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ST UDE N T- FACULT Y
RATIO & CLASS SIZE

CSU’s continued effort to reduce class sizes has resulted    16:1
in a 6.5 percent reduction in lower-level class size and
a 7.3 percent reduction in upper-level class size. About      student-faculty ratio
62% of undergraduate classes have an enrollment of
fewer than 30 students while about 18% of sections
have an enrollment of 50 or more students. The average
class size for lower-level lectures is 58 while the average
class size for upper-level lectures is 38.*

UNDERGRADUATE                                                   18%
CLASS SIZE
                                                                   50+ students
62%                                                          504 section count

<30 students                                                    20%
1671 section count
                                                                30-49 students
                                                             537 section count

LECTURE SIZE                                                 LAB SIZE

58     38                                       23           19

LOWER   UPPER                                   LOWER        UPPER
LEVEL  LEVEL                                    LEVEL        LEVEL

* percent ten-year decrease in lower level                   ENROLLMENT 9
 lecture class size is 6.5, upper-level is 7.3
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