Southern Arkansas University: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$87,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Southern Arkansas 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
160
As a rule, properly 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 Southern Arkansas University vary approximately from $5,000 to $11,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $87,000 a year - that is 2% lower than Arkansas average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $6,830 a month on average; that is a bit lower than average men faculty salaries, $7,688 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
AR Average
Difference

Professor
$122,172
$128,105
-5%

Associate professor
$91,008
$99,541
-9%

Assistant professor
$85,656
$87,024
-2%

Instructor
$67,464
$64,897
+4%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Southern Arkansas University Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
15 : 1
Low
Southern Arkansas University 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 Southern Arkansas University versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Southern Arkansas University consists of 22 professors, 42 associate professors, 54 assistant professors, and 42 instructors - 83 men and 77 women:
Southern Arkansas 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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