Davenport University: Faculty & Salaries

Overall Rating:Overall Ranking - FairQuality:Education Quality Rating - OustandingSafety:Capmus Safety Rating - Very BadCosts:Tuition & Fees Cost Rating - Good

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Average
Faculty Salary
$84,000
Bad
Quality of education at any specific college strongly depends on people who teach there.

In this report for Davenport University 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
112
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.

Monthly faculty salaries at Davenport University vary approximately from $6,000 to $8,000. The average full-time faculty salary at this college is approximately $84,000 a year - which is 35% lower than Michigan average faculty compensation.

Women faculty members at the college are paid $7,016 a month on average; that is almost equal to average men faculty salaries, $6,938 a month.

Faculty Rank
School Average
MI Average
Difference

Professor
$92,760
$173,000
-46%

Associate professor
$88,884
$128,558
-31%

Assistant professor
$83,580
$108,858
-23%

Instructor
$80,940
$93,561
-13%

Unranked Teacher
$85,200
$86,701
-2%

Annual Faculty Wages
Students to Faculty Ratios

Davenport University Faculty Compensation and Workload Chart
Students to
Faculty Ratio
16 : 1
Low
Davenport University has a decent, 16:1 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 Davenport University versus nearby colleges.

Faculty Ranking and Demographics

The full-time faculty at Davenport University consists of 4 professors, 20 associate professors, 46 assistant professors, 41 instructors, and 1 unranked teacher - 34 men and 78 women:
Davenport University 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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