William & Mary: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$151,000
Good
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for William & Mary 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
670
As a rule, well-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 William & Mary vary approximately from $7,000 to $17,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $151,000 a year - that is 20% higher than Virginia average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $11,401 a month on average; it is lower than average men faculty salaries, $13,542 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
VA Average
Difference

Professor
$195,888
$171,267
+14%

Associate professor
$145,788
$124,723
+17%

Assistant professor
$111,816
$108,430
+3%

Instructor
$114,024
$80,891
+41%

Lecturer
$89,124
$82,013
+9%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

William & Mary Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
12 : 1
Low
William & Mary has a pretty good, 12:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios typically 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 William & Mary versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at William & Mary consists of 259 professors, 186 associate professors, 133 assistant professors, 17 instructors, and 75 lecturers - 377 men and 293 women:
William & Mary Faculty Demographics Chart

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

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