College of Lake County: Faculty & Salaries

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

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Average
Faculty Salary
$138,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for College of Lake County 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
216
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 College of Lake County vary approximately from $11,000 to $12,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $138,000 a year - which is 4% higher than Illinois average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $11,472 a month on average; it is about the same as average men faculty salaries, $11,613 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
IL Average
Difference

Instructor
$138,444
$87,138
+59%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

College of Lake County Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
15 : 1
Low
College of Lake County 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 College of Lake County versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at College of Lake County includes 216 instructors - 100 men and 116 women:
College of Lake County 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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