California Institute of the Arts: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$116,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for California Institute of the Arts 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
150
As a rule, adequately 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 California Institute of the Arts vary approximately from $9,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $116,000 a year - that is 24% lower than California average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the school are paid $9,122 a month on average; that is slightly lower than average men faculty salaries, $10,113 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CA Average
Difference

Unranked Teacher
$116,040
$102,335
+13%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

California Institute of the Arts Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
7 : 1
Low
California Institute of the Arts has a very good, 7:1 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 California Institute of the Arts versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at California Institute of the Arts consists of 150 unranked teachers - 83 men and 67 women:
California Institute of the Arts 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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