Big Bend Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$104,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Big Bend 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
48
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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Big Bend Community College vary approximately from $8,000 to $9,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $104,000 a year - that is 15% lower than Washington average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $8,320 a month on average; it is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $8,896 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
WA Average
Difference

Instructor
$104,016
$82,657
+26%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Big Bend Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
15 : 1
Low
Big Bend Community College has a pretty decent, 15:1 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 Big Bend Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Big Bend Community College includes 48 instructors - 29 men and 19 women:
Big Bend Community College Faculty Demographics Chart

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

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