United States Merchant Marine Academy: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$131,000

Fair

Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for United States Merchant Marine Academy 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

109

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 United States Merchant Marine Academy vary approximately from $7,000 to $15,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $131,000 a year - it is 6% lower than New York average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $10,240 a month on average; which is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries - $11,025 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

13 : 1

Low

United States Merchant Marine Academy has a pretty good, 13:1 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 United States Merchant Marine Academy versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at United States Merchant Marine Academy includes 24 professors, 30 associate professors, 19 assistant professors, 31 instructors, and 5 unranked teachers - 92 men and 17 women:


Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is usually assigned by the college itself.