University of Arkansas Fort Smith: Faculty & Salaries

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

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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 University of Arkansas Fort Smith 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
202
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 University of Arkansas Fort Smith vary approximately from $5,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $87,000 a year - it is 2% lower than Arkansas average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $7,131 a month on average; that is about the same as average men faculty salaries - $7,412 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
AR Average
Difference

Professor
$112,860
$128,105
-12%

Associate professor
$89,292
$99,541
-10%

Assistant professor
$87,144
$87,024
0%

Instructor
$70,872
$64,897
+9%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

University of Arkansas Fort Smith Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
19 : 1
Medium
University of Arkansas Fort Smith has a reasonably decent, 19:1 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 University of Arkansas Fort Smith versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at University of Arkansas Fort Smith includes 38 professors, 42 associate professors, 56 assistant professors, and 66 instructors - 92 men and 110 women:
University of Arkansas Fort Smith 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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