Bard College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$143,000

Fair

Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Bard College we provide you with information about faculty structure, salaries, and class sizes, as well as comparisons to competing and nearby colleges.

Faculty Compensation and Workload

Full-time
Faculty

207

As a rule, adequately compensated instructors are better motivated and have more opportunities to concentrate on teaching; therefore, we consider faculty compensation to be an important factor for evaluating education quality.

Monthly faculty salaries at Bard College vary approximately from $7,000 to $16,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $143,000 a year, it is 3% higher than New York average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $11,454 a month on average; it is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries - $12,297 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

9 : 1

Low

Bard College has a good, 9:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios usually imply smaller class size, more attention to students, better quality of education, and higher satisfaction both for students and instructors. High ratios are usually a sign of the opposite.

Use the charts above to compare faculty compensation and workload at Bard College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Bard College includes 65 professors, 68 associate professors, 70 assistant professors, and 4 instructors - 113 men and 94 women:


Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is usually assigned by the college itself.