Lipscomb University: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Very GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - Below AverageCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Poor

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Average
Faculty Salary
$103,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Lipscomb 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
250
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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Lipscomb University vary approximately from $4,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $103,000 a year - which is 7% lower than Tennessee average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $8,164 a month on average; which is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $8,927 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
TN Average
Difference

Professor
$118,116
$156,411
-24%

Associate professor
$107,688
$109,142
-1%

Assistant professor
$95,460
$95,095
0%

Instructor
$81,264
$70,476
+15%

Lecturer
$54,828
$76,515
-28%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Lipscomb University Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
Lipscomb University has a pretty good, 13:1 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 Lipscomb University versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Lipscomb University consists of 56 professors, 71 associate professors, 104 assistant professors, 15 instructors, and 4 lecturers - 124 men and 126 women:
Lipscomb University Faculty Demographics Chart

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

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