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150k/year. Let’s assume the professor teaches 4 units per semester and maybe 2 in the summer (or research or some equivalent). Comes out to 15k/unit. Let’s say

150k/year. Let’s assume the professor teaches 4 units per semester and maybe 2 in the summer (or research or some equivalent). Comes out to 15k/unit. Let’s say 15 students per unit just to represent smaller classes comes to $1k/unit/student/year. Each unit is like 3hrs/week for 12 weeks on average. So comes out to something like $28/hr. Doesn’t seem unreasonable to me. Average course load for a student is like 6 units a semester so using the back-of-the napkin math above it should cost roughly $6k/per semester for students to have a full course load of $150k professors. $12k/year + other expenses is a far cry away from $100k that is being charged.

wtvanhest 7y ago
$12k a year is completely unacceptable. Other costs are also unacceptable. Colleges charge $500+/month for shared rooms. And require freshman to stay in them. Nevermind the fact that your math misses several major cost categories like building maintenance, fringe benefits for professors (+30% of salaries at least). In your hypothetical example, students are paying $20k/year before getting ripped off on the cost of the dorm and meal plan. If a prof is making 150k, class sizes need to be 300+ and they need to teach 1,000 kids a semester