and will be printed in a NACADA monograph that will be published in 2012. 

Preliminary results from that survey show the median (mid-point) case load for full-time professional advisors is 367 students. 

2003

ACT SURVEY

Find complete results in NACADA's Monograph,The Status of Academic Advising

The national averages in 2003, as collected in the ACT Sixth National Survey of Academic Advising and published in NACADA's Monograph,The Status of Academic Advising:  Findings from the ACT Sixth National Survey are listed below. An Clearinghouse article by survey author Wes Habley explains how advisors can best determine the best advisor/advisee ratio for their situation.

Mean average of advisees assigned per full-time advisor and full-time faculty:
College Type
Students / Full-time Advisor
Students / Full Time Faculty Advisor
2 Yr-Public:
375.4
37.3
2 Yr-Private
121.0
19.7
4 Yr Public
284.9
38.2
4 Yr Private
153.2
20.2
All Institutions
281.7
29.2

Click here for complete NACADA survey results conducted in the spring of 2000.

For full-time academic advisors or specialists and for faculty at Public Research Institutions:
Students
% for Full Time Advisor
% for Full Time Faculty Advisors
1-20
.6%
18.4%
21-50
1.4%
32.7%
51-100
5.3%
16.3%
101-250
22.8%
20.4%
251-500
36.5%
8.2%
over 500
32.4%
4.1%
For full-time academic advisors or specialists, and faculty at Public Comprehensive College/Universities:
Students
% for Full Time Advisor
% for Full Time Faculty Advisors
1-20
.7%
12.5%
21-50
6.0%
40.0%
51-100
9.3%
30.0%
101-250
24.0%
5.0%
251-500
34.7%
12.5%
over 500
25.3%
0%
For full-time academic advisors or specialists, and faculty at Two-Year Institutions:
Students
% for Full Time Advisor
% for Full Time Faculty Advisors
1-20
1.0%
18.5%
21-50
4.9%
25.9%
51-100
8.8%
22.2%
101-250
19.6%
14.8%
250-500
31.4%
14.8%
over 500
34.3%
3.7%
For For full-time academic advisors or specialists, and faculty at Private Research Universities:
Students
% for Full Time Advisor
% for Full Time Faculty Advisors
1-20
0%
0%
21-50
0%
0%
51-100
12.7%
0%
101-250
21.8%
100%
250-500
45.5%
0%
over 500
20.0%
0%
Full-time academic advisors or specialists, and faculty at Private Comprehensive Colleges/Universities:
Students
% for Full Time Advisor
% for Full Time Faculty Advisors
1-20
5.0%
20.0%
21-50
7.5%
40.0%
51-100
12.5%
20.0%
101-250
32.5%
20.0%
250-500
17.5%
0%
over 500
25.0%
0%
For full-time academic advisors or specialists, and faculty at Public Liberal Arts Colleges:
Students
% for Full Time Advisor
% for Full Time Faculty Advisors
1-20
0%
22.2%
21-50
4.1%
44.4%
51-100
14.3%
0%
101-250
22.5%
11.1%
251-500
40.8%
11.1%
over 500
18.4%
0%
Full-time academic advisors or specialists, and faculty at Private Liberal Arts Colleges:
Students
% for Full Time Advisor
% for Full Time Faculty Advisors
1-20
0%
37.5%
21-50
4.6%
50.0%
51-100
13.6%
0%
101-250
31.8%
0%
251-500
22.7%
0%
over 500
27.3%
12.5%
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