Columbia Gorge Community College: Faculty & Salaries

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Average
Faculty Salary
$80,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Columbia Gorge Community 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
26
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 Gorge Community College vary approximately from $6,000 to $7,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $80,000 a year, which is 33% lower than Oregon average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at this college are paid $6,716 a month on average; which is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $6,675 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
OR Average
Difference

Instructor
$80,376
$95,467
-16%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Columbia Gorge Community College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
13 : 1
Low
Columbia Gorge Community College has a pretty good, 13:1 students-to-faculty ratio.

Low ratios typically 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 Gorge Community College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Columbia Gorge Community College includes 26 instructors - 11 men and 15 women:
Columbia Gorge Community 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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