Montana State University Billings: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - FairQuality:Education Quality Rating - ExcellentSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - PoorCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Good

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Average
Faculty Salary
$83,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Montana State University Billings 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
136
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 Montana State University Billings vary approximately from $5,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $83,000 a year - that is 9% lower than Montana average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $6,847 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $7,007 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MT Average
Difference

Professor
$116,568
$120,381
-3%

Associate professor
$86,232
$94,121
-8%

Assistant professor
$79,044
$83,750
-6%

Instructor
$63,888
$66,533
-4%

Lecturer
$70,020
$68,351
+2%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Montana State University Billings Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
15 : 1
Low
Montana State University Billings has a pretty decent, 15:1 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 Montana State University Billings versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Montana State University Billings consists of 22 professors, 28 associate professors, 38 assistant professors, 7 instructors, and 41 lecturers - 66 men and 70 women:
Montana State University Billings 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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