University of Louisville: Faculty & Salaries

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

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Average
Faculty Salary
$108,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for University of Louisville 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
741
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 Louisville vary approximately from $4,000 to $13,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $108,000 a year, which is 14% higher than Kentucky average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $8,151 a month on average; that is lower than average men faculty salaries, $9,896 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
KY Average
Difference

Professor
$146,184
$118,305
+24%

Associate professor
$106,908
$97,496
+10%

Assistant professor
$88,944
$86,309
+3%

Instructor
$75,456
$63,725
+18%

Lecturer
$66,456
$81,325
-18%

Unranked Teacher
$55,860
$60,898
-8%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

University of Louisville Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
University of Louisville 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 University of Louisville versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at University of Louisville includes 196 professors, 224 associate professors, 241 assistant professors, 69 instructors, 1 lecturer, and 10 unranked teachers - 353 men and 388 women:
University of Louisville 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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