Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$49,000

Bad

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

In this report for Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 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

134

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.

Monthly faculty salaries at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico vary approximately from $2,000 to $5,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $49,000 a year - that is 23% lower than Puerto Rico average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $3,817 a month on average; that is a bit lower than average men faculty salaries, $4,249 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

18 : 1

Medium

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico has a reasonably decent, 18:1 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 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico consists of 37 professors, 76 associate professors, 17 assistant professors, and 4 instructors - 88 men and 46 women:


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