Arapahoe Community College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - GoodQuality:Education Quality Rating - GoodSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - Very GoodCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Very Good

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Average
Faculty Salary
$99,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Arapahoe Community College 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
114
As a rule, well-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 Arapahoe Community College vary approximately from $8,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $99,000 a year - that is 14% lower than Colorado average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $8,407 a month on average; that is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $8,074 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CO Average
Difference

Professor
$99,264
$151,625
-35%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Arapahoe Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
23 : 1
Medium
Arapahoe Community College has a reasonable, 23:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios usually 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 Arapahoe Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Arapahoe Community College includes 114 professors - 46 men and 68 women:
Arapahoe Community College Faculty Demographics Chart

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

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