University of Puerto Rico Arecibo: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary

$92,000

Good

Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for University of Puerto Rico Arecibo 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

137

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.

Faculty monthly salaries at University of Puerto Rico Arecibo vary approximately from $5,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $92,000 a year, it is 45% higher than Puerto Rico average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $8,179 a month on average; which is almost equal to average men faculty salaries - $7,878 a month.

Students to
Faculty Ratio

18 : 1

Medium

University of Puerto Rico Arecibo has a reasonably decent, 18:1 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 Puerto Rico Arecibo versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at University of Puerto Rico Arecibo includes 71 professors, 26 associate professors, 24 assistant professors, and 16 instructors - 61 men and 76 women:


Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is usually assigned by the college itself.