University of Pittsburgh: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$138,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for University of Pittsburgh 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
1,922
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 Pittsburgh vary approximately from $4,000 to $17,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $138,000 a year, that is 8% higher than Pennsylvania average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $10,103 a month on average; that is much lower than average men faculty salaries - $12,843 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
PA Average
Difference

Professor
$197,112
$178,258
+11%

Associate professor
$134,112
$125,227
+7%

Assistant professor
$111,516
$105,384
+6%

Instructor
$64,332
$80,559
-20%

Lecturer
$66,576
$94,136
-29%

Unranked Teacher
$56,544
$73,737
-23%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

University of Pittsburgh Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
University of Pittsburgh has a pretty good, 13:1 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 Pittsburgh versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at University of Pittsburgh includes 571 professors, 524 associate professors, 617 assistant professors, 112 instructors, 92 lecturers, and 6 unranked teachers - 982 men and 940 women:
University of Pittsburgh 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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