Posted by:
ificouldhietokolob
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Date: June 30, 2016 05:08PM
Your post made me curious, so I did some digging...
BYU has an annual faculty salary of $114k. Full professors make an average of $142k, instructors $62k.
In 2015, BYU had 33,336 total students. Ignoring that some of them are part-time, and some non-members, tuition is typically $5k per year per student...they bring in $166,680,000 (166 million) in tuition per year.
Total faculty is 1,211; at $114k per year, that comes to $138,054,000 (138 million) in faculty pay -- about 83% of tuition, then, goes to pay faculty. Leaving about $28 million *just from tuition income* to spend on buildings, non-faculty employees, etc.
Of course, they get a ton more money from federal programs, alumni donations, sports revenue, etc. etc. etc. I don't think BYU itself is hurting for money.
Two things of note I found while researching this:
1. BYU's composite SAT/ACT scores (1150-1360 SAT, 26-31 ACT) are the second lowest among "top 100" US universities
2. Male BYU faculty are paid on average $2,000 a month more than female faculty, and there are 965 male faculty to 246 female faculty -- meaning women make up 20% of the BYU faculty, the lowest % among the top 500 universities in the US.