Brown University: Faculty & Salaries
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Faculty Salary
Faculty Salary
$190,000
Good
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.In this report for Brown University 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
Faculty
862
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 Brown University vary approximately from $7,000 to $22,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $190,000 a year, it is 38% higher than Rhode Island average faculty compensation.
Women faculty members at this college are paid $14,050 a month on average; it is lower than average men faculty salaries, $16,957 a month.
Faculty Rank
School Average
RI Average
Difference
Professor
$252,504
$184,379
+37%
Associate professor
$164,400
$124,207
+32%
Assistant professor
$134,988
$104,861
+29%
Instructor
$207,996
$93,975
+121%
Lecturer
$121,704
$91,251
+33%
Unranked Teacher
$92,820
$92,862
-0%
Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios
Students to
Faculty Ratio
Faculty Ratio
6 : 1
Low
Brown University has a very good, 6:1 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 Brown University versus nearby colleges.
Faculty Ranking and Demographics
The full-time faculty at Brown University consists of 404 professors, 156 associate professors, 138 assistant professors, 1 instructor, 79 lecturers, and 84 unranked teachers - 544 men and 318 women:
Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is typically assigned by the college itself.
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