Oberlin College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$125,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Oberlin 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
278
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 Oberlin College vary approximately from $6,000 to $15,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $125,000 a year, it is 9% higher than Ohio average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $9,576 a month on average; which is a bit lower than average men faculty salaries, $11,222 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
OH Average
Difference

Professor
$169,728
$154,039
+10%

Associate professor
$134,784
$117,623
+15%

Assistant professor
$92,100
$99,016
-7%

Instructor
$87,828
$72,473
+21%

Lecturer
$82,572
$83,601
-1%

Unranked Teacher
$85,596
$74,940
+14%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Oberlin College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
9 : 1
Low
Oberlin 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 Oberlin College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Oberlin College consists of 82 professors, 71 associate professors, 95 assistant professors, 5 instructors, 2 lecturers, and 23 unranked teachers - 145 men and 133 women:
Oberlin College 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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