Union College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Very GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - Very BadCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Bad

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Average
Faculty Salary
$143,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Union 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
212
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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Union College vary approximately from $7,000 to $16,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $143,000 a year - that is 3% higher than New York average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $11,446 a month on average; that is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries - $12,300 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
NY Average
Difference

Professor
$184,380
$193,453
-5%

Associate professor
$140,424
$133,142
+5%

Assistant professor
$111,984
$110,554
+1%

Instructor
$94,704
$82,895
+14%

Lecturer
$102,672
$111,458
-8%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

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

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Union College includes 78 professors, 54 associate professors, 38 assistant professors, 23 instructors, and 19 lecturers - 120 men and 92 women:
Union College 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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