College of Alameda: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$120,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for College of Alameda 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
68
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 College of Alameda vary approximately from $9,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $120,000 a year - it is 21% lower than California average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $9,907 a month on average; which is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $10,077 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CA Average
Difference

Instructor
$119,892
$124,802
-4%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

College of Alameda Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
30 : 1
High
College of Alameda has a bit disappointing, 30:1 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 College of Alameda versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at College of Alameda consists of 68 instructors - 34 men and 34 women:
College of Alameda 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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