Columbia College: Faculty & Salaries

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

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Average
Faculty Salary
$97,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Columbia 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
65
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 Columbia College vary approximately from $6,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $97,000 a year, it is 12% lower than Missouri average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $8,139 a month on average; that is almost equal to average men faculty salaries - $8,003 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MO Average
Difference

Professor
$110,256
$153,452
-28%

Associate professor
$94,752
$111,213
-15%

Assistant professor
$92,664
$97,400
-5%

Instructor
$86,604
$69,022
+25%

Unranked Teacher
$78,264
$74,630
+5%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Columbia College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
20 : 1
Medium
Columbia College has a reasonably decent, 20:1 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 Columbia College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Columbia College includes 16 professors, 18 associate professors, 24 assistant professors, 6 instructors, and 1 unranked teacher - 35 men and 30 women:
Columbia 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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