Adams State University: Faculty & Salaries
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Average
Faculty Salary
Faculty Salary
$82,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.In this report for Adams State University 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
Faculty
109
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.Monthly faculty salaries at Adams State University vary approximately from $4,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $82,000 a year, it is 29% lower than Colorado average faculty compensation.
Women faculty members at the college are paid $6,695 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $6,913 a month.
Faculty Rank
School Average
CO Average
Difference
Professor
$100,788
$151,625
-34%
Associate professor
$84,852
$122,249
-31%
Assistant professor
$77,856
$106,046
-27%
Instructor
$59,304
$79,032
-25%
Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios
Students to
Faculty Ratio
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
Adams State University has a pretty good, 13:1 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 Adams State University versus nearby colleges.
Faculty Ranking and Demographics
The full-time faculty at Adams State University includes 27 professors, 20 associate professors, 43 assistant professors, and 19 instructors - 52 men and 57 women:
Please note that faculty rank (e.g. associate professor, lecturer, instructor) is typically assigned by the college itself.
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