Do professors that teach and train graduate students make more money than professors that teach undergrads?

Question

Just a question that came to mind. I want to be a school psychology professor and they only work with grad students

Answer 1

Based on my father's experience as a professor for 43 years... No. However, some universities put much more emphasis on grad students than undergrads. Just rememeber...if they are emphasizing grads...where are they getting the graduate students from? (Answer...obviously, from a university that emphasizes undergraduates)...

Answer 2

What makes you think that Psychology professors only work with graduate students? They do not.

Those who teach graduate students don't generally make any more than those who teach undergraduates -- at the same school. However, prestigious univesities pay more than small unranked colleges.

Also, some schools within the university pay better. For example, at the better schools, Business School professors make about twice what professors in the Liberal Arts or Social Sciences make. Professors in a medical school will make even more.

Answer 3

Usually, professors with graduate students are doing research and have research grants and funds outside of the basic university pay. In that regards they make more money. However, they have to work at it and write proposals for those grants.

Universities that do not require professors to do research usually just have the professors with the basic university pay. So, you can conclude that professors that have grad students make more money, but its not because they have grad students and the others don't. It is because they are getting extra pay from their research.

Answer 4

If you work at a school with graduate programs, then working with graduate students is generally considered a part of your job. You don't get paid any extra. Usually, the grad students you work with have research interests that overlap with yours, so in a best case scenario, it's a symbiotic relationship: they get to complete their graduate work, and you get free research assistance and the value of a fresh perspective.

Answer 5

I work for a graduate school and yes they do since they have to have a master's degree or above but it also depends on the university, and how many courses they are teaching.