Columbia College Sonora: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$125,000
Fair
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Columbia College Sonora 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
52
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.

Monthly faculty salaries at Columbia College Sonora vary approximately from $10,000 to $11,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $125,000 a year - which is 18% lower than California average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this school are paid $10,585 a month on average; it is almost equal to average men faculty salaries - $10,337 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CA Average
Difference

Instructor
$125,328
$124,802
0%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Columbia College Sonora Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
14 : 1
Low
Columbia College Sonora has a pretty decent, 14:1 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 Sonora versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Columbia College Sonora includes 52 instructors - 30 men and 22 women:
Columbia College Sonora 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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