Contra Costa College: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - Below AverageQuality:Education Quality Rating - PoorSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - Below AverageCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Oustanding

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Average
Faculty Salary
$118,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Contra Costa 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
105
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.

Faculty monthly salaries at Contra Costa College vary approximately from $9,000 to $10,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $118,000 a year - that is 23% lower than California average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $9,912 a month on average; which is almost equal to average men faculty salaries - $9,683 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
CA Average
Difference

Instructor
$117,780
$124,802
-6%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Contra Costa College Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
20 : 1
Medium
Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa College versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Contra Costa College consists of 105 instructors - 43 men and 62 women:
Contra Costa College 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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