University of Colorado Colorado Springs: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$81,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for University of Colorado Colorado Springs 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
541
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 University of Colorado Colorado Springs vary approximately from $4,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $81,000 a year - it is 30% lower than Colorado average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $6,302 a month on average; that is a bit lower than average men faculty salaries, $7,198 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CO Average
Difference

Professor
$118,632
$151,625
-22%

Associate professor
$92,004
$122,249
-25%

Assistant professor
$77,820
$106,046
-27%

Instructor
$59,592
$79,032
-25%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
15 : 1
Low
University of Colorado Colorado Springs has a pretty decent, 15:1 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 Colorado Colorado Springs versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at University of Colorado Colorado Springs consists of 96 professors, 108 associate professors, 131 assistant professors, and 206 instructors - 268 men and 273 women:
University of Colorado Colorado Springs 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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