Rhode Island School of Design: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$120,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Rhode Island School of Design 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
185
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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Rhode Island School of Design vary approximately from $7,000 to $14,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $120,000 a year, it is 13% lower than Rhode Island average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $9,865 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $10,165 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
RI Average
Difference

Professor
$156,048
$184,379
-15%

Associate professor
$112,524
$124,207
-9%

Assistant professor
$87,768
$104,861
-16%

Unranked Teacher
$93,744
$92,862
+1%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Rhode Island School of Design Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
9 : 1
Low
Rhode Island School of Design has a good, 9:1 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 Rhode Island School of Design versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Rhode Island School of Design includes 66 professors, 60 associate professors, 55 assistant professors, and 4 unranked teachers - 98 men and 87 women:
Rhode Island School of Design 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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