The New England Conservatory of Music: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$72,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for The New England Conservatory of Music 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
128
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 The New England Conservatory of Music vary approximately from $5,000 to $6,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $72,000 a year, it is 56% lower than Massachusetts average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $5,791 a month on average; it is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $6,053 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MA Average
Difference

Unranked Teacher
$71,532
$118,264
-40%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

The New England Conservatory of Music Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
5 : 1
Low
The New England Conservatory of Music has a great, 5:1 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 The New England Conservatory of Music versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at The New England Conservatory of Music includes 128 unranked teachers - 83 men and 45 women:
The New England Conservatory of Music 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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