University of Missouri Kansas City: Faculty & Salaries

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

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Average
Faculty Salary
$120,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for University of Missouri Kansas City 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
547
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 Missouri Kansas City vary approximately from $0 to $13,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $120,000 a year - that is 9% higher than Missouri average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $9,108 a month on average; it is lower than average men faculty salaries - $10,849 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MO Average
Difference

Professor
$150,120
$153,452
-2%

Associate professor
$121,368
$111,213
+9%

Assistant professor
$101,460
$97,400
+4%

Instructor
$74,100
$69,022
+7%

Lecturer
$51,672
$91,020
-43%

Unranked Teacher
$0
$74,630
-100%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

University of Missouri Kansas City Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
14 : 1
Low
University of Missouri Kansas City has a pretty decent, 14:1 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 Missouri Kansas City versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at University of Missouri Kansas City includes 164 professors, 181 associate professors, 159 assistant professors, 33 instructors, 9 lecturers, and 1 unranked teacher - 286 men and 261 women:
University of Missouri Kansas City 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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Kansas City Art Institute Rating
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Donnelly College Rating
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DeVry University Missouri Rating
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