Advisor Load Statistics

ACT SURVEY


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:

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

 

Note: new advisor load data should be available in late 2010. 

NACADA SURVEY


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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